Why NYC startups are winning the engagement race, and other Silicon Alley trends to watch
Guest Post As a NYC based investor, it’s been pretty incredible to watch New York’s startup scene grow into a dynamic tech playground over the past few years.
The top 10 social-media stories that shaped 2012
December 25, 2012 12:00 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
With outlandish lawsuits, a botched IPO, and a detailed social record of historic world events, 2012 will be remembered as a year of extreme highs and lows in social media. Here are the top 10 social stories that defined the year.
Funding Daily: venture capital makes it rain with downpour of investment
July 17, 2012 5:43 PM
Rebecca Grant
Funding news flooded our wire today with so many announcements and releases, it was like swimming upstream in a hurricane to keep up with it all. We’re having to include a lightning round below just to cover all the bases. …
Autodesk to buy hot video app Socialcam for $60M
July 17, 2012 6:42 AM
Sean Ludwig
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 …
Will Viddy (and other video apps) kill the YouTube star?
May 8, 2012 8:36 AM
Devindra Hardawar
While everyone is trying to predict which video sharing app will be the true “Instagram for video,” the massive surge in popularity for video apps could also become a problem for the online video mainstay YouTube.
As consumers move towards …
34 iOS app makers at center of congressional inquiry on data collection practices
March 22, 2012 10:56 AM
Jennifer Van Grove
Not satisfied with Apple’s updated privacy policies, members of a congressional subcommittee dedicated to consumer protection have gone directly to the makers of social iOS applications and are demanding answers on how these apps access personal data.
G.K. Butterfield and …
Lights, camera, Klip: Social video startup raises $8M
November 18, 2011 9:00 AM
Chikodi Chima
As people’s pockets fill with camera-enabled smartphones the rush is on to be the top dog in social video sharing. Palo Alto video startup Klip announced today that it has raised $8 million in a second round of funding, just …
