Microsoft is to launch a new research center in New York which will push its research in a new direction and complement its existing teams with a series of specialist researchers, 14 of whom have joined from Yahoo, AllThingsD reports. The new lab will become the thirteenth Microsoft Research office worldwide, but it is being...
Daily Archives: May 2, 2012
7 Startups Launch Out Of NewMe Accelerator’s Spring 2012 Demo Day [TCTV]
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The NewMe Accelerator, a startup incubation program founded last year aimed at under-represented minorities in the tech world (namely African Americans, Latinos, and women), held its second-ever Demo Day today for its latest class of entrepreneurs. A total of seven startups presented their wares to a packed room full of investors, reporters, and fellow...
Amidst hard times for greentech, digital green startups emerge
Young, early-stage green-focused startups are a rare breed these days. The demo day on Wednesday in downtown San Francisco for the green digital-focused accelerator Greenstart (which I called the Y-Combinator for greentech a year ago when they launched) was one of the first times in a long time that I’ve seen a grouping of...
EA isn’t closing Rock Band for iOS, claims shut down message was “sent in error”
Earlier today the Guardian reported that EA announced plans to close down its Rock Band iOS app after informing games via a message, however the company has now confirmed that this is not the case and the game will not be closed. A statement from EA – reported by CNET, via The Verge – said that the...
I Can Haz Self-Expression? Turn Drawings, GIFs, Songs, Anything Into Websites With The New Hive
You don’t have to be an artist to make art, or a comedian to make lulz…at least not on The New Hive, where you can create one-off websites by drag-and-dropping any type of content. Upload some pics of friends, draw mustaches on them, and embed a ridiculous soundtrack from SoundCloud. Lay your latest YouTube...
Samsung issues one final reminder: We’re about to launch “The Next Galaxy”
The upcoming launch of the Samsung Galaxy (or “next Samsung Galaxy” ) is arguably the most anticipated unveiling of an Android device ever. Just to be sure though, the Korean firm has sent out one final reminder of its event in London today (or tomorrow for those in the US)…especially for who’ve been hiding...
Yelp Said Something On Its Earnings Call Today That Should Scare The Heck Out Of Google (YELP, GOOG)
Bob Lee via Flickr Yelp’s first-ever earnings report this afternoon was mixed — revenue came in ahead of expectations at $27.4 million, while its loss-per-share was a bit worse than expected at ($0.31). Compared with Google, Yelp is a flea — Google’s revenue in the same quarter was almost 400 times as much, at...
Kim Dotcom: A wannabe Steve Jobs?
Largely painted by U.S. media in the aftermath of his January arrest as a childish, self-indulgent, gun-toting oaf, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom gets a surprisingly comprehensive and nuanced overview in an industry trade serving a not-so-sympathetic constituency, The Hollywood Reporter. In the magazine’s 5,700 cover story titled “The Nerd Who Burned Hollywood” this week, writers...
Help! Avanquest builds a panic button for your phone
Someone follows you down a dark alley or you feel a sudden tightening in your chest. You’re in a bad situation. Don’t panic! Okay, go ahead and panic, but at least do it productively. Call 911, determine your location and send the coordinates to your loved ones, get your medical records in order. Or...
VCs Muscle Back Into Startup Funding
The survey, by Palo Alto law firm Dorsey Whitney, polled 336 startup CEOs and founders around the country and found a big jump from two years ago in investment by VCs. Startups in metropolitan areas whose companies got money from VCs rose to 27.5%, up from 17.1% when Dorsey Whitney did its first survey on...