Thumbtack helps you find trusted local professionals, makes sure they’re not sex-offenders

January 9, 2012 3:32 PM Sarah Mitroff

Local service finder and community marketplace Thumbtack, which does background checks on the people offering services, announced Monday that it has secured its first round of funding for $4 million.

Thumbtack helps connect people who need work done with those …

Cloud 101: What the heck do IaaS, PaaS and SaaS companies do?

November 14, 2011 8:01 AM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Demo: Vidquik tries to disrupt online meetings with free 1-to-1 web conferencing

September 13, 2011 11:14 AM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Many companies are currently trying to dominate in the online meeting space, but Vidquik thinks it can triumph by starting small and building a following by giving away the basic components for free.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Vidquik is showing off …

Demo: BringShare combines your marketing analytics tools in one place

September 13, 2011 9:17 AM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Cloud marketing startup BringShare launched the public beta of its data service on Tuesday at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference.

BringShare’s purpose is to make marketers’ lives easier when it comes to managing their data and making their workflow faster …

Cloud service Morphlabs grabs $5M to serve international companies

September 6, 2011 11:31 AM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Cloud platform provider Morphlabs on Tuesday announced that it has received $5 million in third-round funding, with plans to expand its number of employees and open more data centers.

Los Angeles-based Morphlabs provides cloud infrastructure services to small and large …

Exclusive: Updater moves out of beta to rid you of junk mail

August 17, 2011 4:37 PM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Physical address management service Updater will leave beta status at the end of this week and start full-scale operations, including a full marketing push, next Monday.

The service has been in beta since its launch in late July, and it …

Spotify reportedly has 1.4 million U.S. members and 13 percent of them pay

August 8, 2011 2:53 PM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Since its launch last month, streaming music service Spotify has accumulated 1.4 million members in the U.S., according to All Things D. What’s arguably more important among that tally is that about 175,000 people, or 12.5 percent, are paying subscribers.…

Zillow prices IPO, now has nearly $400M valuation

July 6, 2011 3:30 PM Sean Ludwig

Sean Ludwig

Online real estate company Zillow on Wednesday filed new SEC documents that declare its IPO pricing between $12 and $14 a share, which gives the company a $378 million valuation. The company intends to raise up to $55.7 million in …