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Money Archive

Archives for January 2014

Technology
With Trove, Ex-WaPo Labs Team Takes Another Try at Social ReadingWith Trove, Ex-WaPo Labs Team Takes Another Try at Social Reading
Technology

Third time’s the charm?

By Mike Isaac
Technology
Drizly Lands $2.25 Million to Have Booze Delivered to Your Door in NYC and BostonDrizly Lands $2.25 Million to Have Booze Delivered to Your Door in NYC and Boston
Technology

Can mobile phones facilitate liquor delivery as easily as food delivery?

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Sharethrough Raises $17 Million More for Native AdsSharethrough Raises $17 Million More for Native Ads
Technology

Elevation, Patrick Keane and other investors bet on a video-centric ad network.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Big Is the Next Big ThingBig Is the Next Big Thing
Technology

Large companies are going digital in big ways, moving from disrupted to disrupters.

By Paul Daugherty
Technology
T-Mobile Hopes to Shake Up the Check-Cashing Industry, TooT-Mobile Hopes to Shake Up the Check-Cashing Industry, Too
Technology

Its new Mobile Money service is aimed at the 70 million or so Americans without full banking service.

By Ina Fried
Technology
News Corp. Replaces Dow Jones CEO Lex FenwickNews Corp. Replaces Dow Jones CEO Lex Fenwick
Technology
By Peter Kafka
Technology
What Tech CEOs Really Need to Know, Pre-IPOWhat Tech CEOs Really Need to Know, Pre-IPO
Technology

Start acting like a public company -- now.

By Sandy Miller
Technology
Beats Music Streams With a Human TouchBeats Music Streams With a Human Touch
Technology

By using human curators, Beats Music has created a satisfying music-streaming experience that doesn’t feel robotic.

By Walt Mossberg
Technology
Joor Digs Deeper Into the Fashion Business With a New App for Retail BuyersJoor Digs Deeper Into the Fashion Business With a New App for Retail Buyers
Technology

Will slick swiping navigation and a few bells and whistles be enough to generate a legitimate new source of sales?

By Jason Del Rey
Technology
Intel Formally Shuts Off Its Web TV Plans, with Sale to VerizonIntel Formally Shuts Off Its Web TV Plans, with Sale to Verizon
Technology

Intel was supposed to deliver pay TV over the Internet last year, but never did.

By Peter Kafka
Technology
Waze Founder Jokes That He’s Not Worried About Making Money (Now That Google’s Paying the Bills)Waze Founder Jokes That He’s Not Worried About Making Money (Now That Google’s Paying the Bills)
Technology

CEO Noam Bardin say he’s working on new features at the “company within a company.”

By Arik Hesseldahl
Technology
Ad-Tech Valuation: Color by NumbersAd-Tech Valuation: Color by Numbers
Technology

Aat least dozen ad-tech companies are contemplating IPOs in 2014 and 2015.

By Terence Kawaja
Technology
Jimmy Wales’s Plan to Save the World With Mobile PhonesJimmy Wales’s Plan to Save the World With Mobile Phones
Technology

He’s chairman of a U.K.-based wireless company that takes 10 percent off the top of every subscriber’s bill and gives it to charity.

By Arik Hesseldahl
Technology
As Microsoft CEO Rumors Continue to Churn, One Thing Is Clear: Gates Will Be More Visible at MicrosoftAs Microsoft CEO Rumors Continue to Churn, One Thing Is Clear: Gates Will Be More Visible at Microsoft
Technology

Outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer? Not so much.

By Kara Swisher
Technology
Obama’s Surveillance Reform Speech Draws Tepid Tech ResponseObama’s Surveillance Reform Speech Draws Tepid Tech Response
Technology

Hardly a “Yes We Can” moment for the President.

By Mike Isaac