Remember Vacation Relation? It was this pretty cool social travel startup we covered back in December that built Read More
Tripl raises $300K for new social travel site
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Greylock-funded Gigwalk attacks data, mobile
How does a startup get seed funded by angel investors with names like Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Jeff Read More
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RIM PlayBook to support Android apps natively
BlackBerry’s PlayBook just doubled its coolness and gave itself a little more fighting power against the market’s resident Read More
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Apple sues Amazon for using “app store” mark
And the question resurfaces: should any one company own the phrase “app store”? Apple seems to think so. The Read More
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Zynga RewardVille rewards the Zynga-obsessed
Two months after first launching in beta, Zynga RewardVille has gone live for everyone, allowing users to earn points Read More
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Bessemer closing in on new $1.5 billion fund?
Bessemer Venture Partners, a New York-based investment firm, is raising between $1.2 and $1.5 billion for a new Read More
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Social media sense: Egypt’s ban did nothing
[Update on Feb. 3 at 11:16 AM PST: I spoke too soon. The Internet shutdown did do something: it Read More
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Foursquare swelled by 3400 percent in 2010
Foursquare posted a very cool infographic on its blog today, highlighting the startup’s huge year of 3400 percent Read More
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What you need to know – 01/24/11
Apple’s App Store hit 10 billion downloaded apps over the weekend, reaffirming the store’s massive popularity for owners Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 01/21/11
Seed vChatter, a Facebook application and standalone site that lets you video chat with friends and strangers, raised an additional $350,000 in Read More
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Flat World Knowledge secures $15 million
Flat World Knowledge, a provider of online and open-source textbooks, announced Friday that it has secured $15 million Read More
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WikiLeaks stays alive despite Assange arrest
Founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks Julian Assange, after a voluntary meeting with police, has been refused bail by Read More
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Foursquare businesses can oust false Mayors
Location app Foursquare is all over the map today. First, there are those nerdy San Francisco Giants fans Read More
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Top five Facebook Groups complaints
The reworked Facebook Groups feature on Facebook has only been out in the wild for barely 36 hours, Read More
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Facebook launches mobile text-only site
Facebook yesterday launched a new way for users to access the social network from mobile devices, at 0.facebook.com. Read More