San Francisco startup Rapportive already offers a lightweight way to bring social data into Gmail. And starting today, it will also give users a way to act on that data — specifically, by allowing them to follow, reply to, and …
Qwiki, the company that offers a new, interactive way to explore a wide range of topics, announced today that its iPad application has been downloaded almost 500,000 times.
After the San Francisco company first opened its website to the public …
Facebook’s string of talent acquisitions continued today with the announcement that it has purchased an Amsterdam-based software and design company called Sofa.
As with most of Facebook’s past acquisitions, the social networking company is pretty open about the fact that …
Venture capitalists clearly care about the quality of their hotel rooms. Room 77, a startup that helps users find the right hotel room for their needs, just announced that it has raised $10.5 million in a second round of funding.…
500 Startups, the early-stage investment firm created by “super angel” Dave McClure (pictured), just released the list of the second group of companies in its incubator program, the 500 Startups Accelerator.
Christine Tsai, a principal at the firm who has …
Doxo, a startup that wants to end the pain of paper billing, is bringing its service to smartphones today with the launch of its iPhone app.
The Seattle startup already provides its customers with a website where they can store …
OtherInbox, an Austin startup that promises to reduce the clutter in email inboxes, just announced that more than 1 million users have signed up for its service.
While that isn’t quite the same as having 1 million people actively using …
Apple’s big announcements Monday were a mixed bag for anyone developing apps for the iPad and iPhone.
Yes, the company unveiled a number of cool new features that consumers and developers will be able to tap into. On the other …
For the past few years, startup StockTwits has been building a Twitter-focused community for stock market investors. Now the San Diego- and New York-based company says it’s ready to start making money.
Unlike most social networking companies, StockTwits won’t try …
YapStone, a company that offers payment technology for the property industry, just announced that it has raised $50 million from Accel Partners and Meritech Capital Partners.
The San Francisco company runs a number of e-payment services, including RentPayment, Vacation RentPayment, …
Group-buying titan Groupon’s plans for world domination seem to be rolling along smoothly. Last week, the company filed for its initial public offering. Today, it’s announcing its first partnership with a grocery chain, and its first full integration with a …
Apple finally threw its hat into the cloud computing ring in a serious way today with a new service called iCloud, which allows users to synchronize their applications and media across all their devices. It’s an ambitious vision, and one …
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, where the company traditionally makes some of its biggest announcements of the year, is scheduled to kick off today at 10am Pacific time.
This year, the company has already announced that it will be …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
The 7 signs of failure for internet startups — Bjoern Lasse Herrmann, who leads the Startup Genome project, offers …
Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya is leaving to start a new venture fund called The Social+Capital partnership, according to TechCrunch.
Palihapitiya is still raising the fund, which could total as much as $400 million. Facebook and Palihapitiya himself will both invest. …
OnSwipe, the tablet publishing startup that plans to launch later this month, just announced that it has raised $5 million in its first institutional round of funding (aka the Series A, or as OnSwipe calls it, “Series Awesome”).
You can …
You might think that group-buying sensation Groupon would have to repress its tongue-in-cheek sense of humor as it prepares for its its initial public offering — and to some extent, that’s true. But even though Groupon’s IPO filing is dominated …
Popular group-buying site Groupon just filed for a $750 million initial public offering.
The news isn’t a huge surprise, since there have been reports about Groupon advancing towards an IPO for the past few months. Chief executive Andrew Mason (pictured …
Judging from the press coverage of Adobe, you’d think that the big issue for the company is the fate of its Flash technology. However, chief executive Shantanu Narayen said today that the debate is over.
Narayen spoke at the D9 …
The landscape for Twitter applications may be changing, but that hasn’t scared investors away from UberMedia, the owner of apps like UberSocial, Echofon, and Twidroyd. The Pasadena, Calif. company just announced that it has raised $5.6 million in new funding.…
