Image: Stian Eikeland Gavan Reilly Irish man ‘Lucky’ accused of Spanish bar shooting Poll: Should all legal highs be banned? One in six Irish teens have taken ‘legal high’ drugs Afghan president’s brother assassinated Fianna Fáil Nua: Party discusses name change THE ‘HACKTIVIST’ COLLECTIVE Anonymous has released login details for some 90,000 military email...
What started as a $5k side-project turned into more than English film-producer Bertie Stephens had originally bargained for. Two months after a misunderstanding during a chance meeting with a stranger, Stephens’ startup was sitting on a $1m investment and a $4m valuation. Here’s the story of Flubit. What is Flubit? Flubit is a platform...
The IPO is back! This neat infographic summarizes what’s going on with the biggest (planned or accomplished) IPOs of the year: the timelines of these companies, how much they’ve raised, etc. Image: Singlegrain (Via Singlegrain Mashable) 10 HUGE Questions About Groupon’s IPO → Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/tBzlf31v9R8/a-look-at-the-biggest-tech-ipos-of-2011-2011-7
Adzerk is in the midst of closing a $650,000 seed round from a mix of institutional and angel investors to build a “next generation” ad serving platform that includes features like real-time reporting, ultra-fast ad serving and network building support. The company is raising seed capital from Great Oaks Venture Capital, Robert Senoff, Invite...
Even as purists complain about the rise of the capacitive i.e. “invisible” button, it seems Apple may me making steps to remove them in further updates to iOS. Alongside the ability to drop apps anywhere on the screen – instead of just on a grid pattern – the new iOS Beta includes some accessibility...
HTC has responded to claims by Apple that it had infringed on a number of patents linked to the iPhone and iPad by saying it is “disappointed at Apple’s constant attempts at litigations”, stating that it vows to protect its intellectual property rights. On Monday, Apple filed a second patent infringement complaint with the ITC...
On my visit to Seattle last month, I visited the office of data visualization company Tableau. As more and more data gets uploaded to the Web, it needs to be analyzed and made sense of. Data visualization is one of the most effective ways of doing this and Tableau is a leading company in...
Foursquare is partnering with several daily deal sites (though not Groupon yet), the Journal is reporting. The partnership is straightforward enough: Foursquare will alert you to venues near you that have daily deals and you can buy that deal. Foursquare gets a cut. Foursquare and Groupon have been working on a similar partnership for...
Hang around the energy storage crowd long enough, and you’ll hear chatter about ultracapacitors. Tesla Motors chief executive Elon Musk has said he believes capacitors will even “supercede” batteries. What is it that makes ultracapacitors such a promising technology? And if ultracapacitors are so great, why have they lost out to batteries, so far, as the...