Rick Thompson is hoping that lightning strikes another time. Thompson was the chairman and co-founder of Playdom, the social game company that Disney ... read more »
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The weather was forbiddingly cold, but the vibe was hot as the DEMO Innovation Tour rolled through New York last night at the Taj II lounge, where Ven... read more »
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Formspring, the online question/answer service, has raised $11.5 million in Series A financing, bringing its total to $14 million. Now all the company... read more »
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The coolest feature on Verizona4ぎa4г iPhone, the mobile hotspot functionality that will let users tether up to five separate devices to the carriera... read more »
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Online game company Gazillion Entertainment has named a former Blizzard executive as its president and chief operating officer.San Mateo, Calif.-base... read more »
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Independent developer Markus Persson, better known by his Twitter handle, @notch, has sold 1 million copies of Minecraft, a first-person free-roaming ... read more »
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San Francisco startup Hitpost is bringing a new approach to following your favorite sports and teams. Cofounder and chief executive Aaron Krane said ... read more »
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Global investment in clean energy topped $243 billion last year, surging 30 percent from $186.5 billion in 2009, according to a report by Bloomberg Ne... read more »
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Mixpanel has been trying to challenge established analytics services like Omniture (now owned by Adobe) by allowing website publishers to track any i... read more »
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While energy efficiency companies are making good inroads with enterprise customers, getting consumers to engage with energy-saving devices has been a... read more »
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Online games have seen huge windfalls thanks to the free-to-play business model, where a user plays for free and then pays money for virtual goods. Bu... read more »
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A few years back, Modu was considered a hot Israeli company. Headed by Dov Moran (pictured), the company created what it called the world&'s lightest ... read more »
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Instagram, maker of a fast-growing photo-sharing service, is defending itself from critics after blocking a website which made it easier to view users... read more »
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As CEO of enterprise-storage provider Data Domain,あFrank Slootman saw a handsome $2.1 billion exit for his investors after EMC and NetApp conducted a... read more »
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Back in 1961, Steve Russell was toying around with electronics at the Tech Model Railroad Club at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He create... read more »
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At long last, Verizon has an iPhone. The carrier held a media event in New York today to announce that, after years of negotiations, it will make an i... 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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Atomico Ventures, the investment fund of あSkype co-founder NiklasあZennstrカm, just made a seed investment of $500,000 in Fashiolista, an online fashi... read more »
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Verizon Wireless said its new iPhone will have lots of the same features that are already in the old iPhone sold by AT&'T.The device will sell for ... read more »
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The internet is at the stage where it&'s producing some pretty incredible numbers.The number of emails sent on the internet in 2010 was 107 trillion, ... read more »
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