Twitter cofounder raises money from Jack Dorsey, Bono, Al Gore for mysterious startup Jelly

May 16, 2013 10:58 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

In a blog post today, Biz Stone announced closing a funding round led by Spark Capital with participation from SV Angel. An elite group of individual investors also contributed, including Jack Dorsey, Bono, Reid Hoffman, Steven Johnson, Evan Williams, Al Gore, Greg Yaitanes, and Roya Mahboob.

Ev Williams’ Medium acquires long-form journalism site ‘Matter’

April 17, 2013 7:51 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Medium, the publishing platform startup founded by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams, has purchased long-form journalism project Matter, the companies announced today.

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

December 27, 2012 9:00 AM Jolie O'Dell
Jolie O'Dell

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

Evan Williams ‘mistrusts’ any startup that doesn’t target its founders

October 3, 2012 12:54 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

One thing he’s learned from starting Blogger, Odeo, Twitter, and now Obvious Corp.: The more you’ve done, the smarter you are, and the bigger risks you can take.