Web sharing tool provider ShareThis has added a new tool to its lineup with ShareNow, which allows publishers to provide automatic sharing to channels like Facebook and Twitter without having to build a customized social reader.
ShareNow, which is in …
Update 7/20/2012: TBG Digital has revised its report. The company said Friday that Twitter’s engagement rate on Promoted Tweets is between 1 and 3 percent on desktop and is even higher on mobile.
In a sign that Facebook may finally …
Mobile business software startup Enterproid has brought its ingenious Android-based Divide app for separating your business and personal life to the iPhone, a move that will increase its exposure with the enterprise.
Enterproid’s Divide software has become a popular solution …
While the world economy has been jittery in recent months, IBM was still able to pull off decent Q2 earnings with net income up but revenue slightly down.
IBM reported Q2 net income of $3.9 billion, up 6 percent versus …
Photos of the earliest known iPad prototype from the early 2000s have hit the web, thanks to some digging by the fine folks at NetworkWorld.
The photos, which have been lifted from Apple and Samsung court documents, show a bulky …
Cloud marketplace platform AppDirect has raised $8.5 million in its first round of funding.
AppDirect’s platform has made it possible for companies like Deutsche Telekom, Bell Canada, Appcelerator, and new partner Rackspace to launch cloud service marketplaces. High-profile apps, including …
If you’ve been waiting patiently for your Nexus 7 tablet to arrive, your wait is almost up. Google’s hotly anticipated device will ship by Thursday to most U.S. customers who preordered, unless you ordered accessories with the tablet.
The Google …
Satirical news organization The Onion has set its sights on “that cloud thing” with a new video spoof that makes fun of Hewlett-Packard’s cloud push and the incessant jargon that gets thrown around when talking about the cloud and technology …
Bookseller Barnes & Noble has debuted Nook for Web, a way to read Nook titles through a browser without having to download software, the company announced today.
Barnes & Noble is in the middle of an e-reading war with Amazon …
Software company Autodesk has agreed to buy quickly growing video app Socialcam for $60 million, the company announced Tuesday.
Socialcam, along with video sharing rivals Viddy and Klip, aims to be the next “Instagram for video,” but the startup’s buy …
Enterprise cloud storage startup Egnyte has raised $16 million from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Polaris Venture Partners in its third round of funding, the company announced Tuesday.
Egnyte helps businesses with various hybrid cloud storage solutions …
Cloud startup Zadara Storage has completed a $7 million first round of funding, cash that should help get the word out about its service that gives you much more control over the public cloud.
As we’ve written before, Zadara can …
After numerous rumors and leaks, Microsoft has finally unveiled Office 2013, a versatile version of the well-known suite that tentatively embraces the future.
I was able to get my hands on the software running on a Samsung-made Windows 8 tablet …
Microsoft has finally announced Office 2013, a modern, touch-friendly, and cloud-connected version of its widely used productivity suite.
The next 12 months will bring major changes for Microsoft, which will release a new version of Office, its Windows 8 operating …
What happens when people who protest about copyright law are silenced by copyright infringement claims? YouTube rapper and commentator Dan Bull believes this has happened to him, so he’s taken to YouTube to document his experience.
The case begins with …
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It’s 11 p.m., I’m drinking a can of Molson, and the bus passengers are finally quieting down as we get closer to New York City, where we departed two days ago. Many founders from promising early-stage startups from around the …
Founder of new startup gives physical therapy a technological boost after watching his father struggle with recovering from a stroke.
When Paul Mockapetris invented the Internet’s Domain Name System (DNS), he had no idea his creation would come to shape parts of the web for many years to come. But because he started simple and had a future-looking plan, his …
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If you ever thought pitching a VC was hard, maybe you should try giving your talk to a pack of grandmothers who aren’t afraid to ask tough questions.
Among the most popular events happening today at Montreal’s International Startup Festival …
Investor Paul Kedrosky and StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon were supposed to debate each other Thursday at the International Startup Festival but instead ended up agreeing on almost everything, including that the world needs more “startups that matter.”
“On an annual …
