Alpine Data Labs, developer of the first solution for Big Data Predictive Insight, received $7.5 million in Series Read More
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Winners & losers in the Microsoft-Skype deal
Now that Microsoft’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype is a done deal, it’s time we take a look Read More
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Why Microsoft needs Skype: Windows Phone 7
So we’re still mere hours into the post-apocalyptic world where Skype has been acquired, not by Google nor Read More
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SCVNGR copies Foursquare AmEx deal, beats it
The future of commerce is barreling towards us faster than anyone expected. Riding on the coattails of Foursquare’s Read More
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What you need to know – 05/10/11
Content delivery service Limelight Networks acquired AcceloWeb (formerly FasterWeb), a software solution that speeds up the loading time Read More
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LocalResponse finds customers, check-in or no
Only 39 percent of smartphone users in the U.S. actually use at least one location-based service to check Read More
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More social gaming: Row Sham Bow raises $3M
Social gaming studio Row Sham Bow announced Monday that it has raised $3 million from early stage venture Read More
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musiXmatch raises $3.7 million for lyrics
Everyone has done it. You can’t really tell what the singer is saying, even though it’s one of Read More
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LinkedIn prices shares at $32 to $35 for IPO
LinkedIn, the top networking site for professionals, has priced shares at $32 to $35 each for its initial Read More
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What you need to know – 05/09/11
Gilt Groupe raised a $138 million fifth round from Softbank Group, General Atlantic, Matrix Partners, Goldman Sachs, New Read More
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Kids and startups: nothing a mom can’t handle
Happy Mother’s Day! At Vator, we like to highlight the awesomeness of entrepreneurs, those fascinating and unique human Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 05/06/11
Seed-stage AppDirect, a new way for businesses to find, buy and use Web-based software, raised a $3.25 million Read More
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Only 39% of U.S. smartphone users check in
Yesterday, I was lucky enough to attend the Social-Loco Conference in San Francisco, which brought together many of Read More
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What you need to know – 05/06/11
Demand Media reported $79.5 million in revenues in Q1, an increase of 48% over Q1 2010, when the Read More
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GroupMe buys Sensobi to expand on BlackBerry
Group messaging application GroupMe announced Thursday that it has acquired “personal relationship management” company Sensobi. Terms of the Read More
