More than a fifth of all television sets sold in 2010 were smart TVs, according to the research firm DisplaySearch, which says the numbers signal that... read more »
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Vzaar, an online video platform aimed at SMEs that want to publish video, has been plugging away since 2007, but seemed to go in an odd direction &821... read more »
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Home solar startup SolarCity is expanding its reach to the East Coast. To establish a toehold there, it has acquired solar installation expert Clean C... read more »
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Executives from Automattic, the company behind blogging service WordPress, recently took the stage at the Le Web conference in Paris, where they share... read more »
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Venture-capital investors, apparently spooked by declining returns over the past ten years, raised less money for investment in early- and mid-stage s... 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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Even thougha4s‚ Amazon and Paypal have severed their relationships with the controversial to say the least WikiLeaks, the @WikiLeaks Twitter account i... read more »
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The line between content and commerce is blurring. Refinery29, a fashion news and trends site with a local twist, just launched a daily/weekly deal ... read more »
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David Fincher&'s Facebook movie &''The Social Network&'' headed into the 83rd Oscars ceremony tonight with eight nominations, including the Best Pictu... read more »
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Intel made a big deal at the recent Consumer Electronics Show about how its Sandy Bridge combination graphics-microprocessor chip has been one of its ... read more »
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We didna4‚¬a4„t see HP/Palma4‚¬a4„s webOS tablets at CES earlier this month as we&'d hoped to, but wea4‚¬a4„re still eager to see what the company has... read more »
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Many in New York Citya4‚¬a4„s startup ecosystem have lamented the lack of technical talent. To address this problem, a group of New York City investor... read more »
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Blog plug-in Zemanta has raised $3 million in venture capital as it attempts to bring a4‚¬Asemantica4‚¬ť blogging to the rest of the world, the compan... read more »
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Nexon has proven to be one of the fastest-growing online game companies of the past decade. The Korean company pioneered the microtransactions/free-to... read more »
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The Hot or Not web site was an early web sensation when it debuted in 2000, letting you rate how attractive women or men were with a simple voting sys... read more »
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I&'m delighted to announce our inaugural VentureBeat Mobile Summit.We&'re inviting the top 180 movers and shakers in mobile to what we think will be o... read more »
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Image tagging startup Stipple announced today that it has scored $2 million in seed funding, just three months after its launch in August.The San Fran... read more »
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As more and more consumers use their phones for both business and product search and purchasing, mobile ad formats for retailers are becoming a more c... read more »
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When is an acquisition not an acquisition When Twitter&'s involved, apparently.The microblogging company announced today that it had &''acquired the t... read more »
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Battery startup Amprius has raised $25 million to commercialize what it says will be the next generation of lithium-ion batteries, signing on major ne... read more »
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