Media and publishing conglomerate Bertelsmann led a $6.5 million round investment in StyleHaul, the hub of online fashion channels, several news outlets reported on February 28. StyleHaul, which has raised a total of $11 million so far, invests in promising fashion bloggers.
The uptick in cloud computing means a shift away from traditional, on-premise data centers, which means server vendors need to rethink their product offerings and business strategies to adjust to the new virtual world of enterprise information technology.
In the past year, there have been many resources spent on voice to text technologies. Siri was upgraded in 2012. IBM launched Watson, and Google upgraded its Voice Search application.
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the hub of technologies and manufacturers seeking to contribute to “the internet of everything” ecosystem.
As China creeps past the U.S. as the world’s largest smartphone market, and India promises steep growth in the next three years – telecom manufacturers are trying to claim their space in the promising mobile markets of these nations.
Cablevision, the New York-based television distribution company, sued Viacom for monopolizing its ownership of content. Cablevision claimed it was forced to carry 14 of Viacom’s unpopular channels in order to get the rights to sell its most popular channels, Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.
As Microsoft seeks to gain back users whose internet surfing loyalties have gone elsewhere, it struggles against a slumping PC market.
Blouin News sits down with Zipmark CEO and Co-Founders Jay Bhattacharya and Jake Howerton. The mobile and check payment startup is working to help businesses get paid faster and overhaul the traditional bill payment system.
The French government is considering taxing internet companies for the data they collect about users. Nicolas Colin a government official who authored the internet data taxation proposal says it is mainly aimed at changing the practices of internet giants who profit from supposedly private user data.
The U.S. hub of technological innovation, Silicon Valley, has officially put in its two cents.
