Scribd, a popular site where users can publish and share documents, just raised $13 million in its third round of funding.The San Francisco startupa4‚... read more »
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Cloud gaming service OnLive recently announced that it had a fundamental patent on its business of instantly providing sophisticated video games to us... read more »
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Uber, a mobile application that makes it easy for users to order limos and town cars, has been talking about expanding from San Francisco to Silicon V... read more »
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Smartphone applications are perhaps the hottest area for startups nowadays, but what about people who dona4‚¬a4„t a mobile data plan San Diego startup... read more »
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Over the last couple years, the hunt for employee liquidity has been a hot topic around companies like Facebook and Zynga, where valuations have surge... read more »
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It&'s a real bummer when you lose an expensive piece of equipment because of electrostatic discharges. That&'s why Shocking Technologies has used nano... read more »
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Y Combinator alum‚ Crocodoc is launching an HTML5-based version of its online document-viewing service today.The software reads in any kind of documen... read more »
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Thousands of female Facebook users started reporting on Twitter this morning that their Facebook accounts had been inexplicably disabled. Facebook con... read more »
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Today at the Web 2.0 Summit, Google CEO Eric Schmidt kicked off his interview by pulling out a new, hitherto unreleased Android Phone (it&'s almost ce... read more »
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It was inevitable, developer Jesse Stay has built a waya4s‚ &''Like&'' tweets on the Twitter homepage. The winner of Kynetx&'s Facebook App contest, ... read more »
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Craigslist has closed down its adult services ads on a worldwide basis, just four months after shutting down the listings in the U.S. due to prostitut... read more »
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Music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band once lit up the charts of video game sales. But then they plunged into an abyss as gamers got tired of t... read more »
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For the first time in seven years, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is selling Microsoft&'s stock. Reuters reported that Ballmer sold $1.3 bill... read more »
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MindJolt, the game distribution company that was acquired by MySpace founder and former CEO Chris DeWolfe earlier this year, has landed a big new part... read more »
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It looks like 2011 will finally be the year in which near-field communication (NFC), a short-range communication technology used for mobile payments... read more »
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Computer manufacturer Asus is betting therea4‚¬a4„s still a pot of gold to be found in the netbook market, despite decline due to growing competitio... read more »
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Ok TRON fans, have I got a treat for you! I just returned from a two day TRON press event with some awesome interviews from the creators, cast and cre... read more »
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Hewlett-Packard is remaking its board of directors today. It seems to happen as regularly as forest fires that clear out the underbrush and let it all... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following on the GreenBeat today:Solyndra raises $75 million in credit facility &8211' The solar manufacturer&'s late... read more »
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A slight format change for Why Is This News this week: no guest, just the two of us discussing this week&'s big technology stories from outside the va... read more »
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