To grow your startup, you need to analyze the market forces in the industry you want to invest in. Identify the weaknesses of most companies in the industry and use them as an opportunity. Farmgirl Flowers is an example of a successful start-up that has grown to a leading supplier of flowers in United States, using gaps in the flower industry as opportunities to succeed. Finding an Opportunity in the Flower Market Farmgirl is an e-commerce flower store that was started by Christina, popularly known as the farm girl....

Here are the five best mobile accessibility apps at the moment. 1. Big Keys Big Keys: Large Keyboard & Emoji QWERTY Magnifier ($2.99) is a simple yet very useful application. Its primary function is to allow the customization of the size of the keys of a mobile device’s virtual keyboard. It also allows the use of big emojis and a numeric keypad. Further customization options include custom keyboard themes and custom key color schemes....

The only way to avoid hearing about high gas prices over the last few months would be to live under a rock. And since house prices are also on the rise, there’s a good chance you know all too well that the cost of fuel has been far too high for far too long. It appears the increasing price is putting the squeeze on the trucking industry as well, with the high costs representing the new number one concern, according to a new report....

The swipe-based dating behemoth was hit with the lawsuit after it launched the Tinder Plus subscription service in 2015. The Tinder Plus package gave users unlimited right swipes, while the regular users had their swipes limited. However, Tinder Plus was immediately caught up in controversy as Tinder charged users 29 or older $19.99 per month, while younger users could expect a cut-price rate of just $9.99 per month. $17.3m? That’s a Lot of Money It certainly is....

In blog posts, online profiles, videos, and mass emails, you may now start to see startups advertise their upcoming funding round. But this newfound freedom comes with a few rules: Investors you do take money from must be accredited. Previously, startups could raise money from up to 35 unaccredited investors that they already knew. An accredited investor is someone with a (joint) net worth of over $1 million, or annual income over $200,000 ($300,000 for a couple)....

The malware can subsume devices and add them to a botnet, meaning they could then be accessed by unauthorised users to help complete power-intensive tasks (like crypto-mining) that demand a network of distributed computers. Although securely sharing passwords for company devices has been made safer by technology like password managers for teams, This scam suggests enough employees evidently still seek out password-cracking tools for the scam to be worthwhile. PLCs are essentially machines that set rules for industrial machinery like assembly lines or conveyor belts, and can be programmed to obey certain logical rules....

Business Laptop Versus Consumer Laptop: What’s the Difference? Right about now you’re probably asking “what is the difference between business and consumer PCs?” Many people outside of management level occupations don’t even realize that there’s more than one class of laptop, but if you have a laptop that wasn’t purchased by an IT department for work use then you probably have a consumer model. They’re readily available, and as technology advances, they’re also getting smaller and more affordable by the day....

These new proposed tariffs are the latest manifestation of Trump’s core trade policy, which involves punitively taxing imports from China in the hope that it will incentivize companies to begin manufacturing goods in the US. As ever, Trump’s initial statement was light on detail, but he speculated that the new tariffs would be somewhere between 10-25%. This cost would likely be passed on to consumers but Trump said we needn’t worry about that....

The Basics of Video Storytelling So how can you swoop in on this hireable job skill? Experience, mostly. Get a copy of Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro X and start cobbling together videos. Personally, I want to see two-minute editions of classic Twilight Zone episodes. You’ll hone your sense of what to trim, cut, or keep, and you’ll wind up with a version of the Twilight Zone that isn’t super boring....

Image Credit: Flickr/Bart All winning startups along the Celebrate Startup Tour will be invited to pitch at Celebrate 2015 to compete in our startup competition to win the Tech.Co Startup of the Year title right in the heart of Downtown Las Vegas October 4–6th. In each region, startups who pitch at the Startup of the Year Competition & Mixer will be eligible in two ways: be voted the Startup of the Year through the Reader’s Choice poll, or be voted the startup with the Best Pitch live at the event....

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had a wide range of surprising consequences. Scores of tech companies have pulled out of the area in an effort to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people, leading to an inability to access services like Netflix, PayPal, and many others. Subsequently, citizens of both countries have turned to Virtual Private Network (VPN) services in hopes of dodging the bans put in place by the government....

Over the past decade or so, a new type of accelerator has become popularized, especially in the tech industry. From Yahoo to Microsoft, many of the established tech corporations have formed their own accelerators, not all that dissimilar from standard ones, with the goal of creating a mutually beneficial relationship with startups. What Are Corporate Accelerators? Like any accelerator, a corporate accelerator is designed to empower and grow startups that have been accepted into their program....

Today, Apple stole a march on itself by unveiling a brand new iPad Air and the iPad mini 5 – we’ll no doubt get a closer look at those at next week’s event, too. While we won’t see new iPhones or MacBooks (you’ll have to wait until September for those), it’s likely we’ll see a new version of its ubiquitous AirPods wireless earphones, plus the debut of Apple’s long-rumored Netflix-rivalling streaming service....

That’s right, we’re barely into 2020 and already companies are starting to bring new and (hopefully) improved products to market. You’ll likely hear plenty of breathless announcements from CES this year, so let’s cut to the chase and separate the wheat from the chaff among Dell’s announcements. The 2020 model gets a slightly larger 13.4-inch display than its predecessor, as well as a new, slightly taller 16:10 aspect ratio. This new screen design means that you should be able to fit more stuff onto your screen at any one time, making it perfect for mobile workers....

2018 was the year that Apple launched the Series 4 Apple Watch, the latest in line up of wearable tech. As the biggest watch manufacturer in the world now, thanks to the Watch, it’s clear that the wearable technology market is big business, and only growing further. So, what can we expect from 2019 when it comes to wearable tech? From improved watches to clothes that link to our smartphones, we look and what’s to come in the new year....

Members of the panel had extensive experiences in facilitating conversations and establishing relationships between startups and large corporations. Those included were Brady Forrest, vice president of hardware incubator Highway1; C. Todd Lombardo, innovation architect at Constant Contact; Elliot Lewis, the chief security architect for Dell Software Group; Paul Swartz, a business development manager at American Airlines; Carrie Walsh, managing director at Silicon Valley Bank; and Sneha Menon, startup adviser at PayPal’s Startup BluePrint....

Apple is known to be the primary choice for tech startups – Instagram was launched as an iOS app; Lyft and Uber released apps for iPhone users first and the history knows many more examples of companies targeting iPhone users first. The main reason for this is that promoting a new app on Apple Store and getting the initial traction is easier even if the app is paid. Yet as the new Android N being released later this year for multiple devices, more and more small businesses turn towards the open-source OS from Google....

This year, in addition to inviting twice as many startups to the competition, we will also support them like never before, with mentorship, business resources, cash prizes, and enough exposure to easily warrant a trip to Silicon Valley. Companies like Klickly, Blendoor, and ShearShare all started their meteoric rises in this competition, and one of the nearly one thousand applicants below could be next. That’s right, this year we received nearly one thousand applications to participate in our Startup of the Year competition....

The hub of Startup Week activity is Chase Basecamp. This centralized work hub serves as ground zero for dozens of panel discussions, fireside chats, workshops, mentor sessions, happy hours and enough coffee to keep a small army alert and awake for days. While many numerous invaluable connections are made just by attending these kinds of big events, having this kind of centralized space is necessary to optimize the experience for attendees....

Some of the brightest minds in the world are working on the advancement of artificial intelligence. Yet many of them agree that developing a program that can pass as human, let alone rival one of our brains, is a long ways off, if not impossible. Artificial intelligence has clearly come a long way. Its ability to learn vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, and spit out results has improved countless industries and will improve countless more in the coming years....