10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning, August 8

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		Home Tech Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Thursday, August 8, 2013 Advertisement Morning! News! Tesla delivered much better than expected earnings results, and the stock went soaring after hours. On the earnings call an analyst asked Musk about BMW making an electric car, he just started laughing. Groupon beat earnings expectations, and made interim CEO Eric Lefkofsky the permanent CEO. It also announced a $300 million stock buyback. Y Combinator leader Paul Graham has advice for startups trying to convince investors to get funding. He emphasizes three things: "Formidable founders, a promising market, and (usually) some evidence of success so far." Google's Moto X phone is nice, but nothing special. YouTube's founders have released a new video app that's a lot like Vine and Instagram video.  Android's net users in the U.S. are down ever so slightly, but... On a global basis, Android has a mind-blowing 80% of the smartphone market. Ex-Tumblr CTO Marco Arment warns writers to steer clear of Medium, the new blogging platform by (founder of Twitter) Ev Williams. The founder of Bebo released a really weird video to promote that he bought the company and plans to do with it. Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.jobhuntportal11@blogger.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Tech RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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