Google Ventures has invested in Austin, Texas based HomeAway, a vacation home rental service, at a $1.4 billion valuation, we&'ve heard from a source.... 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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Back to the Future may have been right: The cars of tomorrow will be powered by capacitors (they will not, presumably, be able to time-travel).At leas... read more »
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In case you&'re confused by @tsagov, @tsabloggerbob, @tsaagent, @TSAsupervisor, @tsablog and countless other parody accounts, the real Transportation... read more »
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TechCruncha4s‚ Disrupt finalist CheckPoints is a mobile shopping rewards app that lets consumers choose their own rewards. Despite not being availabl... read more »
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Zynga teamed up with recording artist Dr. Dre today to debut his new music video in its Facebook game Mafia Wars. And Facebook game publisher 6waves a... read more »
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Aaron Levie, chief executive of enterprise cloud storage company Box.net, is calling Google&'s mobile operating system Android the winner in the enter... 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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Don&'t expect Sony Ericsson to roll out any tablets or Windows Phone 7 devices anytime soon, according to Sony Ericsson France CEO Pierre Perron, who ... read more »
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Believe it or not, you can control a video game with your eyeballs.By moving your eyes one way or another, you can generate controls for a game or oth... read more »
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AT&'T finally has a MiFi, a device which lets you share mobile internet to multiple wireless devices, of its own. The company announced today that ... read more »
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As if they weren&'t busy enough releasing the Chrome Web Store, the Chrome OS test drive, and inadvertently letting the first Google +1 image leak, G... read more »
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Here&'s the latest action we&'re following today on the GreenBeat:Vinod Khosla strikes back at the WSJ &8212' Range Fuels, a biofuels startup backed b... read more »
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Skype suffered a widespread and lengthy outage today with its Internet calling service.The company said in a post that problems with the Skype network... read more »
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I hate being on hold on the phone. I always feel obligated to keep my hand on my phone, and I have a chronic fear that I&'ll finally make it off hold ... read more »
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ModCloth, the hot e-commerce startup backed by Accel Partners, First Round Capital, and the Floodgate Fund, laid off just over a dozen of its 248 empl... read more »
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In about 3 hours I&'m heading over to a press event to interview some of the major cast and crew for the upcoming Disney release of TRON: Legacy. I wa... read more »
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OpenGamma, a provider of analytics software for the financial services industry, announced today that it has raised $6 million in its second round of ... read more »
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In a move with huge implications for chip makers, Microsoft is expected to announce a version of Windows that will run on chips based on ARM designs f... read more »
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T-Mobile has finally offered up some details and images of its upcoming Android-powered Sidekick 4G smartphone &8212' and at first glance, it appea... read more »
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