Ashton Kutcher channels Steve Jobs when investing in startups

Ashton Kutcher has been deeply affected by Steve Jobs, the Apple cofounder he plays in the upcoming movie jOBS. He is bringing lessons from Jobs' life not only into his own life but into his meeting with potential investments.

Top 15 venture capital deals of 2012

We survey the top venture capital investments into tech companies of the year. To make this elite list, you needed to raise at least $89 million in 2012.

Design trends of 2012: The good, the bad, and the ‘die already’

Modal pop-ups! Crazy typography! Larger-than-life images! Here's all the best -- and worst -- from web & mobile design in 2012.

Making sense of the Cyber Monday disconnect between social networks and sales

Facebook was either an amazing driver of purchases and traffic over the holiday shopping weekend or a complete non-factor. So which is it?

Fab goes to free shipping. Permanently.

We can't bear to say it, but the holidays are sort of upon us, and design-centric flash sales site Fab.com is getting into the swing of things early with free shipping.

Fab.com grabs a whopping $105M in third round of funding

Fab.com, the e-commerce website designed almost like a lifestyle magazine, received $105 million in its third round of funding today.

The round was led by Atomico with participation from Pinnacle Ventures, re-Net Technology Partners, Mayfield Fund, DoCoMo Capital, and existing …

Fab.com relaunches, and it buries other social shopping experiences

Today, Fab.com is launching its third and most ambitious version of the site, and CEO Jason Goldberg said it’s going to remind you of window-shopping with your best friends.

“Imagine you’re shopping with your friends, and one of them picks …

Luxury shopping site Ahalife gets $10.1M in its shopping cart

Ahalife, an online shop for curated one-of-a-kind, luxury wares, has raised $10.1 million in a second round of funding.

It must be hard to be rich. You’ve already bought everything new from Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus, and Saks, so where else …

Fab.com hits 3M members and sells 1M daily deals

Daily deals darling Fab.com announced today it has sold one million items and already hit three million users in the last nine months.

The company does fall into the tired category of daily deals, but it is quickly finding a …

Fab.com acquires German clone Casacanda, now serving Europe

Fab.com, the wildly popular design-focused e-commerce site, has just acquired Casacanda, a German startup offering “an online shopping club for daily design inspirations.”

If that mission statement sounds familiar, it’s not just you. The Fab.com team saw the similarities as …