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More people going mobile to check on finances

by Faith Merino, March 24, 2011 | Comments

More people are checking bank and credit card accounts from mobile devices, says comScore

Remember when people were scared to use their credit cards online? Those days are long gone, and more people than ever are shopping online. Enter the mobile age and you have throngs of people using their mobile devices to pay for goods, check their bank accounts, stocks, and more. In Q4 2010, 29.8 million Americans accessed financial accounts such as ...

Flipboard raising money at a $200M valuation?

by Faith Merino, March 23, 2011 | Comments

Rumors are flying, but Flipboard is keeping mum

Flipboard, the iMag that curates your social content for your iPad reading pleasure, is reportedly raising funds for a hefty $200 million valuation. The company declined to comment, but individuals close to the matter are reportedly saying that Flipboard recently began accelerating its efforts. Launched in July 2010, the company has raised $10.5 million to date from such notable names ...

Gilt Groupe acquires home decor site Decorati

by Faith Merino, March 23, 2011 | Comments

	The fusion will create an uber shopping site! Gilt Groupe, a flash sales site for high end fashion, on Wednesday announced that it has acquired home decor site Decorati. I sense a beautiful fusion in the making. So as a brief side note, I happen to be in the process of buying a house right now, so I think I just spent an hour scouring the Decorati site, ...
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HealthTap raises $2.35M for health network

by Faith Merino, March 23, 2011 | Comments

The company gets some big names behind it, including Mohr Davidow, Esther Dyson, and more

Personalized health startup HealthTap on Wednesday announced the close of a $2.35 million round of seed funding led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, with help from several other big-name angel investors, including chairman of EDventure Esther Dyson, founder and managing director of Leslie Ventures Mark Leslie, founder of Mint.com Aaron Patzer, and more. The company is currently in private beta, but ...

Inkling raises funds from major publishers

by Faith Merino, March 23, 2011 | Comments

But are digital textbooks a safe bet?

When it comes to e-books, there's no question that the market is moving in the digital direction (as Borders' recent Chapter 11 filing indicates). But textbooks are a completely different animal, and the question of whether students want digital textbooks is drawing a wide range of competing opinions and explanations. The textbook rental industry has all but staked its future ...

SocialVibe ropes $20M for opt-in digital ads

by Faith Merino, March 22, 2011 | Comments

The company is backed by Norwest Venture Partners

Digital advertising company SocialVibe announced Tuesday a $20 million round of equity financing led by Norwest Venture Partners, with help from previous investors Redpoint Ventures, Jafco Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures. Digital ad companies are always looking for new ways to snag unwitting Internet users, whether it's through display ads, video ads, or those annoying in-text rollover ads. The more I ...

DotCloud closes $10M Series A round

by Faith Merino, March 22, 2011 | Comments

The PaaS startup helps developers deploy their apps and gets support from big names

DotCloud, a second-generation PaaS company that helps developers deploy their apps, on Tuesday announced the close of its $10 million Series A round, which was led by Benchmark Capital and Trinity Ventures. The new financing comes just weeks after DotCloud received $800K in seed funding from some impressive angels, including Ron Conway, Chris Sacca, Jerry Yang, and more. Furthermore, the company ...

LinkedIn hits 100M members in time for IPO

by Faith Merino, March 22, 2011 | Comments

The company nearly doubles its users in one year

Just ahead of its imminent IPO, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner announced in a blog post Tuesday morning that LinkedIn now has 100 million members. For a little perspective, this time last year, the company announced that it had just hit 60 million members, which means that in the last year, the company's user base has nearly doubled. The career networking site ...

Shutterfly acquires Tiny Prints for $333M

by Faith Merino, March 22, 2011 | Comments

As part of the deal, the entire Tiny Prints company will join Shutterfly

Personal publishing service Shutterfly on Monday announced the acquisition of Tiny Prints, a privately owned company that specializes in stationary items such as announcements and invitations, for $333 million in cash and stock. The deal, which is expected to close in 30-60 days, includes $141 million in cash for all of Tiny Prints' outstanding stock and roughly 3.9 million shares ...

Google hit with $140K fine for Wi-Spy case

by Faith Merino, March 21, 2011 | Comments

France voiced its disapproval today with Google's first-ever penalty for collecting data

Google today received the slap-on-the-wrist of a lifetime. On Monday, the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertes), the administrative body that oversees data privacy law in France, hit Google with a €100,000 fine for its two-year data-collection spree. The fine translates to roughly $140,000, which probably won't even show up as a hiccup in Google's balance sheet, but it's ...

Social commerce startup 8thBridge raises $10M

by Faith Merino, March 21, 2011 | Comments

The company gets support from Trident Capital and Split Rock Partners

More merchants these days are recognizing the goldmine of potential customers that is Facebook. So why not fish where the fish are? 8thBridge, a Minneapolis-based startup that bills itself as a social commerce company, helps merchants do just that, and today the company announced its $10 million Series B round led by Trident Capital, with help from existing investor Split ...

Sprint integrates Google Voice + Nexus S 4G

by Faith Merino, March 21, 2011 | Comments

The partnership will let Sprint customers use their existing number for Google Voice

Happy Monday, Sprint customers. Google today announced its new partnership with Sprint, which will allow Sprint users to get Google Voice using their existing Sprint numbers. So what this means for Sprint customers is that if they so choose, they can now use their Sprint number to get all of the benefits of Google Voice, such as having one number ...

YouTube and the new dawn of accountability

by Faith Merino, March 21, 2011 | Comments

Viral web videos of racist rants and bullying pave the way for greater accountability among schools

Videos going viral on YouTube is nothing new, but last week two videos went viral and brought up some major accountability issues for the schools involved. The first was the anti-Asian rant posted on YouTube by busty blond UCLA student Alexandra Wallace last Monday--just days after Japan was devastated by a 9.0 earthquake and deadly tsunami that has left some ...

Amazon developing a Kindle for Android?

by Faith Merino, March 18, 2011 | Comments

Amazon is looking for developers with Android experience; is the company creating a new tablet?

The Web has been crawling with rumors of an Android-based Kindle on Amazon's horizon since reports emerged in the last week to suggest that Amazon is developing a Kindle that will be capable of running on the Android OS. Recently, the company posted five new jobs on the Lab 126 website (which makes the Kindle) for developers with Android experience. ...

Yes, Groupon is worth $25 billion

by Faith Merino, March 18, 2011 | Comments

It's revolutionized commerce and could IPO for more than Google. Why? Because it's a game-changer

Groupon's rumored $25 billion IPO gives us all a lot to think about. Is the two-year-old company really worth that much? Could we be on the verge of a new Web bubble? Does Andrew Mason have a girlfriend? Reports emerged Thursday that the company is looking at going public this year for up to $25 billion, according to people familiar ...

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