Power Map wants to provide consumers with a way to track the power consumption of their appliances the same way they follow their friends&' shenanigan... read more »
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The weather was forbiddingly cold, but the vibe was hot as the DEMO Innovation Tour rolled through New York last night at the Taj II lounge, where Ven... read more »
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Only in the bubble of Twitter-obsessed San Francisco would a buyout offer of $2.5 billion seem &''insulting.&''Yet that is reportedly how executives a... read more »
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How important were technology issues in last week‚a4‚¬‚a4„s Congressional election Not very ‚a4‚¬‚a4œ at least according to Bruce Mehlman, the former ... read more »
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Hipmunk co-founder Adam Goldstein just emailed me to confirm that his flight search startup has raised the funding I reported on last week.The company... read more »
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Apple, the company responsible for the widespread popularity of heavily compressed music, is looking into offering high-fidelity music files that will... read more »
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Apple&'s iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads, are increasingly being bought for use in companies. They now account for 65 percent of all devices ... read more »
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AdMob was one of the big success stories in mobile advertising, at least from a venture capital perspective. Now a team of former AdMob and Google emp... read more »
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Herea4‚¬a4„s the big announcement that everyone knew was coming: Daily deals site Groupon has raised $950 million in new funding.The fact that Groupon... read more »
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eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam have gotten most of the attention for their do-gooder efforts through their investment firm the Omidyar N... read more »
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Do you ever want to share some photos, mockups or screengrabs with somebody else online quick and dirty Go to DropMocks, drag and drop your images, ... read more »
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Ikea has declared war on the incandescent light bulb.OK, maybe it&'s not so much a war than a flat-out refusal to engage. At any rate, the mass furnit... read more »
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It is 25 degrees here in NY and I feel like a wuss. We California people aren&'t cut out for the weather out here. I&'ve got thermal underwear (top &a... read more »
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By now you will have heard about the first official Angry Birds Day when lovers of that crazy iPhone/Android game come together to celebrate the ongoi... read more »
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Tencent, Chinaa4‚¬a4„s most valuable internet company, has acquired a majority stake in U.S. online games firm Riot Games for nearly $400 million.The ... read more »
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Cond© Nast-owned news aggregator Reddit announced today that the site had more than 1 billion pageviews in January.But Reddit&'s growth didn&'t just c... read more »
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Ticketfly, a startup hoping to challenge Ticketmaster with its social media savvy, said it has had a good year &8212' and it&'s capping the year off w... read more »
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Mozilla has just published their annual &''The State of Mozilla&'' report. They do this once they&'ve filed their audited financial statements for th... read more »
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UpdatedPopular private-sale company Gilt Groupe jumped into the market for deals sites earlier this year with a property called Gilt City. As the New ... 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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