Flywheel 4.0 drives through the traffic jam of taxi apps (exclusive)

Flywheel (formerly known as Cabulous) released major updates today to its application today that provides existing taxis and fleets with rider-friendly features like e-hailing, in-app payment, and a ratings system.

Intel Capital makes a big bet on Android with investment in Bluestacks (exclusive)

Add Intel Capital to the growing list of companies eager to work with Bluestacks.

Facebook says it isn’t building a Windows 8 app, directs us to Microsoft

In a surprising move, Facebook said it has no plans to build a native app for Microsoft’s just-released Windows 8 OS, the company told VentureBeat today.

Top 30 tech investors on Twitter, ranked by influence

Ashton Kutcher is the most influential tech investor on Twitter, with Guy Kawasaki and Richard Branson rounding out the top three, according to new research from PeekAnalytics.

The PeekAnalytics report “Top 1,000 Tech Investors on Twitter” lists all kinds of …

Document management startup Doo.net launches slick Windows 8 app (exclusive)

Document management startup Doo.net has boldly launched a Metro-style application for the upcoming Windows 8 OS even though it has yet to release a version of its app for Win 7.

Doo.net’s native application for Windows 8 (and OS X) …

Gogobot hires SRI scientist to add artificial intelligence to its travel apps (exclusive)

I recently spent a few days with my family at a ski lodge in the Sierras. While we were there, we noticed a young French couple who spent the vast majority of their time sitting by the fire, staring at …

Entrepreneurs take over at Live Nation, launch new fund to finance innovation (exclusive)

Just months into their new careers at Live Nation, the always entrepreneurially minded Eric Garland and Ethan Kaplan have taken over the asylum (their words) and will bring back bleeding-edge innovation to the ticketing-and-promotions conglomerate, which is comprised of Ticketmaster, …

Own adds Foursquare, Twitter, and Facebook to its point-of-sale dashboard

Next time you check in to a coffee shop on Foursquare, the store manager might check your Twitter profile, look at your Facebook profile, and send a coupon your way via email.

The only reason this isn’t happening now is …