Social TV startup Philo tells me user numbers are a4‚¬Athrough the roofa4‚¬ť right now, thanks in large part to copying a strategy from traditional TV... read more »
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Alibaba.com said that its chief executive David Wei has resigned after an investigation found evidence that more than 2,000 subscribers engaged in fra... read more »
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The Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, set off by social media, have inspired protests in Bahrain, Libya, Iran, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Jordan and ev... read more »
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Latin America isn&'t a great place to get social game players to pay for goods with credit cards. But gamers there are avid fans of social games and a... read more »
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It looks like Google is willing to eliminate product features in order to make a point about data portability.Yes, this is the latest chapter in the b... read more »
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For developers, it was Apple&'s way or the highway.‚ It seems like that highway seems more appealing every day.The team behind iPhone app Readability ... read more »
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Hewlett-Packard is announcing today a new family of laptops for business users with new industrial designs and one very interesting feature: a battery... read more »
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Celebu-vestor Ashton Kutcher is at it again, using his venture capital fund, A Grade Investments, to‚ pour an undisclosed amount of funding into onlin... 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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Microsoft is releasing a development kit in March that will help third-party developers create applications that use its Kinect motion controller.That... read more »
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Gilt Groupe has built a big business from flash sales, where consumers converge on a particular shopping deal for a limited time. And now the company ... read more »
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Apple is reportedly planning to introduce new MacBook Pro laptops this week, based on stories leaking from retailers. The company may also use a new h... read more »
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Wireless chip maker CSR has agreed to merge with consumer chip maker Zoran in a deal valued at $679 million.The deal creates a new powerhouse in consu... read more »
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European streaming music startup Spotify is raising a big round of financing from Russia&'s DST, the investment company that has backed Facebook, Grou... read more »
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Here&'s the latest from VentureBeat&'s Entrepreneur Corner:Further demystifying the VC term sheet a4‚¬a4ś &''Price-based antidilution adjustment&'' is... read more »
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Twitter said it has reinstated two of several UberMedia apps that it had shut down on Friday because of alleged privacy, monetization and trademark vi... read more »
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What does Google need with (part of) your child&'s security numberThat&'s what privacy advocates were asking, prompting Google to withdraw a requireme... read more »
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The developers behind the Kno, a student-focused tablet computer with a pen input, are in talks to sell off their hardware business and focus exclusiv... read more »
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Women now play games more than men, according to a report by mobile app analytics provider Flurry. At least that&'s true in the realm of mobile and mo... read more »
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Motorola&'s latest entry into the tablet wars won&'t have Adobe Flash for the first few weeks after it is released, according to Verizon&'s landing pa... read more »
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