Vigilent, a company that provides intelligent energy management systems for data centers, telecommunications facilities and large buildings, has raised $6.7 million in investments led by Accel Partners. This investment is part of Accel’s new $100 million Big Data fund. Angel investors including Gaurav Garg and Peter Wagner also participated in this round. The startup’s...
Swipely, the startup led by TellMe Founder Angus Davis, is doubling down on its credit card-based loyalty strategy. The company first launched as a way to share your credit card purchases with your friends, but when that idea (as deployed by Swipely and others) failed to take off, Swipely shifted its focus to helping...
Admittedly, the comments on LInked in groups like SMB IT Connection and Publishing and Editing Professionals are most likely coming from a self-selected group of Web leaders and technology and content professionals. That’s who reads ReadWriteWeb, and that’s also who belongs to the LinkedIn groups where I posted my original story. I don’t disagree,...
Today, brands envelop our lives more than ever before. Every shirt, pen, book, lamp, car, plane, etc. has been branded. There’s no way to possibly avoid the logo types, color schemes, symbols or slogans anymore. This is why a project by branding, design, and communications strategist Andrew Miller caught my attention. Brand Spirit is Miller’s blog,...
If you were to stop for a moment and consider what your perfect deals site would be, chances are it doesn’t look a whole lot like any of the big names currently operating in the space. When it comes down to it, we all have our own individual preferences when it comes to products,...
Instant Messaging (IM) hosting service IMified is set to close according to an email that the company sent to its users. The service, which was bought by Voxeo in 2009, has announced that it will shutter on May 1 after struggling to monetise in recent times. In the note, the company explains that “running an IM...
Flickr via Magic Madzik I was taking a walk yesterday with a former Facebook employee who is starting a company. He can also code. The fact that he’s a technical co-founder puts him at a huge advantage because he doesn’t have to employ anyone while he works on coding his own product. Once he’s...
Professional networks built on Facebook are picking up major traction, according to Appdata. The space is hot, which is why dozens of venture capitalists are looking at companies like Identified and Branchout. In the last month, Identified has more than doubled its monthly active users. It now has 2.5 million monthly average users, which is...
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