Apps from Uber and Airbnb to TaskRabbit and Instacart have jumpstarted the so-called “sharing economy” in the U.S., but they’re also created a whole lot of self-employed on-demand drivers, landlords and… Read more »
Four big technology companies involved in a wage-fixing scandal will reportedly add $90 million to top off an earlier proposed settlement that was rejected by a federal judge as too low. The overall… Read more »
Amazon detailed on Wednesday a new security tool called Amazon Web Services Key Management Service (KMS) that lets folks manage their encryption keys for both applications and services on-premise and in… Read more »
Tech all-star Diane Greene is ostensibly working on Demeterr, a super-secret SaaS company — application focus unknown — and is also investing in Datrium. Read more »
Pay-by-bitcoin will be a new payment option for invoices, thanks to a free service from Intuit announced today. Small businesses who use QuickBooks Online can register for a wallet with Coinbase… Read more »
eBay is the latest Silicon Valley company to agree to settle antitrust charges related to secret anti-poaching pacts that limited employees’ opportunities to change jobs. Read more »
Following up on similar work with Intuit’s(s intu) QuickBooks last year, Square has integrated its transaction tracking tools with Xero’s accounting software, allowing sales data to flow seamlessly from Square’s digital… Read more »
With this acquisition, Docstoc’s 50 employees and myriad documents, courses and templates will fill out Intuit’s product portfolio for small businesses. Read more »
Cloud ERP vendors have addressed many SaaS security concerns, but regulatory, geographic, or scale issues will lead to on-premises implementations of private or hybrid clouds in many environments. Read more »