It’s big, it’s beautiful, it’s a slide deck! Haiku Deck uses $3M to create appealing presentations

While technology helps us share information in new, creative ways, some people just can't let go of the slide presentation. Haiku Deck has some new cash to help people get funky with their slide decks.

iPad presentation startup Showpad snags $2M, will open NYC office in May

European tablet presentation startup Showpad has raised $2 million in its first round of funding to help more enterprise companies use iPads for work and to grow its business in the United States.

SlideShark now lets you broadcast presentations live from your iPhone and iPad

As if SlideShark's ability to accurately replay your PowerPoint presentations from the cloud on iOS devices wasn't useful enough, the app can now let anyone watch along live as you present your slides.

Now with over 20M users, presentation startup Prezi adds long-awaited audio features

Zooming presentation startup Prezi has just crossed the 20-million-registered user mark. To celebrate the new milestone, it has added audio capabilities to presentations.

Brainshark’s new HTML5 mobile player opens up presentations to iOS, Android viewers

Now you can share Brainshark presentations with any iOS or Android user -- no app required.

Slideshark heads to iPhone, after owning PowerPoint presentations on iPad

Brainshark is bringing its popular Slideshark app to the iPhone, which will further the company's mission to take the pain out of presentations.

Prezi adds a third dimension to its zooming presentations

Adding a new dimension to presentations everywhere, three-year-old startup Prezi is providing its unorthodox presenters with 3D and fade-in animation tools to help them express their big ideas in bold new ways.

Prezi is the company that makes a non-linear, …

Prezi zooms past 10M users, releases PowerPoint import tool

In building an intuitive and fluid alternative to PowerPoint, startup Prezi is helping presenters reimagine their productions. Tuesday, the company announced that it surpassed 10 million users, and released a PowerPoint import tool to help members transition from outdated presentations …

How to tell your story in 2-4 minutes…and win

One of the things I’ve learned over the past two years years while leading the DEMO conference is that great entrepreneurs are able to pitch their company stories clearly and engagingly in about two minutes.

I’ve now seen thousands of …

Norwegians take top prize in startup competition, with a killer presentation

When Halvor Gregusson got off the stage, an audience full of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors was cheering and the moderator was giving him a high-five.

Pretty good for a two-minute pitch about a time-tracking tool from a Norwegian startup.…

Google releases 50 new features for presentations in Google Docs

Google is rolling out a suite of new changes to its Google Docs service, including 50 new features for Presentations, according to an official blog post today.

The company has its eye on collaboration features and has been including them …

ClearSlide grabs $11M from Greylock to expand its “quick” sales communication service

Sales communication tools startup ClearSlide has raised $11 million in first-round funding, it announced today. The company helps salespeople quickly share presentations and related content like videos and PDFs with prospective clients.

“We’re bringing new kinds of functionality to sales …

Apple’s iPhone 5 event said to be held Oct. 4, starring CEO Tim Cook

Apple is gearing up for its iPhone 5 debut at an event on Tuesday, October 4, reports All Things Digital. And alongside the new iPhone, newly crowned CEO Tim Cook is also expected to be the star of the show.…