A new web application based out of St. John’s, Newfoundland called Thrive Software aims to level the playing field between independent store owners and larger retail outlets, giving small business owners easy-to-use and valuable tools to keep pace — and even excel — in the marketplace. Thrive could be a real game-changer for smaller...
Daily Archives: June 2, 2011
Lendio Scores $2 Million More To Assist Business Owners In Securing Loans
Exclusive - Off the heels of raising $6 million in venture capital, Lendio has secured another $2 million in debt financing from Square 1 Bank, TechCrunch has learned. Formerly called FundingUniverse.com, Lendio matches small business owners with banks, credit unions, and other lending sources, employing technology that assist them identify the business loan category...
FaceNiff takes Firesheep mobile, hacks Facebook and Twitter accounts in seconds
In October 2010, a small application called Firesheep had Internet users quivering in fear that their social accounts could be hacked instantly, with a small Firefox extension able to hijack Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr and Amazon.com sessions whist they were connected to unsecured wifi. With Firesheep requiring a desktop computer to steal a users cookies and authenticate them as any...
LivingSocial Spends $5-7 Million For A Beachhead Into The Biggest International Market For Daily Deals
Dealissime co-founders Lara Rouyrès and Tatiana Jama Image: Screenshot LivingSocial just acquired a majority stake in Dealissime, a French daily deals startup. The startups aren’t commenting on the value of the deal and shooting down rumors but two industry sources put the value of the deal at $5-7 million. We spoke to Dealissime co-founder...
Airbnb Admits It Farmed Craigslist, Blames Outside Salespeople
Image: Airbnb After Airbnb was accused of “farming” Craigslist, or using automated spam accounts to harvest email addresses and get listers to post their ads on Craigslist, Airbnb has admitted to the practice but blames rogue outside salespeople. Airbnb says it contracted out to salespeople to sell listings person-to-person but these people instead farmed...
Microsoft Brings Touchscreen to PCs & Laptops to Challenge Apple
Today at the D9 conference, Microsoft unveiled the latest version of its Windows operating system. Code-named Windows 8, in a surprise move Microsoft is incorporating touchscreen technology into the Windows UI. Windows 8 will be used across a wide range of computing devices – PCs, laptops, tablets and more. One OS for all of...