Sorry Android, Redmond has no goodies for you. Today, Microsoft released applications for its cloud file storage product SkyDrive for both the Windows Phone platform and the iPhone. Microsoft called it “critical” to expand SkyDrive to smartphone lines, noting that mobile access to files is equivalent to “table-stakes.” Why Android has thus been excluded is not...
The word on the street (via Reuters via Israel-based Calcalist) is that Apple is going to buy Israeli maker of flash memory technology Anobit. The price is said to be between $400 million and $500 million, a hefty chunk of change for a lot of companies, but for those with $81 billion in the...
The holidays are drawing ever closer, and with the holidays usually come embarrassing family moments. The folks at Skype, perhaps sensing the potential for capturing some comedic gold around ye old Christmas tree, have updated their Android app with support for picture and video messages. The functionality works over both WiFi and 3G data...
Atlanta-based startup Kabbage, which provides working capital to online merchants, has closed $12 million in debt financing from Western Technology Investment. In August, Kabbage raised $17 million from BlueRun Ventures, David Bonderman, founder of TPG Capital; Warren Stephens, CEO of Stephens; the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square; and others. Kabbage,...
Image: Ian Muttoo Tech-superstore Best Buy announced quarterly earnings of $0.47, or $172 million excluding restructuring charges, as top line revenue increased slightly less than 2% to $12.1 billion. Analysts had expected EPS of $0.51. Same-store sales, or the sales at stores open at least 14 months, grew at an anemic pace of 0.3%....
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As our social lives continue to move online, statistics show sharing rates are going through the roof. In fact, mobile sharing alone has grown over 600% since 2010. This calls for a closer look… AddThis, a sharing platform, and Clearspring, a social data aggregator, present the sharing trends of 2011. With over 1.2 Billion...
Sometimes, reporting startup news can make a person feel old. Case in point: Woozworld, the virtual world maker for tweens, is launching a social networking service called WoozIn, which I’m saying with a straight face. I swear. WoozIn. It’s essentially a Facebook-lite/virtual world mashup that allows prepubescent youth to share, comment and like their...
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Seatwave, one of Europe’s biggest fan-to-fan ticketing marketplaces, has announced the launch of its iOS software developer kit (SDK), to let third-party developers sell tickets through their own apps. Launched in London in 2006, Seatwave lets fans can buy and sell tickets for concerts, theatre, sports and other live events. Sellers list tickets for...