A document sent to potential Facebook investors suggest that the social networking company intends hold its initial public offering by mid-2012, accor... read more »
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Last week, MercuryNews.com revealed that Apple made a massive land purchase near their current headquarters in Cupertino, CA. They actually bought th... read more »
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Black Friday, or the day after Thanksgiving, has always been known as one of the year&'s biggest holiday shopping days. But in the past five years,... read more »
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The news on Monday appears to be that Facebook will reinvent email. TechCrunch says it‚a4‚¬‚a4„s the long awaited Gmail killer. Others say it‚a4‚¬‚a4„... read more »
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When Aaron Levie launched Box.net from his college dorm room, he was exploring a lot of new territory. Now, as CEO of a company that has raised nearly... 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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Earlier this week, I attended the Infinity Ventures Summit Fall 2010 in Kyoto/Japan, a two-day web industry event organized by Japanese VC firm Infini... read more »
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When the flagship Call of Duty game studio Infinity Ward imploded last March, it seemed unlikely that it would be able to get another one of its flags... 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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Major renewable energy associations are cranking up the heat on Congress to renew a federal cash grant program that expires at the end of this year.Th... read more »
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Investors just love to give money to Elon Musk. The billionaire behind electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors, which has raised more than $800 milli... read more »
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For the past few months, probably something close to half of my tweets have been links that take you off of the site. My bad. But tonight I have good ... read more »
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Is News Corp preparing to sell MySpace News Corpa4‚¬a4„s digital media chief Jon Miller declined to answer the question when he was on stage at Busine... read more »
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This morning&'s discovery of a mind-bogglingly offensive title in Amazon&'s self-publishing e-book platform has drawn a variety of responses. There a... read more »
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Since its launch earlier this year, Gilt City has been a somewhat reluctant competitor to daily deal juggernaut Groupon. Although their business model... read more »
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Online sharing and messaging company Meebo just announced that it has closed its $27.5 million fourth round of funding.The news isn&'t a huge surprise... read more »
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The first wave of smartphones for Verizon&'s LTE 4G network will include entries from HTC, Motorola and Samsung, judging from the rash of early hardwa... read more »
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Warner Bros. Entertainment said tonight it will enable Facebook fans to rent movies directly on Facebook and watch those movies within the studio&'s m... read more »
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Netflix has confirmed a deal to air an original television series starring Kevin Spacey on its internet streaming service in a deal that changes the g... read more »
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Well looky what we have here. The other day, Engadget got the first photos of the Nexus S, Google&'s sequel to their Nexus One phone. Now it looks lik... read more »
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