| TRENDING STORIES IN BUSINESS & MARKETING | | | | | | | ALL STORIES IN BUSINESS & MARKETING | | |
| Ebooks Now 23% of U.S. Publisher Sales | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:51 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Big, bigger, but not yet biggest: According to the Association of American Publishers's StatShot study released Thursday, ebooks made up nearly a quarter (22.55%, to be precise) of U.S. trade publishers' book sales last year. That's up from 17% in 2011 and just 3% in 2009. The financial outlook for books is good. Total industry revenues increased 6.2% to $7.1 billion, of which $1.54 billion came from ebooks.
|
| Where the Happiest Employees in Tech Work | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:35 PM | BusinessNewsDaily |
| Tech companies are already well known for some of the extra benefits they offer their employees, but several companies stand head and shoulders above others in keeping their workers happy, a new poll has found. The survey, based on reviews on the site CareerBliss, ranked and rated the happiest tech companies in the United States. Overall, workers at Intuit were found to be the happiest employees in tech.
|
| To Fund Longform Journalism, 'Toronto Star' Tests Ebook Subscriptions | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:33 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| Seeking new ways to fund longform journalism, newspaper and magazine publishers have lately released a range of short, inexpensive ebooks, featuring repackaged feature articles (see The Atlantic's The Obama Presidency, Explained) and archival material (Vanity Fair's The Best of Vanity Fair: Elizabeth Taylor), through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other ebook sellers.
|
| 39 Unforgettable Moments in Tech Startup History | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 5:09 PM | Lauren Drell |
| Ask any startup founder for advice, and he or she will probably tell you that it's important to celebrate the milestones large and small. Startup life is a rollercoaster, and if you get caught up in the madness, you might quickly burn out. The little things matter, and they keep you going — when your app launches, when you have a successful investor meeting, when you finally have a customer who isn't a relative, when you get acquired.
|
| LinkedIn Acquires Pulse Newsreader for $90 Million | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:48 PM | Lauren Indvik |
| LinkedIn on Thursday confirmed a previous report, that it acquired 3-year-old newsreading app Pulse. The news was announced jointly on the companies' respective websites Thursday afternoon. AllThingsD reports that the acquisition cost LinkedIn $90 million. Reps from LinkedIn could not be reached for comment. Update: LinkedIn confirmed the deal is valued at approximately $90 million, 90% in the form of company stock and 10% in cash.
|
| U.S. Social Ad Revenue to Hit $11 Billion by 2017 | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 3:58 PM | ClickZ |
| Annual U.S. social ad revenue is expected to reach $11 billion by 2017, according to a recent study by BIA/Kelsey. The jump would represent a growth rate of more than 18% over the next five years. BIA/Kelsey projects that video and mobile social ads will be the prime motivators for the future growth.
|
| BMW Demos Electric Car Performance With 'Electronaut Effect' Site | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:30 AM | Charlie White |
| Since January, 2012, BMW has been field-testing 700 electric ActiveE cars. Now the company wants you to see what sort of mileage and data those experimental cars are accumulating, and on Thursday rolls out an online digital tool it calls "Electronaut Effect" to do just that.
|
| 50+ Events in New York, Atlanta and More | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 11:29 AM | Elisha Hartwig |
| Mashable's Events Board is a great place to find the leading conferences in your industry — whether that's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week, we're highlighting five events that we think can help move your career forward. Our picks include events in New York, the Bay Area and Atlanta. If you don't find something that's a fit for you, you can check out more than 50 events on our complete listings.
|
| What's Inside Successful Entrepreneurs' Arsenals? | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:09 AM | Adam Popescu |
| People despise being told the areas they're lacking and how they can improve. But, for a few tools that make winning easier, it's worth swallowing your pride. A recent post by LinkedIn on the arsenals of highly successful entrepreneurs shows what weapons of war these figures use for battle and what they can't get through their workday without.
|
| Foursquare Raises $41 Million to Prove Business Model Can Work | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:01 AM | Seth Fiegerman |
| Foursquare hasn't checked out just yet. The social check-in service has raised another round of financing totaling $41 million, led by Silver Lake Partners with contributions from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, Spark Capital and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, the company announced on Thursday. The latest financing is a mix of loans and convertible debt.
|
| PC Sales Sink and Other News You Need to Know | | Thursday, April 11, 2013 8:45 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. The next Xbox console from Microsoft will hook right into your existing TV and set-top box. PC sales just recorded their worst quarter since they started recording quarterly performance in 1994.
|
| |  |  | | | TOP STORIES TODAY TOP TOPICS | |
ليست هناك تعليقات:
إرسال تعليق