It looks like 2011 will finally be the year in which near-field communication (NFC), a short-range communication technology used for mobile payments... read more »
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Starting today, Kindle users on the lookout for quick and cheap reads can purchase Kindle Singles, Amazona4ぎa4г short-format ebooks, which were firs... read more »
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Entrepreneur, blogger Jason Calacanis says entrepreneurs have to learn to pivot from one business to another when one plan isn&'t working. Speaking at... read more »
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Apple&'s iOS devices, including iPhones and iPads, are increasingly being bought for use in companies. They now account for 65 percent of all devices ... read more »
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CardMunch, a startup that automatically transcribes business cards, just announced that it has been acquired by professional networking site LinkedIn.... read more »
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In his state of the union address last night, President Obama called for an end to oil subsidies and set a national goal of reaching 80 percent clean ... read more »
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Solar financing and installation startup Solar Universe has raised $7 million in a second round of funding, led by RockPort Capital.The news comes as ... read more »
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Social media marketing service Crowd Factory announced today that it has raised $6.5 million in its second round of fundraising led by Storm Ventures.... read more »
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As of this writing, online publisher Demand Media is worth more on the stock market than is The New York Times Company. Of course, this says more abou... read more »
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Concerns about the readiness of its CEO and a shaky market have Skype, the iconic Internet voice-chat service, saying it won&'t hold its much-awaited ... read more »
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Here we go again: Rumors of a potential Facebook phone have emerged once more, this time from the London business site City A.M.According to the site... read more »
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A lotあof articles have been swirling around over the past week about Groupon&'s entrance into China and a possible partnership with China&'s biggest ... read more »
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With DEMO Spring 2011 just a month away, my team and I are racing to put the final touches on the lineup. Should you be part of this one-of-a-kind eve... read more »
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Marc Bodnick, the cofounder of Silicon Valley private-equity firm Elevation Partners, is leaving to join Quora, according to multiple reports. (Ventur... read more »
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Movies based on Green Lantern, Thor, Captain America, and the X-Men are all due out this year, but it looks like Hollywood executives arena4ぎa4д the... read more »
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Riding high on a bout of good press for its Chevy Volt, GM is putting $7 million into its next big bet on electric cars: cheaper, higher-energy batter... read more »
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Take that, Apple and Nintendo. Sony announced that it will launch a next-generation portable entertainment system.At an event in Tokyo, the Japanese e... read more »
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Eric Schmidt may not be chief executive of Google for long (he turns that title over to Larry Page on April 4). But he isn&'t going to stop sharing hi... read more »
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Who says the IPO market is anemicTelevision-and-Internet audience measurer Nielsen Holdings raised $1.6 billion Tuesday during its initial public offe... read more »
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A day before its quarterly earnings report, Microsoft finally let loose with some Windows Phone 7 details. The biggest takeaway: it shipped 2 milli... read more »
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