Infochimps, an Austin-based marketplace for lists and other data sets, has raised $1.2 million in its first round of institutional funding.The idea of... read more »
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Who is the next Steve Jobs It&'s a question that Apple shareholders will be looking at during their next meeting, where theya4a4ll vote on a propos... read more »
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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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Facebook is following in the footsteps of rival social network MySpace and gearing up to unveil its long-rumored webmail product &8212' referred to in... read more »
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Is this the end of Amazon&'s ebook reign Google is launching its new open ebook store today, simply called Google eBooks, with over 3 million titles, ... read more »
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Brushing aside concerns about violence in Mexico, IBM today opened its first IBM innovation center in Mexico City.Big Blue hopes the center will becom... read more »
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MG earlier wrote a post about Twitter&'s rules regarding its trademarks, logos and so on. Here&'s what struck me, going over the guidelines: Naming y... read more »
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GetJar just announced that it has raised $25 million in a third round of funding for what it calls the largest a4Aopena4 mobile app store in the ... read more »
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Jawbone, the maker of smart wireless headsets, said today it has raised $49 million from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.The amount is one of... read more »
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Hampus Jakobsson is no Luddite. As a co-founder of interface design firm 'The Astonishing Tribe (TAT), which was acquired last year by RIM, he has... 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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Electronic signature cloud platform DocuSign announced today it has closed $27 million in third round financing and added two key hires to its executi... read more »
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Buzzy stealthy startup Path, which was founded by ex-Facebooker Dave Morin and Shawn Fanning, finally launched its mobile app tonight. It is a priva... read more »
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Nissan has halted vehicle production at its factories in Japan following an earthquake off the country&'s northeast coast that spawned a tsunami and c... read more »
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Socialwise announced today that it has raised $3.4 million in new funding to market its pre-paid credit cards geared towards teen spenders.Socialwise ... read more »
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This series is brought to you by TurboTax Home &' Business Edition &8211' Guides You to Your Biggest Tax Refund. As always, VentureBeat is adamant... read more »
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A new federal investigation is focusing on the legality of supply line leaks and their consequences on Wall Street. The poster boy for this would hav... read more »
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How much is Nokia&'s support for Windows Phone 7 worth to Microsoft Try more than $1 billion, two sources familiar with a deal between the companies t... read more »
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If youa4a4ve ever attended a tech event in the hopes of networking but ended up spending most of your time in the corner, startup MingleBird is lau... read more »
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Sports app startup Zepp has a mobile app that can finally fix your golf swing golf swing.The company showcased a motion-capture application that can b... read more »
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