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YouTube to Announce Subscription Music Service
By the end of the year, YouTube, a division of Google, is expected to announce a paid subscription service to compete with Spotify and other streaming outlets. The subscriptions will be offered at about $10 per month and would be tailored to mobile services. Customers would be [...]Read more
Electronic Cigarette Ads Advertised on Television
The e-cigarette industry intends to run ads on television, if the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is not successful at stopping them. The FDA is expected to propose a ban on the battery-powered devices, which would treat them like traditional cigarettes, which have not been [...]Read more
Health Care Companies Using Data Mining to Access Personal Medical Information
Some private health care companies are gaining access to patients’ personal information without contacting them directly. They are getting the information they seek from indirect sources, such as pharmacies, data brokers and social networks. These companies use hundreds of data [...]Read more
Silicon Valley the Land of Large Payouts and Rising Valuations Once More
In Silicon Valley, times are very good indeed. Young people, who in previous decades would be graduating from college and making decisions about where to start their careers, are actually saying “No” to deals that would make them and their descendants wealthy beyond belief [...]Read more
High Unemployment Pushes European Consumers to Rent Consumer Goods
The combination of high unemployment and high retail costs in Europe has resulted in a number of consumers choosing to rent products instead of buying them. The Eurozone crisis (or Euro crisis) and the shallow recovery have led to people getting creative about accessing products [...]Read more
Tech IPOs Cast a Similar – But Not Identical – Picture to 1999’s Internet Bubble
Twitter went public at an $11 billion valuation without turning a profit, and Pinterest, recently valued at $4 billion, is no different. Snapchat, another incredibly popular social network, is hoping for a similar valuation for its pending stock sale. With so much excitement – [...]Read more
Big Investment Follows Value instead of Profit or Revenue in Some Startups
Investing in Internet startups has begun to follow particular patterns, especially when you view the most recent valuations of and investments in a few key companies. Pinterest is an Internet message board where users post images of their favorite furniture, clothing, or other items.Read more
