In 2010, Twitter became a truly global phenomenon with 25 billion tweets, some of them quite powerful. But most of its growth came form overseas. I... read more »
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Thin-film solar panel maker MiaSole has reportedly raised $125 million in sixth round of equity financing.The round values the company at less than ha... read more »
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IHS iSuppli estimates that the new iPad 2 costs less than half of its purchase price, based on an analysis of the components inside the tablet.IHS iSu... read more »
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Greetings programs! I have the ultimate TRON interview for you: Jeff Bridges. I had 3 minutes with Bridges, so I asked him this question from TechCrun... read more »
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The Gillmor Gang took advantage of the presence of multiple Android lovers to provide a visceral demonstration of the anti-Jobs reality distortion fi... read more »
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With Apple readying subscription options for digital newspapers and magazines, it was only a matter of time before Google took its own stab at a digit... read more »
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The letter that got Mark Hurd forced out of the top job at the world&'s largest technology company is expected to be unsealed. A Delaware judge order... read more »
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Microsoft is on a roll: Its newly launched Windows Phone 7 is gaining momentum, and Kinect, its motion controller response to the Wii, could very well... read more »
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Tumblr, the fast-growing, well-funded startup which offers a simple blogging service, stumbled rather badly this weekend. Its site went down for what ... read more »
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Google Ventures has invested in Austin, Texas based HomeAway, a vacation home rental service, at a $1.4 billion valuation, we&'ve heard from a source.... read more »
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Frequent VentureBeat readers already know that Peter Vesterbacka, who leads business development at the company behind mobile gaming hit Angry Birds, ... read more »
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When Facebook launched Places in August, it encouraged advertisers to list their businesses in the Places directory. But now an advertiser is taking... read more »
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A couple days ago, we noted that Twitter was back on the new feature charge with the new People area they&'re testing out. Well, make it two-for-two, ... read more »
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Today at this morning&'s major Chrome event, Google has just announced that Chrome OS&8230' isn&'t done. It still has work to do with camera drivers ... read more »
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Scale Computing, a provider of small-scale computer storage databases, announced today that it has raised $17 million in its third round of funding to... read more »
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If cleantech is going to have its &''Netscape moment,&'' as John Doerr put it, it&'s most likely going to come from companies taking a data-oriented a... read more »
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If youa4‚¬a4„ve been wondering how someone can turn a mobile photo application into a real company, well, the answer became a little clearer today wit... read more »
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While Apple has spent much of the latter part of this year ramping up their iAd platform for iOS devices, they have not yet focused on one key area: t... read more »
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Mark Cuban last year took part in a &''small round&'' of financing for Revision3, the Web video studio. The round is only now being disclosed, though ... read more »
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Call of Duty Black Ops is likely to be the biggest video game of the year. Activision Blizzard said so in its earnings call last week. And it got some... read more »
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