Now Kyle Conroy, a computer science student at UC Berkeley, has made the ultimate buyer's remorse chart. Conroy shows exactly how much money you would have today if you had purchased Apple stock instead of Apple products. It's painful.
Foursquare announced Thursday that it has partnered with American Express to bring a pilot specials program to the Austin area during SXSW 2011
Gmail users are younger and more likely to be more tech savvy than any other group, according to a survey conducted by Hunch.
Instapaper 3.0 launched, bringing a host of sharing and discovery features to what was once just a spartan document reading application.
Radian6, a social media listening, engagement and insight platform provider, has acquired 6Consulting.
RadiumOne, the latest project of serial entrepreneur Gurbaksh Chahal, closed a $21 million Series B round of funding led by Crosslink Capital, with participation from DFJ Esprit and existing investors Adams Street Partners and Trinity Ventures.
Rovio, the developer most famous for the wildly popular mobile game Angry Birds, raised a $42 million Series A round led by Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures, with participation from Felicis Ventures.
SecondMarket, a platform to buy and sell private company shares and other illiquid assets, is unveiling a new look and marketplace, designed to broaden the world of secondary market trading to any private company and the world's investors
Real-time search engine Topsy closed a $15 million Series C round from all current investors, including BlueRun Ventures, Ignition Partners, Founders Fund, Scott Banister and Western Technology Investments.
Today's featured entrepreneur is Ari Jacoby, CEO and founder of Newsletters.com, VoiceStar, and Solve Media.
Automated affiliate marketing company VigLink completed a $5.4 million Series B financing round led by Emergence Capital. Existing investors Google Ventures and First Round Capital participated in the round.
The agency also published draft guidance on the use of AI in drug development
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SecondMarket is the marketplace for alternative investments. It has become the online destination for accessing market data, building your investor network and transacting in assets such as private company stock, structured products, public equity and bankruptcy claims. SecondMarket centralizes and simplifies secondary market activity by connecting buyers and sellers, and providing world-class market and operations expertise. Since 2004, SecondMarket has brought together more than 75,000 individuals and institutions and completed billions of dollars in alternative investment transactions. SecondMarket is a registered broker-dealer and member of FINRA, MSRB and SIPC. For more information, please visit www.SecondMarket.com.
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Solve Media was founded by veteran entrepreneurs and technologists focused on innovative Internet advertising solutions. The Company's proprietary online advertising system, the TYPE-IN™ was designed to create new and highly-effective opportunities for brands to advertise online. The platform leverages CAPTCHA authentication for brand messaging to bring unprecedented consumer engagement. With the platform, Solve Media: guarantees brand message delivery and increases recall rates and return on investment for advertisers; creates new revenue opportunities for publishers; and simplifies the authentication process for consumers. Backed by First Round Capital, New Atlantic Ventures, AOL Ventures and prominent angel investors, Solve Media is based in New York City and Philadelphia.http://www.solvemedia.com
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