Wimdu, an online marketplace for accommodations, announced Wednesday that it has raised $90 million from Rocket Internet and Read More
What you need to know – 06/15/11
AOK (Acts and Observations of Kindness) is a pretty simple points-based game in which users perform and observe Read More
Twitter users to businesses: “Answer us?”
There’s just something about Q&A. People have questions and they want answers–right now! As I mentioned when Facebook Read More
Congress: let startups stay private forever?
Maybe that Facebook IPO isn’t coming after all. A few state representatives, including David Schweikert (R-AZ) and Jim Read More
RockMelt announced Tuesday that it has entered a partnership with Facebook to create a deeply integrated social browser. Read More
ROBLOX, a gaming site for kids, announced Tuesday that it has closed a $4 million second round of Read More
What you need to know – 06/14/11
Google confirmed its acquisition of display advertising platform AdMeld. In this new interview with Brian Chesky, founder Read More
Zynga’s “Empires” nears 10M users in 10 days
Ready to experience the shock of a lifetime? Zynga’s latest release, Empires & Allies, is this week’s fastest Read More
2012 is coming. Supposing we all survive the apocalypse, the coming of Christ and whatever the Mayans prophesied, Read More
Everloop, a social network for kids aged under 13, announced Monday that it has raised $3.1 million in Read More
What you need to know – 06/13/11
Google’s potential $400 million acquisition of AdMeld would boost the tech giant’s display advertising arsenal, and here’s why. Read More
As the social networking giant of the world stomps along to an unprecedented 700 million users, traffic might Read More
Funding roundup – week ending 06/10/11
Seed-stage EDITD, provider of automated retail monitoring and analytics for the fashion industry, raised a $1.6 million seed Read More
Well, it’s late Friday here on the west coast, and neither party involved has yet confimed reports that Read More
Location data to be worth $10 billion in 2016
Total consumer and advertiser money spent on location-based services (LBS) could make the sector a $10 billion industry Read More












