The official Tumblr app tumbles onto the iPhone

The official Tumblr app tumbles onto the iPhone

Blogging tool Tumblr has risen in popularity among the blogging platforms because of its simplicity. With a few clicks you can easily post various types of media without having to worry about code or formatting. In many ways, simplicity is also the key to the… Continue Reading

Huffington Post’s Lerer teaches journalism students to think like VCs

Huffington Post’s Lerer teaches journalism students to think like VCs

[Editor's note: As newspapers watch their business models crumble, journalism schools are moving fast to restructure their curricula to emphasize technology and new media. Below, Columbia journalism graduate student Chikodi Chima reviews a new seminar with an entrepreneurial bent.]

Cub reporter Kenneth Lerer was sure his… Continue Reading

Microblogging service Tumblr raises $4.5M more

Microblogging service Tumblr raises $4.5M more

Tumblr, a service that lets users publish short, simple blog posts, has raised $4.5 million in a second round of funding.

That’s not a huge amount of money, but as All Things Digital’s Peter Kafka notes, it’s still impressive since the New York company is “exactly… Continue Reading

Posterous becomes a one-stop-shop for cross platform blogging

Posterous becomes a one-stop-shop for cross platform blogging

The current Internet landscape is filled with distractions such as email, Twitter, FriendFeed, instant messaging, feed readers, social networks and more. It can be hard maintaining a blog, even a micro-blog. Posterous aims to simplify the blogging process as much as possible. You can post… Continue Reading

Roundup: Brightroll, Tumblr, Collective, Veeker, MobileEye, all raise cash

Roundup: Brightroll, Tumblr, Collective, Veeker, MobileEye, all raise cash

Here’s the latest action:
1) Brightroll raises $5M for video ads
2) LGC Wireless acquired for $169M plus
3) InterviewUp, answers for job interviews
4) Alibaba.com to go public
5) Yahoo’s CMO leaves, without explanation
6) Tesla’s shocking $1M crash tests
7) Tumblr, Collective Media, Veeker, MobileEye, BioFuelBox, GameLayers, Shooner, all raise… Continue Reading