There’s a new social networking site in town, and it’s on a mission to take down its competitors. Read More
Is Unthink the Un-Facebook?
Banking-by-email company ActivePath announced Monday that it has raised $10 million in a Series B round of funding Read More
(Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist at Union Square Ventures in NY) When you see a stock chart Read More
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What you need to know – 09/19/11
ActivePath, developer of ActiveMail Interactive Email and Messaging solutions, secured a $10 million financing round led by Battery Read More
I need to stop writing about flash sale sites. Every time I do, I end up buying Read More
(Larry Kramer is the author of C-Scape, a book on the changing landscape for media and related Read More
Update: We previously said that Netflix’s new DVD business is called “Quikster” when, in fact, it’s actually “Qwikster.” Read More
It was a bit of a corporate shake-up week for Twitter. On Friday, Twitter’s Chief Scientist Abdur Chowdhury Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 09/16/11
Seed-stage Getaround, a peer-to-peer car sharing service, raised $3.4 million in seed funding from CrunchFund, Netflix founder Marc Read More
It’s just like startups looking for funding: in a perfect world, entrepreneurs shouldn’t have to search and pine Read More
Online shoppers are pretty unhealthy eaters, according to survey data released by LivingSocial. The LivingSocial “Dining Out” survey Read More
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Sabet and Wilson step down from Twitter board
It took Facebook two months to add two new board members. It took Twitter only today to lose Read More
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gShift Labs raises $1.6 million for upgraded SEO
gShift Labs, provider of a search engine optimization (SEO) software system, announced Friday that it has received a Read More
The Carol Bartz firing debacle didn’t fail to capture the world’s attention last week—due in part to Bartz’s Read More
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What you need to know – 09/16/11
Groupon may be down, but it’s not out. After reports surfaced last week pointing to Groupon’s IPO hesitation Read More