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Coghead closes, leaves users kind of stranded

by Chris Caceres, February 20, 2009 | Comments (1)

SAP acquires Coghead Inc., leaving users 2 months to save their data

Coghead Inc., a company that enables users to build cloud-computing applications without code, has been acquired by enterprise software company SAP, for an undisclosed amount. This isn't exactly great news for the world of cloud-computing, which is said to be the next big market. If you don’t know already, cloud computing lets users access applications all online, never having to ...

Time to start tagging the physical world

by Chris Caceres, February 19, 2009 | Comments (1)

Tonchidot's, Sekai Camera, enables your iPhone to provide realtime information on physical objects

There are iPhone apps out there like Google Maps, which use location services to show you relevant places or searches on their provided maps. Sometimes these can connect you with the people around you, or sometimes they can simply tell you the location of whatever type of restaurant you are looking for. Tokyo based, Tonchidot, is working on something a ...

Microsoft entering 3D realm

by Chris Caceres, February 18, 2009 | Comments (1)

Microsoft is close at cutting a deal to acquire 3DV Systems for $35 million

Microsoft, is constantly in a never-ending battle with its technology opponents. While Microsoft’s Zune struggles to keep up with the innovations of Apple’s iPod, its entire Office suite and developer tools are boldly attempting to catch up with Google by introducing its own cloud computing line-up, Azure. It doesn’t end here, Microsoft is now trying to follow Nintendo’s trend of ...

OVGuide, on the roll

by Chris Caceres, February 18, 2009 | Comments

Video search engine, OVGuide raises $5 million in funding from Varoda Ventures

With the decline in ad revenue across the Internet, video search engine OVGuide.com is doing something right it seems - keeping 100% of its ad revenue. In January of 2009, OVGuide announced it has finally become profitable. On top of that, today announced it recently raised $5 million in funding from Baroda Ventures. They plan on using this round to ...

Market intelligence, a key to success

by Chris Caceres, February 17, 2009 | Comments (1)

Filtrbox releases new market intelligence tool, G2, and raises $1.4 million

If you are looking for an alternative to Google Alerts for tracking information on the Web relevant to your life, try Filtrbox which has just given its services a major boost. Here's why.Filtrbox, a market intelligence tool, which claims to find “the needle in the haystack”, for business professionals, has just released its spiffy new G2 service. Along with its ...

Offerpal's offer scores

by Chris Caceres, February 17, 2009 | Comments

Offerpal Media raises $15 million in funding for its alternative advertising solutions

It’s almost unheard of to find a friend who doesn’t belong to at least one social network. Advertisers flock to sites like Facebook and MySpace placing banner ads left and right, top to bottom taking advantage of this growing number of users. They desperately attempt to entice users to click or simply look at, but studies continue to show lack ...

"Lost" is most viewed online show

by Chris Caceres, February 12, 2009 | Comments

Nielsen announces top 10 online broadcast TV network entertainment programs

I keep hearing friends and colleagues around me making smart comments about canceling their television cable service. Will they really ever do it? Probably. Nielsen announced today, the top most viewed online TV programs. "Lost" came in at No. 1, with 1.4 million unique viewers in December of 2008, followed by "Saturday Night Live," with 1.1 million unique viewers. "Grey's ...

Keeping Twitter simple

by Chris Caceres, February 12, 2009 | Comments

Why won't Twitter allow for multimedia posts? Alex Payne, API Lead at Twitter explains

Much shorter than a blog post, but not quite poetry, Twitter's 140-character restriction is the core of what's made it successful. While MySpace, and now Facebook pages force-feed mounds of multimedia content into our browsers, Twitter profiles load instantly and can be scanned through with ease. Twitter has no intention to ever integrate the ability to actually post a ...

The Twitter-focused SF Mobile Meetup

by Chris Caceres, February 6, 2009 | Comments (2)

Twitter developers gather to share ideas and demo their products

Ever heard of the SF Mobile 2.0 Meetup event? Probably not, because it’s an extremely exclusive invite-only event for mobile application developers in San Francisco. Founded in May of 2008 by Lars Kamp, an executive at Accenture, it has grown from a small gathering of developers sharing ideas, to hundreds of developers applying and sitting on wait lists to ...

Gamefly buys Shacknews

by Chris Caceres, February 5, 2009 | Comments

With the acquisition of Shacknews, is Gamefly trying to go on-demand with game rentals?

Gamefly.com, a popular subscription based video game rental service, recently announced it had acquired Shacknews, a video game information site. The financial details have not yet been disclosed, but Gamefly intends on keeping the entire editorial staff of Shacknews.Why would a video game rental company want to buy a video game news site? Simple, with the acquisition of Shacknews, Gamefly ...

Zag's alternative route to buying cars wins

by Chris Caceres, February 5, 2009 | Comments

Zag.com, provider of online sales, raises $37.4 million

Zag.com, a provider of online auto sales, has raised $37.4 million in venture funding today, as reported by peHUB. In an environment where car sales are down, and the automobile industry is failing, investors have faith in this company. Amidst dealerships closing and the U.S. auto bailout, Zag reported in December of 2008, that its automotive retails sales were up ...

The bust is good for the Valley

by Chris Caceres, February 4, 2009 | Comments (1)

Kosmix founder Venky Harinarayan shares his insights on the financial future of Silicon Valley

Venky Harinarayan, Co-Founder of Kosmix, and Venture Capitalist wrote an article on why the bust is good for the Valley. In this interview with Bambi Francisco, he shares his insights on what will happen to Silicon Valley in the next few years. BF: Lets start with why the bust is good for silicon valley?VH: So the thesis of that article, ...

Edgy parenting site raises cash

by Chris Caceres, February 4, 2009 | Comments

Babble.com, a site aimed at putting parenting in an 'honest' perspective raises $2 million

Babble Media, a site that targets young parents, has recently raised $2 million in VC funding from Village Ventures. Babble is attempting to put parenting in an, ‘honest’ perspective. According to Babble, “The truth is that parenting is one of life's crucible experiences — it's rapturous, backbreaking and hysterically funny.” Babble’s mission is to, “to tell the truth about parenting, ...

Tool to create your own Widget gets funded

by Chris Caceres, February 3, 2009 | Comments (1)

iWidgets raises $4.1 million in Series A round

iWidgets, which make creating your own customized widget a simple task, announced they’ve raised $4.1 million in Series A funding today. The funding was led by Opus Capital and joined by University Venture Fund. iWidgets, based out of San Francisco, CA offer a unique tool which can help any website bring their content to leading social networks including MySpace and ...

Search tools company raises cash

by Chris Caceres, February 3, 2009 | Comments

TextDigger, raises $4.3 million from True Ventures, Intel Capital, and CBS

Textdigger, which develops technology and tools to improve search, has raised $4.3 million in Series A-1 funding today. The funding was led by True Ventures, and joined by Intel Capital and CBS Interactive. As a startup based in San Jose, CA, TextDigger has been developing tools, which make Web pages easier to find using today’s search engines. Their tools automatically ...

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