Latest list of Top 50 Twitterers is as wrong as the others

Latest list of Top 50 Twitterers is as wrong as the others

After two weeks at VentureBeat, I’ve finally made the very bottom of the latest blogger A-list. Too bad BTS411 editor Tom Blue’s Top Bloggers/Twitter Users/Authors for Traffic chart doesn’t make me feel statistically relevant. Here’s why:

Blue’s list is restricted to “bloggers/writers/Twitter users that regularly discuss Web… Continue Reading

DEMO: A show changes with the times

DEMO: A show changes with the times

Kicking off DEMO 2009, executive producer Chris Shipley announced that this is a “reset year” for everyone. The weakness of the global economy is evident at every turn, and reflected in the scaled-down show taking place here in Palm Desert, Calif.

Shipley even acknowledged that the… Continue Reading

Now live: VentureBeat’s syndication deal with the New York Times

Now live: VentureBeat’s syndication deal with the New York Times

VentureBeat’s previously mentioned syndication deal with the New York Times went live today. Take a look at the screenshot. The Gray Lady is featuring our stories in a mini-section in the homepage of its Technology section. Click on one of our story links and you’ll… Continue Reading

New York Times syndicates VentureBeat

New York Times syndicates VentureBeat

The New York Times announced today that it will syndicate VentureBeat’s content, as part of a redesign of the Times’ online technology section.

This is great for VentureBeat. The Times has long represented excellence in the news profession. The partnership is an endorsement of something we’ve… Continue Reading

Comments are down, but we’re not

VentureBeat readers – Just a small note to let you know that our commenting system is not working properly at the moment. You may have noticed this over the past couple of days. We are working to correct this right now, so please hang in… Continue Reading

SF Green brings Tesla, Ray Lane and others to San Francisco on May 12

SF Green brings Tesla, Ray Lane and others to San Francisco on May 12

VentureBeat is proud to announce a gathering for clean technology entrepreneurs next Monday, May 12. We’ve joined forces with SF Green, a San Francisco gathering founded by Steve Newcomb that aims to help shape the region’s cleantech and environmental future.

The aim is to bring together… Continue Reading

Roundup: Amazon S3, VentureBeat go down, Montalvo’s mobile chip and more

Roundup: Amazon S3, VentureBeat go down, Montalvo’s mobile chip and more

1. Amazon S3, VentureBeat go down
2. Montalvo Systems vs. Intel, with chip for handheld devices
3. Fox Interactive to introduce “music Hulu for MySpace”
4. Yahoo’s board moving against Yang
5. Google searchers are wealthier, buy more online
6. Xobni hires Jeff Bonforte away from Yahoo, to be its… Continue Reading

VentureBeat raises $320,000 seed round, traffic growing

VentureBeat raises $320,000 seed round, traffic growing

updated

VentureBeat has just raised a seed round, and I wanted to be the first one to let you know. The news is beginning to leak after we filed a regulatory document.

VentureBeat has grown steadily since launching more than a year ago. We’ve been hiring writers… Continue Reading

VentureBeat points to VC firm reviews

VentureBeat points to VC firm reviews

VentureBeat is starting an experiment today: When we mention venture capital firms in our articles, we’ll also point to VC firms’ profiles provided by The Funded.

When we write about VC firm Draper Richards, for example, you’ll see an Ajax box pop up when you hover… Continue Reading

Mercury News launches VentureBeat column

Mercury News launches VentureBeat column

Starting today, Silicon Valley’s newspaper, the Mercury, News has kicked off a weekly column in its print edition featuring VentureBeat’s most compelling content.

VentureBeat is delighted with the deal. It extends our distribution considerably, to an additional 230,000 paid daily subscribers of the Mercury News.

For those… Continue Reading

Introducing VentureBeat’s job board — for $100,000+ jobs

Introducing VentureBeat’s job board — for $100,000+ jobs

We’ve just launched the VentureBeat JobBoard.

You might say, oh, yet another job board?!

The VentureBeat JobBoard is different because it is the only start-up oriented job board focused exclusively on high-end jobs — those paying $100,000 and up.

It’s relevant because the job market… Continue Reading

VentureBeat is back

VentureBeat is back

We launched early yesterday morning, but an overwhelming spike in traffic, a subsequent server crash and no fallback combined to shut down the Web site for a whole day.
We’ve learned some lessons.

1) It is hard to launch a start-up. It is surreal to be… Continue Reading

VentureBeat Launches

VentureBeat Launches

Welcome to VentureBeat •the successor to SiliconBeat!

VentureBeat’s mission is to provide news and information about private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. People are at the heart of this project. VentureBeat will be a resource for entrepreneurs and other interested professionals facing some… Continue Reading