Artspace CEO Caroline Levene says she’s always wanted to run her own business. After years at companies like New York Times Digital and DailyCandy, she’s finally working on her own project — an internet start-up focused on selling mid-range artwork by established and up-and-coming artists. Watch below as she recounts her journey through the...
The i/o Ventures Demo Day starts in a little under a half an hour, and I am about to head over to Valencia Street to watch the startups present. i/o Ventures is the SF-based incubator that offers five or six startups a 4-6 month long spot in its 7,000 square foor loft/coffee shop space...
Last weekend, hundreds of thousands of people tuned in online as some of the most competitive athletes of our times faced off against each other. And no, we’re not talking about Wimbledon or the Women’s World Cup, but the Dreamhack festival in Sweden, which is one of the largest video gaming events in the...
In the spirit of Google’s “Let’s make the web faster” code campaign, there has been a ton of renewed interest around making web and mobile apps faster and more reliable. Really, this is for the simple reason that improved performance of applications means more visitors, higher search rankings, and lower operational costs. As a...
Electronics that can break out of their rigid boxes, and be embedded into stretchy, even wearable, materials — that’s the goal of startup mc10, which packages up semiconductors, like silicon, so they can bend, twist and wrap around other structures. The company has just raised $12.5 million led by longtime energy investors Braemar Energy...
Keyana Stevens has a pretty sweet gig as a Foursquare intern. Who wouldn’t want to work for a company that just raised $50 million? Yet, she tweets, she’s confined to watering Dennis Crowley’s plants. Someone’s gotta do it! See Also: Foursquare Signs Big Deal With American Express — Check In, Get Money Back Foursquare...
Content aggregation and ranking engine StumbleUpon is releasing a new widget for publishers today that can be placed on a website or blog to help users find meaningful content relevant to them. The StumbleUpon Widget can be used by publishers to surface content on the site with the best shelf life (in the industry,...
Facebook may have recently reached the 750 million user mark, but not every single one of the social networking giant’s members are necessarily in it for the long haul. Whether because of a concern about privacy, a need to tame their digital distractions or for some other reason, many users would prefer to leave...
Pope Benedict XVI tweeted for the first time today. His tweet was to announce the new Vatican news aggregator, News.va, which has gone live. The Pope pushed the site live and tweeted about it using an iPad. The site itself is the first time the Vatican has provided a single place for all the...
I have precisely one complaint about my job — By its very nature, I tend to sit on my butt all day and not have any physical activity. For a person who’s prone to gaining weight by looking at food, this isn’t a good thing. However, if you happen to have a few grand...