Construction-focused startup PlanGrid, fresh from the Y Combinator incubator, has raised $1.1 million in seed funding.
Plangrid brings blueprints to iPads, eliminating the need for large paper blueprints. The company graduated from Y Combinator in April of this year and …
If you’ve ever wanted the freedom to create 3D objects in your own home, look no further than the Bukobot.
The Bukobot is a Kickstarter project for an affordable (starting at $600) open-source 3D printer from Deezmaker. So far, the …
The chief executive of the world’s largest company took the stage today at the tenth annual All Things Digital conference, also known as D10, in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
“I’ve been loving every minute of it, and I think everyone …
Restaurant and hospitality point of sale startup Breadcrumb has joined the Groupon family. The Chicago-based online couponing firm has acquired the New York-based startup, Groupon reported Tuesday in a blog post.
Unsurprisingly, the amount of the deal was not disclosed. …
Update: The United Nations is sending out a warning to member countries about cyberwar tool Flame.
Iran has confirmed the presence of a new and highly complex piece of malware targeted at Middle Eastern countries. The virus, called …
Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley venture firm, is raising new money for a number of different funds in the U.S. and China, that in aggregate would be around $1 billion.
Fortune is reporting these new funds may be used for …
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Is finding funding really all that different from finding love?
I recently had the opportunity to attend VC in the OC at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach. This one-day event featured a mix of panels and keynote speakers, culminating …
Cloud enterprise powerhouse Salesforce is in talks to buy social media and brand management business Buddy Media for more than $800 million, according to an AllThingsD report.
Buddy Media helps many major brands manage their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ …
HTC said Tuesday that its One X and Evo 4G LTE Android smartphones have finished the review process in U.S. customs and are being released into the the country, The Verge reports.
Earlier this month, both phone models were delayed …
BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion temporarily halted stock trading 15 minutes after the market closed today, and issued a “business update” where it admitted it will “likely have an operating loss” for its fiscal first quarter.
“RIM is going through a …
You can finally put your radiation fears to rest and check your Twitter feed at the same time. Japanese cellphone carrier Softbank has unveiled a new smartphone that can detect radiation levels with a built-in sensor, Wired is reporting.
Manufactured …
Jason Rubin, the co-founder of famous game developer Naughty Dog, has been named the president of struggling video game publisher THQ.
Rubin will report to Brian Farrell, who remains chairman and chief executive. But Danny Bilson, who has headed THQ’s …
Only a dozen or so really big names have led the venture capital industry consistently over the past decade. Jim Breyer of Accel Partners is one of them.
This weekend, Breyer, who sits on Facebook’s board, was the subject of …
The Chinese version of Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 8 Release Preview has leaked online, with ISO files for the new operating system being traded across plenty of international forums, according to PCbeta.
Windows 8 is part of Microsoft’s strategy to integrate …
Facebook's stock on the Nasdaq exchange dropped by about 9.6 percent in regular trading Tuesday, a steep drop from its original IPO price of $38 a share.
Google has introduced an updated version of its Chrome operating system and two new hardware options from Samsung that run the web-based OS — but it all still looks relatively underwhelming.
The search giant announced Chromebook laptops running the Chrome …
Updated at 3:40pm PDT with a response from Bitly about negative reactions to the redesign
The simple link-shortening service Bitly just got a major redesign. What started as a way to make long links short enough to fit into a …
Trip Hawkins, a pioneer of video games, has resigned from Digital Chocolate, the mobile and social game company that he founded.
Zynga’s lockup period, which prevents employees from selling their stock following the initial public offering, expires today. That may explain why a smaller company, Game Closure, has been able to recruit a prominent mobile gaming expert from Zynga.
Game Closure …
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I recently took the post of CEO of ShopCo, a startup focused on reinventing the circular shopping business. Through the vetting process of considering the post, I learned and had to re-learn some important lessons.
It goes something like this: …
