Earlier today, we were tipped about this thread in the Chromium Google Groups area. Gregor Hochmuth, the Product Manager for the Chrome Web Store, res... read more »
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No, Google hasn&'t acquired Groupon (yet). But it does have a smaller, though very interesting acquisition to announce: it&'s just acquired Phonetic ... read more »
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Call me cynical, but after experiencing a YouTube shutdown firsthand, I&'ve come to realize that it is near impossible to build a stable brand or pres... read more »
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I was talking with Mike Arrington last night, and he asked me if I had any ideas for today‚a4‚¬‚a4„s column. We batted around several topics ‚a4‚¬‚a4¯... read more »
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Last time we checked in Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin was using Twitter to contest Gawker over the leak of her book America By Heart, bypassing... read more »
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Editor&'s note: This is the first of a three-part guest post by venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners on &''Social Networking: The Past, Pres... read more »
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Yesterday brought the news that eBay acquired in-store product inventory search startup Milo for $75 million. eBay said that it plans to integrate Mil... read more »
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The New York Times ran a page one story today about how Silicon Valley appears to be in the midst of a new bubble, driven by the enthusiasm that ventu... read more »
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Today, jewelry flash-sale site BaubleBar officially launched. Previously known as Eight1six, BaubleBar offers fashion jewelry at deep discounts for ... read more »
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One of the most successful mobile games right now is Angry Birds, which has been downloaded more than 30 million times across different mobile platf... read more »
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The latest WikiLeaks documents unveiled by the New York Times show a vast attempt to hack sites such as Google, driven by the Chinese leadership.The t... read more »
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Herea4‚¬a4„s the latest from VentureBeata4‚¬a4„s Entrepreneur Corner.5 pitfalls of online advertising a4‚¬a4 Online marketing can be a boon to sales,... read more »
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If you want to feel lazy, spend about ten minutes with Travis Kiefer. He&'ll start out by telling you how he spent every waking moment of his teenage ... read more »
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The Nook Color is starting to make minor waves (in spite of my prejudice) as it&'s really quite a lot of machine for $250. And now the SDK has been op... read more »
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Tinychat&8216's super simple messaging service lives on the Web (and then some), but the fledgling company&'s Facebook video chat application is clea... read more »
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AdaptiveBlue, the developer of social recommendations app GetGlue, has just raised $6 million in new funding, according to an SEC filing. From the loo... read more »
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Earlier today we broke the news that Skype was ramping up in preparation for newa4s‚ web-based products ‚a4‚¬‚a4¯a4s‚ a big shift for the company, whi... read more »
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We all know that the early success and insta-revenues of companies like Gilt Group and Groupon have inspired more clones than Jango Fett. But while pr... read more »
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Apparently on acquiring tear today, Google just bought video delivery company Widevine, it has announced on its corporate blog: &''So we‚a4‚¬‚a4„re pl... read more »
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Here&'s our review of the week&'s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:Amazon continues ti... read more »
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