The rumors are true! Amazon and daily deals site LivingSocial have just officially confirmed their partnership, with the e-tailer investing a whopping... read more »
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A new startup called Five and Fifty wants to tackle one of the main complaints about group-buying supersite Groupon, which has a huge waiting list for... read more »
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Browser-maker Mozilla still has a tricky relationship with Google, judging from statements made last night by its new chief executive, Gary Kovacs.Rep... read more »
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We noticed a small change tonight on Facebook&'s news feed: the font seems to have become smaller. It&'s unclear how much the size was adjusted but it... read more »
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Now that Diaspora, which is building an open-source distributed social network, has launched in private alpha, I figured it&'d be a good idea to remi... read more »
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Consumer electronics giant LG just unveiled its first wastewater treatment solution, the Green Membrane Bioreactor (G-MBR) process, a mere two months ... read more »
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The initial votes are in for this year&'s Crunchies, the annual tech awards cohosted by VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and GigaOm. Now the real fun begins.F... read more »
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Getting the best talent together is a good strategy in any market. Loot Drop, a new social game developer, is banking on that idea as it takes on the ... read more »
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Newly launched rental-property startup RentPost has a simple goal: to bring the aging and overly complex category of property management software i... read more »
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A day before its quarterly earnings report, Microsoft finally let loose with some Windows Phone 7 details. The biggest takeaway: it shipped 2 milli... read more »
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Bankruptcy has a way of making a chief executive focus on what&'s important. John Kispert, CEO of the once-bankrupt and now profitable chip maker Span... read more »
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San Francisco startup Skyara launched last month with a cool concept &8212' ita4‚¬a4„s a marketplace where people can buy and sell new experiences. No... read more »
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Zynga teamed up with recording artist Dr. Dre today to debut his new music video in its Facebook game Mafia Wars. And Facebook game publisher 6waves a... read more »
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The social shopping industry seems to be heating up, with hordes of somewhat-related startups launching this year. But a slightly-older website called... read more »
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Intel has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to graphics chip maker Nvidia in a new six-year patent license agreement. The deal represents a huge sea change i... read more »
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How much is Nokia&'s support for Windows Phone 7 worth to Microsoft Try more than $1 billion, two sources familiar with a deal between the companies t... read more »
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Today, jewelry flash-sale site BaubleBar officially launched. Previously known as Eight1six, BaubleBar offers fashion jewelry at deep discounts for ... read more »
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Support for Netflix streaming video has finally made its way to Boxee&'s set-top box, the company announced today in a blog post.Netflix support was t... read more »
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UpdatedHipmunk, the recently-launched travel startup that I now use to book most of my flights, is raising a $5.9 million round of funding, according ... read more »
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Books are becoming electronic like every other form of print media, but they still lag in their social skills. A startup called Rethink Books wants ... read more »
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