Segway teams with GM for two-wheeled transport
And you thought the original Segway was funny looking. Now the company that brought you the standing transport for people who don’t feel like walking has joined forces with General Motors to produce a two-wheeled, two-passenger vehicle for “urban” transportation — unveiled for the first… Continue Reading
Segway takes $5M more for innovative scooters
A scant two months after completing a $35 million funding, Segway, makers of the innovative, self-balancing scooters known everywhere but seen almost nowhere, has taken on another $5 million.
The funding was first reported by peHUB at the end of last week, but VentureWire offers a… Continue Reading
Segway’s top tech guy segues to Apple
Segway, the upright, self-balancing electric scooter, was supposed to revolutionize travel. Instead, it’s a neat piece of technology that not many people use. Perhaps realizing this, Segway’s chief technology officer Doug Field, is moving on to a company that makes products that a lot of… Continue Reading
Roundup: More YouTube user data fallout, MacBook Air SSD prices fall and more
Here’s the latest action:
More fallout from the YouTube/Viacom lawsuit — After a judge ruled that Google wouldn’t have to reveal YouTube’s source code but would have to open its user data for all to see, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) wrote a post condemning the decision… Continue Reading
Segway ups third funding to $35M — have you bought yours yet?
Sidewalks used to be so much nicer, before the Segway Personal Transporter started hitting the streets. Remember being able to walk peacefully along, happy on the two legs God gave us? Then Dean Kamen brought us the Segway, and suddenly you couldn’t step outside without… Continue Reading
Segway Social: Another niche, another social network
The Segway, a personal stand-up scooter with gyroscopic sensors, was once hyped as the future of transportation. However, when it launched in late 2001 it quickly became clear that it was actually the future of scooters that very few people could afford. It created a… Continue Reading
Roundup: Veoh sues, MySpace’s tiny profit, Nirvanix, Wikipedia’s color-coding, more
Here’s the latest action:
Veoh Networks files preemptive suit against Universal Music Group — Veoh, the San Diego video start-up we’ve written about, said it filed the suit to assert its rights as a copyright-compliant company after UMG threatened it with litigation.
Geni gets cloned by a German… Continue Reading
Roundup: The Obama Valley, Twitter’s cash, Zonbu, SimplyHired and more
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Barack Obama gets big Silicon Valley names behind him — Obama has picked up checks from Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz, Google backer Ram Shriram, YouTube founder Chad Hurley and many more, making him an early valley favorite, at least among the area’s… Continue Reading
Segway gets $10M more — to shun white elephant status
Segway, the maker of the high-tech scooter-like self-balancing vehicles, has raised $10.12 million of a planned $20 million third round of capital, according to a regulatory filing cited by PEhub.
When it launched, the Segway was hyped as the next new thing. But it failed to… Continue Reading
Wikia’s coffers, Browster dies, closed Dash, Techdirt’s $, and RepoMan Redux
Roundup of the latest Silicon Valley action:
Browster, dies — The web 2.0 carnage is beginning to pile up. This week’s casualty is San Francisco’s Browster, the company that wanted to save you time by popping up a little image of a page when you scrolled over… Continue Reading