Ouya is ready for its close-up. After a remarkably successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $8 million last June, the startup will release its eponymous Ouya game console to retailers on June 4, it said on Thursday evening. SAN FRANCISCO – Ouya is ready for its close-up. After a remarkably successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $8 million last June, the startup will release its e

A new breed of tech startup wants to bring the "underbanked" into the financial mainstream. But are they just peddling the same old payday loans with a Silicon Valley sheen? LendUp CEO Sasha Orloff: "I firmly believe we can make more money by creating better value for the customers instead of setting traps."Photo: Alex Washburn/Wired Douglas Merrill's sister-in-law Vicki needed new snow tires. Wit

A self-funded, small-time entrepreneur thinks startups are aiming to high. So he set up a half-serious fund to help them aim lower. Maciej Cegłowski, CEO of Pinboard and creator of the Pinboard Investment Co-Prosperity Cloud fund.Photo: Joi Ito/Flickr Maciej Cegłowski’s new startup fund was the toast of Silicon Valley on Friday, lighting up Twitter, winning top billing on the elite Hacker News for

The cult of the founder tells us that great companies start when lone geniuses sweat through the night turning the world's next great idea into code. But what if you could still start a company while someone else does the sweating for you? The cult of the founder tells us that great companies start when lone geniuses sweat through the night turning the world's next great idea into code. But what i

Not only is Union Square Ventures partner Fred Wilson the godfather of the New York startup scene, he also loves music. So who better than this self-proclaimed music nut to talk about the future of music, technology, and how companies straddling both have a shot at making money.