Facebook shares open trading at $42, a ten percent jump from IPO
For Mother’s Day this year, stop being your parent’s tech support
DreamIt Ventures’ NYC accelerator announces new class, moves into Fab’s old office
A big part of the tech boom in New York has been the arrival of several accelerators and incubators which are minting new classes of top tier startups. Today, in a presentation at Google Ventures in Manhattan, DreamIt Ventures announced …
Microsoft wanted to partner with Facebook on patent purchase all along, but AOL auction wouldn’t allow it
Microsoft announced today that it will be selling hundreds of patents to Facebook, a sign that it wants to protect its investment from litigation as the social network heads towards an IPO next month. But this wasn’t a sudden change …
NimbleTV aims to succeed where Comcast and Time Warner failed with a TV anywhere platform
Earlier this year we reported quite a bit on Aereo, a New York startup that offers customers the ability to watch network TV (the free stuff you get over rabbit ears) on any internet connected device. They are now embroiled …
For Earth Day: a chat with IBM’s “Building Whisperer,” Dave Bartlett, on the tech behind sustainability
IBM recently won the contract to create a more sustainable and energy efficient Los Angeles Unified School District. But before ripping out old roofs or replacing leaky windows, David Bartlett’s, the computing gaint’s sustainability guru, took a look at the …
Kickstarter funding explodes, on pace to triple this year to around $300M
We’ve been reporting on a lot of very cool tech and gaming projects that have found huge success on the New York based crowdfunding platform Kickstarter this year. The site, which never had a million dollar project before 2012, keeps …
eBay’s stock hits a five year high after a stellar first quarter report
Online marketplace and merchant eBay saw its stock hit a five year high this morning, as its shares rose 12 percent in early trading following a strong first quarter report late last night.
eBay reported that net income climbed 20 …
Tradesparq brings a social networking approach to sourcing foreign suppliers
In today’s global economy, even small American businesses are often turning to China and India to manufacture their products. But finding a reliable supplier across the world isn’t easy. Tradesparq, a Shanghai based startup, is trying to simplify the process …
Social discovery service Banjo hits 1 million users in just 9 months
Banjo founder and CEO Damien Patton has held a variety of jobs in his life, but the career experience that he believes is paying off big at his current startup is the time he spent head mechanic on one of …
Crowd computing taps artificial intelligence to revolutionize the power of our collective brains
The two hundred people packed into a small screening room in Midtown Manhattan on a recent Tuesday night made quite a throng. Engineers, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs sipped Sam Adams and nibbled bits from a fruit plate. They were there …
Zynga’s got $1.8 billion in cash and is aggressively looking for the next OMGPOP
Good news for all you mobile game developers out there. Zynga, now a public company, has a big chunk of available cash on hand, and says its aggressively looking for the next big thing to spend part of its $1.8 …
