Heroku was a hit with Ruby developers because it was an easy-to-use development platform. Others have tried to do the same with other languages such as PHP Fog, dotCloud. Then last year AppHarbor, a 'Heroku for .NET' out of...As Earlybird Lands LinkedIn Co-Founder, Euro VCs Look To The Valley
Lately a trend has emerged: European VCs putting down more roots in Silicon Valley to take advantage of the current scene and act as a bridge for European companies trying to form local partnerships, and of course as a mechanism for M&A...Moonfruit Finally Exits For $29 Million In Cash To Re-energize Yell
In the white heat of the current tech market it's sometimes easy to forget that some companies, although taking their time, simply become viable businesses - instead of waiting for a call from Facebook or Twitter that may never come. I've been...Hold The Phone — How The Future Of Web Advertising Is Linked To The Call
We're all now familiar with how adwords campaigns on Google work. You buy keywords commonly used in search terms, such as "plumber in X town", and send people to a response mechanism, usually a web site. But increasingly that response mechanism is...Saas For Cows! Farmeron Raises $1.4 Million *Seed* to Ease Farmer’s Lives
A lot of people in Silicon Valley are pretty obsessed with organic this and that. One or two startups have looked at the whole connecting-fams-with-consumers-directly model, even. So it's odd that it's taken a startup from little old Croatia to realise that...MoviePilot Seals $7M Series B Funding Led By DFJ Esprit
It's easy to miss the launch of the latest movies. You get a week of marketing and by the time you've figured out if you want to see it or not, it's moved off the theatre and you're...
Wonga Extends Its Payday Loans To Small Businesses In UK
Wonga.com, the successful but controversial payday loans provider, is extending its credit service to small businesses in the UK. The move is a smart one given the current economic climate. Banks have been lambasted for not lending to small businesses -...Wappwolf’s Automator Now Connects/Syncs Google Drive, Dropbox And Others
Previously we've covered Dropbox Automator, a sort of IFTTT for Dropbox. (IFTTT, if you haven't heard, automates tasks to trigger when a particular action has occurred, e.g. if a Facebook profile picture changes, then update a Twitter profile, etc)....Badabing Badaboom – Badoo Hits 150 Million Users, Boosted By Mobile
With ‘social discovery’ all the rage with apps like Highlight, Banjo and Glancee attracting attention during this year's SXSW it's easy to forget there are players out there which have been doing this a tad longer. Badoo...Rdio Does A Super Weird Stealth Launch In The UK And France
Rdio has launched in the UK and France with a 7-day free trial of unlimited listening. Rdio hasn't officially announced this, but it's working. You can sign up for a free trial and stream.
The cost is £4.99 a month in...One Year On Passion Capital Proves Its Mettle As A Go-To Seed VC In Europe
Although it's a year this week since Passion Capital appeared on the tech scene in London, it feels like they have been around a lot longer. It was in July 2009 I sat on the sun-kissed roof of what became known...