It’s been a long, arduous road, but TweetDeck might have finally found a definitive buyer. Twitter has acquired Read More
Crowdstar raises first round, led by Intel
Intel Capital announced Monday that it has invested in social and mobile gaming studio Crowdstar. The venture arm Read More
Foursquare joins Facebook on INQ Cloud Touch
Foursquare announced Monday that London-based mobile phone manufacturer INQ has selected the location service to be deeply integrated Read More
VYou raises $3 million for video conversation
The Chatroulette spirit will never die. We just want to video chat with strangers too, too badly. VYou, Read More
What you need to know – 05/23/11
Watch the second part of Bambi Francisco’s interview series with Michael Lazerow, CEO and founder of Buddy Media. Read More
Soccer star trying to take tweeters to court
Social media: the enemy of dictators and (alleged) adulterers. A Welsh professional soccer player who must not be Read More
Funding roundup – week ending 05/20/11
Seed-stage Local Q&A site Hipster raised $1 million in seed funding from several angel investors: Mitch Kapor, Dave Read More
Tripl raises $300K for new social travel site
Remember Vacation Relation? It was this pretty cool social travel startup we covered back in December that built Read More
No one is buying Facebook, it’s going public
After a week of LinkedIn IPO fervor, supporting and denying analysis and endless comparisons to the social networking Read More
What you need to know – 05/20/11
Amazon announced that its customers are officially purchasing more Kindle books than all print books, hardcover and paperback Read More
Q&A with ReachLocal co-founder Zorik Gordon
Zorik Gordon is a busy man. You’re seeing some fascinating visions if you ever imagine that the co-founder Read More
LinkedIn foreshadows rich social media IPOs
Well, the LinkedIn IPO rollercoaster ride is over (or is it just starting?) and it’s time to take Read More
Khosla Ventures closing $1 billion, again
Khosla Ventures, the VC firm started in 2004 by Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla, is closing a $1.05 Read More
All over the world, smartphones are continuing to conquer the mobile market and Android is leading the charge, Read More
Print is dead: Kindle books rule total sales
Ding-Dong! The book is dead! (Well, the physical thing filled with sheets of paper is dying, anyway.) Amazon Read More












