The scene: a conference room at Groupon HQ, last Thursday.Marketing Guy One: &''Hmm. Kenneth Cole tweeted something jokey today about Egyptians going ... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:Transphorm unveils first product &8212' The company unstealthed last month with $38 ... read more »
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It&'s Black Friday, which means that many of you woke up this morning at the crack of dawn, shrugged off your Thanksgiving food comas, and made your ... read more »
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The baton has been passed in the Halo video game franchise. Microsoft&'s 343 Industries game studio has taken the reins from Bungie to develop future ... read more »
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Location-based chat startup Yobongo is opening its iPhone app beyond its private test today &8212' now any user in San Francisco, New York, and Austi... read more »
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One cool difference between the Verizon iPhone and its AT&038'T counterpart is the addition of mobile hotspot capabilities &8212' which allows you to ... read more »
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When power plant heavyweight NRG Energy announced yesterday that it would invest $10 million in the rollout of the nation&'s first privately-finance e... read more »
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Just a reminder that VentureBeat is bringing DEMO, the launchpad for emerging technologies, to Los Angeles on Monday, and we&'re hoping to meet with t... read more »
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Over the last few weeks, you may have noticed that the official TechCrunch Facebook Page is more happening than ever, with better updates and, soon, r... read more »
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Kenneth Olsen, who died at 84 on Sunday, was a natural disruptor in the early days of computing. At Digital Equipment Corp., Olsen&'s minicomputers un... read more »
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Back in 2005, whena4s‚ Tim O&'Reilly saw HousingMaps.com, he called it &''the first true Web 2.0 application.&'' The site, created by Paul Rademacher,... read more »
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Cleantech had a record year in drawing in venture capital in 2010, with $7.8 billion invested globally, according to a new report from the Cleantech G... read more »
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Various reports in the past couple of weeks have suggested that Twitter is in the midst of raising a new round of money that is akin to a hot-and-heav... read more »
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 ' Last year, Google Checkout debuted a holiday savings promotion in time for Cyber Monday, the monday after Thanksgiving and Black Friday. It lo... read more »
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This is more than a case of sour grapes. Time Warner CEO Jeffrey L. Bewkes belittles movie-rental company Netflix in an interview with The New York Ti... read more »
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Around YouTube headquarters, there&'s a stat that management likes to throw around to make it clear that the company isn&'t resting on its laurels. N... read more »
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In 2005 Accel Partners closed its $440 million Accel 9 Fund. That fund may not go down in history as the most profitable venture fund ever, but it wil... read more »
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Zynga said today that it had its best social game launch ever with the debut of CityVille last week. In its first 24 hours, more than 290,000 people p... read more »
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A simple question on Quora yields some fascinating comments: &''Is MySpace likely to recover&'' Google VP Corporate Development David Lawee left a ... read more »
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MSKYNET, a company that allows businesses to create and analyze the usage of 2D barcodes called SPARQCodes, launched a service today helps local busin... read more »
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