Just in case you&'re unaware of our affection for singer/songwriter Jonathan Mann, see here, here, here, here, or here. But the relationship didn&'t s... read more »
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It&'s a chaotic week for Instagram. First it becomes the darling of the app world, then its investors Andreessen-Horowitz decide to double-down on com... read more »
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Apple is reportedly planning to introduce new MacBook Pro laptops this week, based on stories leaking from retailers. The company may also use a new h... read more »
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DataPop, a startup that optimizes copy for online advertisements, has raised $1.7 million in a first round of funding. The round was led by Rincon Ven... read more »
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Google suffered a black eye with the malware that targeted dozens of Android Market apps last week. But even as users clean out their phones, now come... read more »
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Take that, Apple and Nintendo. Sony announced that it will launch a next-generation portable entertainment system.At an event in Tokyo, the Japanese e... read more »
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I&'m speechless. But Twitter investor George Zachary of Charles River Ventures seems to have the right idea.&''I&'m not sure what it does, but I just ... read more »
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The WikiLeaks news continued today. First, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was ordered released on bail by a judge in England today. But Assange rema... read more »
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Applications purchased on the Android Marketplace for phones running Google&'s Android mobile operating system can now be charged to AT&'T phone ac... read more »
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Even though MeeGo doesn&'t appear to be a big part of Nokia&'s future now that the company is looking to Windows Phone 7 as its primary operating syst... read more »
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It is isn&'t often that a web service needs almost no instructions. Minus, part of the minimalist design trend inspired by apps likea4s‚ Glen Murphy&... read more »
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Google is taking a cue from desktop speech recognition software, like the popular Dragon Naturally Speaking program, by bringing personalized voice pr... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:Nissan admits to Leaf delays &8211' VentureBeat first reported on expected delays of... read more »
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Gamification, or using game mechanics in non-game applications, is the new black.It has become fashionable as game designers turn their talents from c... read more »
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This post is sponsored by Dell. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining editorial objectivity. Dell had no involvement in the content of t... read more »
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Factual, the open database company, closed a $25 million series A financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures. VCs Ben Horowitz of AH a... read more »
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Website monitoring startup WatchMouse is now monitoring the top 100 retail websites for availability around the holiday shopping season. The starup te... read more »
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Google has just released a series of updates for their Google Maps Android application. Two of these updates are useful: Place page reviews and the ab... read more »
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The Transportation Security Administration isn&'t winning the war for hearts and minds of the public on its new pat-down searches at airports. A lot o... read more »
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For 16 years, I&'ve written about startups and the people who found them. I&'ve even worked at startups for about half of my career as a reporter and ... read more »
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