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What Poweliks tells us about our current state of security

January 23, 2015 5:35 PM | Pedro Bustamante, Malwarebytes

GuestAs the president’s State of the Union address noted, it’s not just major corporations being hit by cyber attacks. Each of us is increasingly at risk from sophisticated threats. And Poweliks is an example of just how difficult it’s going to be to ward off those threats.

This week on VentureBeat: Profanities, HoloLens, 4chan, & more

January 23, 2015 5:00 PM | Kia Kokalitcheva

Who knew Microsoft could build something that made us forget about work?

Lyft one-ups the hell out of Uber with $2.25 rides

January 23, 2015 4:50 PM | Harrison Weber

The Valley’s latest price war is going to be a doozy.

Can service startups pay contract workers well? This investor says yes

January 23, 2015 3:45 PM | Kia Kokalitcheva

Contract workers at on-demand, delivery, and other services are a growing group, but will they face the same low wages and lack of benefits as the service workers that came before them?

Box’s successful IPO validates enterprise collaboration. Here’s what happens next

January 23, 2015 2:45 PM | Alastair Mitchell, Huddle

GuestIts success today is great news for the enterprise software market and tech stocks in general after a tough couple of quarters.

ISIS and gaming: 5 students want to teach about surviving under the militants’ heel

January 23, 2015 2:30 PM | Jeff Grubb

A game that attempts an exploration of living as a refugee in ISIS-occupied Iraq and Syria.

SpaceX, U.S. Air Force reach settlement on rocket program

January 23, 2015 2:13 PM | Daniel Terdiman

SpaceX and the U.S. Air Force have reached a settlement on a dispute involving the military’s expendable rocket program.

Box closes at $23.23 after first day of trading, up 15% over its starting point on the NYSE

January 23, 2015 1:02 PM | Jordan Novet

Cloud file sharing company Box started its new chapter as a publicly traded entity today with a bang, closing out at $23.23, up 15 percent from $20.20, where it debuted this morning, and up more than 65 percent from the $14 per share price that Box set yesterday.

Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place

January 23, 2015 12:21 PM | Kia Kokalitcheva

Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share.

Lift Digital raises $1M to connect fitness trainers and clients

January 23, 2015 11:35 AM | Mark Sullivan

The platform can allow a personal trainer to connect with a client for a personalized workout on an iPad or TV when the client can’t make it to the gym.

Pinterest wants more men — and it’ll filter out the girly stuff for them

January 23, 2015 11:15 AM | Kia Kokalitcheva

No more ladies’ hairstyles when a man searches for “men’s short hair” — well, OK, fewer ladies’ hairstyles.

Study: iPhones accounted for half of all new U.S. phone activations in Q4

January 23, 2015 10:59 AM | Mark Sullivan

Samsung phones accounted for 26 percent of sales, while LG phones accounted for 11 percent.

PS4, Xbox One sales help EA, Take Two stocks hit 52-week highs

January 23, 2015 10:39 AM | Jeff Grubb

But even as the consoles surge, game publishers are finding ways to limit their exposure to traditional gaming markets.

T-Mobile beats down Big Telco rivals in mobile satisfaction survey

January 23, 2015 10:30 AM | Mark Sullivan

What people care about most is upload and download speeds, where T-Mobile topped AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint.

Meet the Google Container Registry, another place to store your apps in Docker containers

January 23, 2015 10:20 AM | Jordan Novet

Packaging applications in containers is increasingly popular, and lots of cloud providers have been embracing the technique. Google will have to articulate the advantages its Container Registry gives.

Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Cortana, revamped Start menu, and Xbox app

January 23, 2015 10:11 AM | Emil Protalinski

The Windows 10 January build is here.

Razer partners with China Telecom for smartband gamification

January 23, 2015 10:09 AM | Dale North

Razer’s Nabu could go big in China.

ARM will wrestle Intel to power the Internet of Things (interview)

January 23, 2015 10:00 AM | Dean Takahashi

ARM knows all of the Internet of Things gadgets that are actually selling.

Uber and Lyft slam California ruling that drivers must have commercial plates

January 23, 2015 9:48 AM | Daniel Terdiman

The California DMV says that all vehicles used for “hire, compensation, or profit” must have commercial registration.

’70 percent of CRM installs fail’ and other crappy stats you should ignore

January 23, 2015 8:46 AM | Stewart Rogers - VB Insight

Now and then, you’ll hear a statistic or fact that is so striking, it’s hard to ignore.

iHeartRadio has more than 60M registered users, claims it’s growing faster than Facebook

January 23, 2015 8:40 AM | Ruth Reader

Today iHeartRadio threw a bunch of stats into a press release to let you know how fast it’s growing. Though the numbers seem big, they may not stack up against some of iHeartRadio’s biggest competitors.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: HoloLens, PS4 in China, and kittens explode on Kickstarter

January 23, 2015 8:35 AM | Mike Minotti

Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.

Tim Cook congratulates founder Aaron Levie, calls Box ‘a great company’

January 23, 2015 8:19 AM | Ruth Reader

Apple CEO Tim Cook reached out via Twitter to Aaron Levie after his cloud file-sharing company Box opened on the New York Stock Exchange this morning.

Microsoft acquires statistical software company Revolution Analytics for big data insights

January 23, 2015 8:16 AM | Paul Sawers

Microsoft is buying Revolution Analytics, a provider of software and services for R, a programming language used in statistical computing and predictive analytics.

The DeanBeat: The pendulum will swing from consoles to PC games in 2015

January 23, 2015 8:00 AM | Dean Takahashi

The Windows ecosystem will stay open, as Valve’s Steam store will still be easily accessible on Windows 10.

Box hits the NYSE at $20.20 per share, popping over 40%

January 23, 2015 7:09 AM | Harrison Weber

Cloud file-sharing company Box is now publicly trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), debuting at $20.20 per share.

How Pong could help diagnose serious brain disorders

January 23, 2015 7:00 AM | Daniel Terdiman

Researchers at the University of Chicago believe that by tracking the eye movements of Pong players, they can spot Parkinson’s or autism.

Sprint lashes out at T-Mobile with new $350 trade-in offer

January 23, 2015 6:42 AM | Ruth Reader

Sprint is welcoming T-Mobile customers in the U.S. with open arms and a sweet new deal. Starting today, when T-Mobile customers switch over to Sprint, they can get $200-$350 for trading in their phone.

Desolenator creates clean water from salt water using sunlight

January 23, 2015 6:27 AM | Paul Sawers

William Janssen was already accustomed to drinking desalinated water, but it was always treated in large machines that consume lots of energy. So he came up with the idea of using solar energy instead to transform salt-water into drinking water, a more sustainable cost-effective method.

What Box’s IPO means for the company and its competitors

January 23, 2015 5:15 AM | Jordan Novet

Cloud file-sharing company Box, one of the original cloud software startups, will enjoy a great deal of press attention and a financial booster shot this week when it goes public. But the significance of the spectacle will ripple well beyond company headquarters in Los Altos, Calif.

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