Editor’s note: Our 6th Annual Vator Splash LA conference is coming up on October 13 at the Loews Read More
Uber doesn’t actually decrease drunk driving: study
Nothing quite like a reality check before Friday happy hour. In spite of Uber’s marketing efforts to the Read More
A third of Americans have never heard of Uber
Over $9 billion in venture capital. A $62.5 billion valuation—the highest in the world for a private company. Read More
Didi Kuaidi, Uber’s biggest competitor in China, today announced that it booked 1.43 billion rides in 2015. At Read More
Whether you call them part of the “sharing economy” or the “on-demand industry” is irrelevant. What matters is Read More
It’s hard being #2. While much fanfare is being made today about Uber delivering (not puppies… not ice Read More
Mary Meeker, partner at Kleiner Perkins, has come out with her latest Internet slides that capture the trends Read More
Facebook users average 4.74 degrees of separation
It looks like the great American pasttime of playing ‘Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon’ may need to be Read More
What you need to know – 09/21/11
Advertising technology company Adchemy completed a $61 million Series E financing round with Microsoft Corp., August Capital and Read More
The Sims Social makes EA the #2 Facebook developer
It was bound to happen eventually. One game developer can’t rule the world forever. The Sims Social, the Read More
Twitter has 100 million active users
Tweets per second records, number of new accounts registered, size of the company team–Twitter has always been very Read More
What you need to know – 09/07/11
Global mobile advertising marketplace Adfonic raised an additional $7.5 million in funding from existing investors, with Gordon Shields Read More
What you need to know – 08/17/11
See the next batch of companies to emerge from Dave McClure’s 500 Startups. Cloud-based file sharing service Box.net Read More
Social ad spend rising faster than video in 2011
Though it’s well-established that 2009 and 2010 were monumental years for the social media boom, this year seems Read More
Surprise, surprise: the number one social login preference for Q2 2011 was Facebook, according to data from social Read More