September 1, 2010
TechCrunch / Erick Schonfeld
When it comes to seed investing, New York City is becoming a hotbed. And now TechStars, the incubator that began in Boulder. Colorado and has spawned nearly 40 startups, is coming to New York.
September 2, 2010
New York Times / By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Inflection, the start-up behind genealogy site Archives.com, is introducing a people search engine.
September 2, 2010
Unfair Park / Robert Wilonsky
Whilst looking for something entirely unrelated on PACER this morning I came across the latest handwritten court filing by none other than Jonathan Lee Riches, from whom we last heard way back in ...
September 1, 2010
Feld Thoughts / Brad Feld
Amy and I created a tradition about a decade ago we call “four minutes in the morning.
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September 2, 2010
New York Times / By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Twitter has a new app for the iPad -- and along with it, a new approach to design and usability.
September 2, 2010
Xconomy / Wade Roush
Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory, or MRAM, promises to change everything about how our computing devices work.
September 2, 2010
TechCrunch / Erick Schonfeld
New York City startup BankSimple today disclosed that it raised its first venture funding in a round led by First Round Capital, Roger Ehrenberg's IA Ventures, and Village Ventures, along with seed ...
September 1, 2010
GigaOM : On Broadband, VoIP & The Next Generation Internet / Matt Asay
With 560 million registered users (124 million of which are active), but only 8.1 million paying customers, Skype could use some help.
September 1, 2010
AppScout
Earlier this week we reviewed Glass, a Web service and Firefox extension that allows you to save blog posts, Web sites, articles, video, and other content on the Web and share it with others ...
September 1, 2010
technabob / shane m.
You might recall back in early July, I mentioned a person that had created her own pair of self-lacing Nike shoes like the ones McFly wore in Back to the Future II. Looking beyond the…
September 1, 2010
aliza sherman rants and raves / Aliza Sherman
Dear Michael Arrington, I don't know you so I reserve judgement on your character and will not base it solely on your post about women in Silicon Valley.
September 1, 2010
Xconomy / Wade Roush
The “two guys in a garage” story of how technology companies get started is a powerful one in Silicon Valley.
September 1, 2010
All Things Digital / Kara Swisher
Of course, it makes perfect sense for Mark Cuban to appear in a very long and involved cameo as himself on the HBO original comedy series "Entourage.
September 1, 2010
Xconomy / Brad Webb
Last week’s federal district court ruling ordering an immediate halt in federal funding for stem cell research has thrown academic research circles into a state of confusion.
September 1, 2010
io9: top / Charlie Jane Anders
September rocks your universe, with William Gibson's long-awaited novel Zero History, the return of your favorite TV shows including Fringe, Venture ...
August 31, 2010
TechCrunch UK / Mike Butcher
TechCrunch Europe and UK Trade and Investment are organising a series of pitch workshops to help startups hone their pitch for events. These are free.
The next on is on 7th September.
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September 2, 2010
PE Hub Blog / Connie Loizos
The Sony Walkman outsells the iPod in Japan for the first time since Apple's music player hit the market nine years ago. In related news, Sony still makes the Walkman.
September 2, 2010
Canadian Business Online: Market News
TORONTO - The TSX Venture Exchange closed 13.62 points higher at 1,531.25 on Thursday. The volume at 4:30 p.m. was 277.25 million
September 2, 2010
Planet Mozilla / Shawn Wilsher
Over a week ago, I collected the data I said I was going to look at last time.
September 2, 2010
Sramana Mitra on Strategy / mkelly
In case you missed it, here is the recording:
September 2, 2010
Venture Capital News - Venture Capital News Headlines | Bizjournals.com
H&R Block Inc. reported a slightly smaller net loss in the first quarter as it beat Wall Street revenue expectations and trimmed expenses. (HRB)
September 2, 2010
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed / pk
The odd decouple of the U.S. economy (Source)
100 years of US obesity (Source))
All signs point to continuing Las Vegas exodus (Source)
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September 2, 2010
NYConvergence - A digest of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut media and technology news / Esther Surden
New York-based Chartbeat has raised $3 million in first round venture capital financing.