A video infrastructure startup called BNI Video is launching today, and it’s unveiling its first two products. With a focus on back-end technology, BNI might not be particularly glamorous, but chief executive Conrad Clemson said traditional cable providers need the …
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton is probably the loudest advocate of ruthless, anything-for-pageviews blogging, but even he can be discouraged by always giving the masses what they want, according a just-published New Yorker profile.
Denton noted that many of his …
Cloud Engines, maker of the Pogoplug device for accessing and sharing content from your hard drive via the internet, today announced the launch of Pogoplug Pro. And for those who never liked the device because it was bright pink, the new …
Want to understand of how Dick Costolo, who was named Twitter’s chief executive on Monday, plans to build a business? The video below is a good place to start.
Costolo’s interview with Ad Age editor Abbey Klaassen took place last …
Just as we’ve heard many times over the past few years, Apple is apparently in talks with music labels for a subscription-based iTunes plan that would give customers unlimited access to songs for a fee, the New York Post reports.…
There are a lot of things you could say about Oracle co-founder and chief executive Larry Ellison, but being shy certainly is not one of them.
He called the HP board “idiots” for firing Mark Hurd, dissed the selection of …
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Bit.ly, the startup behind many of the shortened links you probably see in Twitter, just announced it has raised a second round of funding.
The New York company has endured repeated speculation that it will become irrelevant as bigger …
As we predicted, yesterday’s reveal of Logitech’s Revue box was just the beginning of a flood of Google TV news.
First up, we have details on pricing and sizes for Sony’s Google TV line of televisions, courtesy of Sony Insider. …
After months of mere glimpses at Logitech’s Revue set-top box, I got a closer look today, as well as some hands-on time, with the Google TV-powered device.
The box will come bundled with a controller that looks like a typical …
Cisco announced it is launching the newest addition to its video conferencing technology lineup today called Umi, a home video conferencing appliance designed for the typical consumer.
The device consists of a camera mounted to the top of a screen …
Cisco, a name typically associated with large businesses’ networking needs, announced today that it is making a move into the consumer marketplace with its new Umi video-conferencing technology.
The new tech, pronounced “you-me”, allows consumers to directly connect a video …
Google offered ABC’s Nightline a glimpse at Google TV tonight (see video below), and with it came our first look at Sony’s proposed Google TV controller for its new internet-enabled televisions.
At first glance, the controller seems incredibly busy and …
Chuck Dietrich, CEO and founder of SlideRocket, has a problem with PowerPoint and other presentation platforms: They haven’t fundamentally changed in 25 years. Enter SlideRocket, an online presentation platform that brings interactivity and collaboration to a market otherwise dominated by …
AppNexus, a New York City startup that describes itself as a “real-time ad platform,” said today that it has raised $50 million in a third round of funding.
The online ad industry is now populated by a dizzying array of …
The increasingly popular bookmarking and offline article-reading service Instapaper has just rolled out a $1/mo. subscription model. The move could open the door to much-needed experiments with online publishing.
The paid subscription comes with just one perk at present: an …
The Echo Nest, a startup building a massive database of musical artists and songs, just raised $7 million in a funding round led by Matrix Partners.
Matrix’s Antonio Rodriguez is joining the Echo Nest board. Asked to describe the Somerville, …
It looks like Yelp and CityGrid Media, two of the main competitors in local listings and reviews, are working together.
The partnership may not be a huge deal — Yelp is using the CityGrid network to fill any advertising inventory …
Twitter revealed the latest piece of its advertising strategy today with a new feature called Promoted Accounts, where companies can try to attract more followers to their Twitter accounts by paying the microblogging startup for prominent placement.
It sounds like …
Google has been fairly quiet on the progress of Google TV since it was announced five months ago, but now the company seems ready to spin up its hype machine once again.
In a blog post today, Google TV product …
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Digg founder: We let Digg stagnate — Digg, the pioneering social-news site that lets users vote on top headlines, …
