Yesterday and today, Google has been showing off its latest products and features for consumers and developers alike Read More
The coolest announcements at Google I/O 2011
Business to Business Business to Consumer financial Financial and Legal Marketing/Advertising Trends and news
FreeMonee raises $11 million for gift network
A startup founded by former senior executives from eBay, Best Buy, Visa and Oracle and its name reads Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer Entertainment and Digital Media financial Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Marketing/Advertising Online Retail Software Trends and news
Official.fm raises $8 million for DIY music
Official.fm, a management platform for music creators, announced this week that it has raised $8 million in new Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer Entertainment and Digital Media Financial and Legal Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Marketing/Advertising Mobile services Software technology Telecommunications/Wireless Trends and news
What you need to know – 05/11/11
Alpine Data Labs, developer of the first solution for Big Data Predictive Insight, received $7.5 million in Series Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer financial Financial and Legal Internet Video Mobile services Software Telecommunications/Wireless Trends and news
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer Financial and Legal Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Mobile services Software technology Telecommunications/Wireless Trends and news
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer Marketing/Advertising Mobile services Online Retail technology Telecommunications/Wireless Trends and news
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer Financial and Legal Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Marketing/Advertising Mobile services Software technology Telecommunications/Wireless Trends and news
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
Business basics Business to Business Business to Consumer Character Education Entrepreneurship Failures/challenges from entrepreneurs Launching a business Lessons and advice Perseverance Vision
Final Presentations – The Lean LaunchPad
The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. This last post Read More
Business to Business Business to Consumer Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Marketing/Advertising technology Trends and news
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer Entertainment and Digital Media financial Financial and Legal Internet Search Software Trends and news
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer financial Internet Search Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Trends and news
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer Entertainment and Digital Media Financial and Legal Internet Search Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Marketing/Advertising Online Retail technology Trends and news
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer Health and Medical Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Interviews Lifestyle and Travel Marketing/Advertising of entrepreneur Online Retail Software
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
Business to Business Business to Consumer Internet Social Media Internet Web 2.0 Mobile services Software technology Telecommunications/Wireless Trends and news
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