Business
Monday, October 17th, 2011
Today Tobias Lutke, CEO of Shopify.com announced that his company received $15mln in series B funding from Bessemer, FirstMark, Felicis, and Georgian. In the past they received $7mln in Series A. “This large investment will allow us to aggressively expand operations” Shopify was founded in 2005. In 2009 they had 20 employes, by the end of
Monday, October 17th, 2011
In May, a cloud-based music streaming app was launched by Google, called Google Music. This app allows users to back up their music files and also to stream them to other devices such as mobile phones. Google...
Saturday, October 15th, 2011
The Google hiring process is designed to hire the most talented and creative people who will be the best fit for the Google way of working and for the results it expects (and achieves). The Google work...
Friday, October 14th, 2011
“We don’t have a Steve Jobs here.” This comment made from Google engineer Steve Yegge, one of many citing the short-comings of Google Plus. Unfortunately, what Yegge didn’t realize was that he had inadvertently posted his negative...
Friday, October 14th, 2011
Android are due for their next release and it’s codename is being honoured with another giant Googleplex statue. The Android-shaped Ice Cream Sandwich statue was added to the other desert-themed creations outside Building 44 on Google’s Mountain...
Monday, October 10th, 2011
There have been reports that indicate that Google are planning on spending around $100 million on development of new original content, included in this facelift is the plan to bring forward YouTube as a cable competitor with...
Monday, October 10th, 2011
Recent reports indicate that Microsoft are considering attempting to buy Yahoo. Last month the Yahoo board fired CEO Carol Bartz and are yet to find a suitable permanent replacement. “Sources close to the situation” claim that “Microsoft...
Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Building real partnerships is the most important part of any business. There is no such thing as a “sole-trader” – somewhere along the way they need a good partnership. “A partnership is an arrangement where parties agree...
