The mobile advertising industry is exploding. Mobile ad spend is expected to reach $2.5 billion by 2014 in Read More
72% of marketers plan to increase mobile ad spend
Dot-com. Wow: just saying that makes me feel like I’m back in the 90s. There’s a new top-level Read More
And then there were two. The battle for new smartphone buyers has come down to an Old West-style Read More
At Vator, one of our traditions is to end our evening events with a band. And, not just Read More
MoboTap, developer of a mobile browser for Android, announced Monday that it has secured $10 million in Series Read More
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What you need to know – 07/18/11
Adobe acquired electronic signature solution EchoSign, to be integrated into the Acrobat family. Daily deal site BuyWithMe Read More
If college students were avoiding Kindle textbooks before because they couldn’t take notes or highlight or enjoy the Read More
Has the daily deal industry been satisfactorily sapped dry of any novelty or fun yet? Quite possibly Read More
(Correction: To reflect founder bios) There’s about 42 million people who are underbanked (those without access to credit Read More
Local business-focused e-commerce company Zappedy announced over the weekend that it has been acquired by Groupon. Terms of Read More
This Wednesday, Vator and Bullpen will hold its first-ever Venture Shift event, a gathering of top-notch investors, angels, Read More
(Larry Kramer is the founder of MarketWatch, which was sold to Dow Jones, a division of News Corp.) Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 07/15/11
Seed-stage San Francisco-based Astrid raised a seed round of funding, led by Google Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. Read More
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CrowdStar & YouWeb launch $10 million StarFund
Social gaming company CrowdStar and YouWeb, its former incubator, have jointly launched a $10 million venture fund dedicated Read More
The News of the World phone-hacking scandal has devolved into madness. The popular 168-year-old British tabloid published its Read More