Model Christy Turlington joins Silicon Valley heavyweights to launch new art business (photo gallery)

May 10, 2012 9:06 AM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

Minted founder and chief executive Mariam Naficy knows how to fill a room.

Some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful executives showed up, together with supermodel Christy Turlington, for the launch of Minted‘s new art prints business, in Naficy’s San Francisco …

My role in the Groupon story

May 10, 2012 8:55 AM Rocky Agrawal

Guest Post

Recently, people have questioned my motivations around writing about Groupon. They have tried to insinuate that I’m writing about Groupon for personal financial gain.

Anyone who believes that doesn’t know the first thing about how financial markets work. I have …

Digging a grave: 15 Digg engineers join Washington Post’s SocialCode

May 10, 2012 8:42 AM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

The Washington Post’s social advertising firm SocialCode has hired 15 engineers from Digg today, confirming rumors last week that the community news site was due for a shakeup.

Digg entered into serious negotiations with the Washington Post about selling the …

3D Systems CEO: We want 3D printing to be as big as the iPad

May 10, 2012 8:41 AM Ricardo Bilton
Ricardo Bilton

Editor's Pick

“3D printing will be the canvas of the 21st century.”

That’s the prediction being made by Abe Reichental, the CEO of 3D Systems and biggest cheerleader of the Cube, his company’s first 3D printer built with the mass market consumer …

Pebble smartwatch sells out with 85K orders, 66K backers, & $10M raised

May 10, 2012 8:21 AM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

The team behind the much-talked-about Pebble smartwatch has finished taking orders on Kickstarter, with 85,000 orders placed for the device and $10.1 million raised thus far.

While there are eight days still to go on the Kickstarter countdown, people can …

Sony’s worst year ever: reports $5.7B annual loss for 2011

May 10, 2012 8:17 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

2011 was a dark year for electronics giant Sony: a slew of natural disasters, terrible TV business, and slow sales all around, pushed Sony to its worst annual earnings ever, with a loss of $5.7 billion for 2011.

On the …

Facebook games don’t have to be stupid, according to AviNation (exclusive)

May 10, 2012 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi
Dean Takahashi

Editor's Pick Checkpoint Studios unveils its AviNation airline simulation game on Facebook

Mixpanel serves up unique mobile analytics, nabs $10M investment

May 10, 2012 8:00 AM Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff

Y Combinator startup Mixpanel dives deep into pageview and visitor engagement analytics, offering real-time “micro” stats. And it’s just raised its first institutional round of funding.

The company is making a big push for mobile analytics, an area it feels …

Flash storage mania — EMC buys XtremIO, eyes turn toward Violin

May 10, 2012 7:19 AM Matt Marshall
Matt Marshall

Editor's Pick

EMC said today it has acquired flash-memory storage company XtremIO, following reports two weeks ago that the deal was in the works. VentureBeat confirmed at the time that the value of the deal is around $400 million.

EMC did not …

T-Mobile loses 510K subscribers in Q1, but profits are finally on the rise

May 10, 2012 6:30 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

T-Mobile is still bleeding subscribers — parent company Deutsche Telekom announced this morning that it lost 510,000 subscribers in the first quarter — but the fourth-place wireless carrier is finally seeing profits once again.

T-Mobile earnings were up 7.2 percent …

Coupa lands $22M to keep your crazy expense reports in check

May 10, 2012 5:00 AM Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff

Coupa helps manage the entire spending process for businesses, from purchasing supplies to reimbursing employees for expense reports.

Mere months after closing a $12 million investment, Coupa has closed its fifth round of funding for $22 million. The company did …

Urban Airship has delivered 20B push notifications, doubling in just 4 months (exclusive)

May 9, 2012 5:49 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Mobile marketing and messaging leader Urban Airship has served more than 20 billion push notifications through iOS, Android, and other platforms, the company revealed today.

Urban Airship currently is helping more than 65,000 companies — including ESPN, Groupon, and other …

Apple updates OS X Lion, fixes password-exposing bug

May 9, 2012 5:09 PM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

Apple issued its latest update to Mac OS X Lion today. The update, 10.7.4, fixes a number of issues, including the security vulnerability that exposed passwords.

The update also fixes a few minor issues, including the “reopen windows when logging …

Why Groupon Now won’t work

May 9, 2012 4:57 PM Rakesh Agrawal
Rakesh Agrawal

In Andrew Mason's recent letter to shareholders and in a press release touting 1.5 million Groupon Now deals sold, Groupon has been highlighting the product as an example of innovation and a potential positive for the beleaguered company.

Watch out, investors: Facebook says mobile users could hurt revenue

May 9, 2012 4:14 PM Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove

Just days into Facebook’s investor roadshow and a little over a week before its rumored market debut, the social network has amended its prospectus to warn potential investors that mobile is an even bigger risk than originally disclosed.

In amendment …

Samsung buys streaming startup mSpot to take on iCloud and Google Play

May 9, 2012 4:06 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Electronics giant Samsung has purchased streaming media startup mSpot, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the deal is rumored to be worth an estimated $8.8 million, according to South Korean news site Mael …

Android grudge match: Samsung Galaxy S III wins on features, HTC One X owns design

May 9, 2012 3:49 PM Sean Ludwig
Sean Ludwig

Despite the hype, it turns out Samsung’s Galaxy S III doesn’t quite dazzle as bright as a supernova.

Last night I finally got my hands on Samsung’s hyped Galaxy S III superphone at the CTIA Wireless conference. While the features …

T-Mobile’s next big hope: A potential merger with MetroPCS

May 9, 2012 3:16 PM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

T-Mobile is acting tough with its edgy new marketing campaigns, but the fourth-place U.S. wireless carrier is still in a vulnerable position after its acquisition by AT&T fell apart, and it’s losing subscribers like crazy.

So what is T-Mobile’s parent …

Who is the best Avenger? (infographic)

May 9, 2012 3:02 PM Sebastian Haley
Sebastian Haley

Naturally, it's time for us nerds to fight over who is the best Avenger. A quick survey of Facebook friend statuses shows Hulk is ahead due to a couple of particularly funny moments, but here at GamesBeat we decided to use math and science to determine a true victor.