• June 29, 2010

Google unwilling to really give up on China

In hopes of getting back its Internet provider license with China, Google cooks up another solution

• June 28, 2010

What will VC's want for a security?

Common stock? Preferred stock? Debt? Warrants?

• June 28, 2010

Apple sells 1.7M iPhone 4s in three days

Sales of iPhone 4 top every other product in Apple's history, says CEO Steve Jobs

• June 28, 2010

BookRenter's advantage over Chegg, B&N

CEO Mehdi Maghsoodnia on why BookRenter will dominate the online college textbook rental market

• June 28, 2010

Amazon brings audio/video to Kindle for iOS

Kindle apps for Apple devices--iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch--get audio and video enriched content

• June 25, 2010

Skype rival Vopium raises $16.5M for VoIP

VoIP company gets fresh injection of capital to take on the most popular telephony service

• June 25, 2010

Being pushy isn't a sign of desperation

Crowdflower CEO and co-founder Lukas Biewald says there's a lot of free advice in the Valley

• June 25, 2010

Funding roundup - week ending 06/25/10

Social gaming, social gaming: last week was Zynga, this week Playdom, HeyZap, and SGN, who's next?

• June 24, 2010

Ticketfly buys Gigbot to take on Ticketmaster

Online ticketing startup acquires music event promotions site to fight entertainment behemoth

• June 24, 2010

Does MBA spell entrepreneur? Part II

Trulia co-founder Sami Inkinen: B-school was an absolutely necessary stepping stone

• June 24, 2010

YouTube wins against $1 billion Viacom case

Judge throws out $1 billion Viacom lawsuit accusing Google's YouTube of copyright infringement

• June 23, 2010

Mainstream media's problem with social media

A representative sample of Wall Street Journal fans on Facebook

• June 23, 2010

PapayaMobile gets $4M for Android gaming

Mobile network for social gaming on Google Android smartphones is already profitable

• June 23, 2010

Google Voice: Now for all to try (in the US)

Telecom service by Google offers voicemail transcription, one number for all your phones, and more

• June 23, 2010

How can you improve LTV and CAC?

Both lifetime value and customer acquisition cost metrics are key metrics to keep improving