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Two executives say goodbye to Square

Alex Petrov and Alyssa Cutright both departed the company, with Petrov leaving before he started

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AT&T e-mail explains iPad data breach

by Ronny Kerr, June 14, 2010 | Comments

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Security breach that exposed 114,000 e-mail addresses traced back to "self-described hackers"

AT&T sent an e-mail on Sunday night to owners of the iPad 3G, notifying them of a security breach that struck the company's site and offering an explanation for how it happened.The e-mail, signed by Dorothy Attwood, a senior vice president and public policy and chief privacy officer for AT&T, offers some insight into how more than 114,000 iPad owners' ...

Funding roundup - week ending 06/11/10

by Ronny Kerr, June 11, 2010 | Comments

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2010 Q1 venture funding dips slightly from previous quarter, but there's still money out there

As might have been expected, venture funding in the first quarter of 2010 fell 2% from the quarter just before, according to data from VC database VentureDeal. 281 companies from four distinct technology sectors (Internet, digital media, e-commerce, and software) raised $1.8 billion.Nevertheless, the length of this list proves there is still venture capital out there to be pursued, if ...

VatorSplash Finalist: Hey! You Up There!

by Chris Caceres, June 11, 2010 | Comments

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Upcoming startup wants to be the online sports network for your kids

San Francisco, Ca.-based Hey! You Up There!, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco. The company's VP of Strategy, Jim Kiles presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors. Here's the video we captured and a summary of what the company is working on. The startup is building ...

Safari 5 is out in the wild

by Ronny Kerr, June 11, 2010 | Comments

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Updated Apple browser isn't as fast as it thinks, adds Bing option and clutter-clearing Reader

Though Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) concludes today in San Francisco, most of us can't go home with an iPhone 4 or even iOS 4 to play around with. On the other hand, Safari 5, the latest update to Apple's desktop browser, has been released into the wild and is all ours to take for a test drive. Hands down ...

Twitter acquires Smallthought Systems

by Ronny Kerr, June 10, 2010 | Comments

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Creator of Dabble DB for databases and Trendly for analytics gets bought by startup-hungry Twitter

Twitter has acquired Smallthought Systems, the company behind online database service Dabble DB and analytics dashboard Trendly.Though Twitter once used Dabble DB for project management, Trendly was what recently attracted the startup to Smallthought.Trendly reports translate raw Google Analytics data into trends that highlight significant deviations in inputted data. Twitter was one of the first companies to try Trendly, and ...

Thumbtack.com tacks on $1.2M in funding

by Ronny Kerr, June 10, 2010 | Comments

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Juice Pitcher winner from 2009 raises $1.2 million round from prominent angel investors

Thumbtack.com, an online marketplace for finding and listing local services like guitar lessons or product photography, announced on Wednesday the closing of a $1.2 million round of funding from a long list of prominent angel investors.The San Francisco-based startup had previously raised $500,000 from two of the founders of Logitech and an Angie’s List angel investor.Over 40,000 service professionals have ...

VatorSplash Finalist: Baduku

by Chris Caceres, June 9, 2010 | Comments

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Baduku could be the next online opinion engine for anything

Santa Ana, Ca.-based Baduku, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco. The company's CEO, Namanh Hoang presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors. Here's the video we captured and a summary of what the company is working on. "Baduku.com is to review Websites, as what Twitter was ...

Online advertising to hit Golden Age?

by Bambi Francisco Roizen, June 9, 2010 | Comments

	Morgan Stanley Mary Meeker's latest Internet trends deck Mary Meeker has the best industry slides ever. For anyone interested in learning about the Internet and putting it into perspective, you should take a look at these slides. One slide I like is the one showing that Apple's iPad is among the fastest growing consumer devices ever. It took 28 days for the iPad to hit 1 million users. ...
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FrontierVille: Zynga brings its newest Ville

by Ronny Kerr, June 9, 2010 | Comments

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FarmVille, FishVille, PetVille, YoVille, and now FrontierVille, Zynga's take on Oregon Trail

Zynga, the hottest social gaming startup on Facebook and beyond, launched a new game Wednesday morning called FrontierVille, aiming to follow on the incredible success of its other games, like FarmVille.FrontierVille transports users back to the Wild West, where they must overcome the trials of the wilderness in order to found a thriving frontier homestead. Players control multiple avatars for ...

Footbalistic raises $500K for soccer data

by Ronny Kerr, June 9, 2010 | Comments

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San Francisco startup picks up new funding on eve of World Cup

Footbalistic, a professional statistics and analytics site for soccer data, has raised a $500K round from angel investors, including Eric Di Benedetto. The round is still open to new backers.Along with the funding, the San Francisco-based startup announced that it has confirmed a partnership to provide analytics tools to Radio Monte Carlo (RMC), a top French sports radio station. The ...

Facebook quickly becoming key video hub

by Ronny Kerr, June 8, 2010 | Comments

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Surpassing Hulu is only the beginning, mobile phones equipped with video upload will be instrumental

Facebook sees 20 million videos uploaded to its social network and 2 billion videos viewed each month, according to data released by a Facebook spokesperson.These numbers align well with recent comScore statistics that place Facebook in the top five sites for video viewers. Putting it in the same league as Vevo and Fox Interactive (having surpassed Hulu), the social site ...

What newspapers can learn from Facebook

by Mark Cuban, June 8, 2010 | Comments (2)

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and mobile... and how Google was the big loser in the Facebook privacy debate

I’ve written multiple times about the value of independence from Google to Newspapers. Of course, each generated responses from many who disagreed with me. I just wanted to point out that Facebook, arguably the largest and most important Web site in the world has most of its content walled off from Google. In fact, the biggest loser in the Facebook ...

VatorSplash Finalist: Mindbloom

by Chris Caceres, June 8, 2010 | Comments

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A social game which aims to help its users maintain a healthier life

Seattle-based Mindbloom, competed a few weeks ago at our Vator Splash event in San Francisco. The company's co-founder, Brent Poole presented his pitch on stage in front of several hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors. Here's the video we captured and a summary of what the company is working on. Mindbloom has built what it calls a "Life Game." It's an ...

RockYou gets $10M for social app development

by Ronny Kerr, June 8, 2010 | Comments

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Social network app developer gets a fifth round of funding for further Asia expansion

RockYou, a social networking developer of apps and ad widgets, has raised a $10 million Series E round of funding from SoftBank and has acquired a majority stake in its joint venture, RockYou Asia.The San Mateo, CA-based startup last picked up a $50 million Series D, also from SoftBank, in November 2009. Tthe company has raised a total of $127 ...

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