TechCrunch:
Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Jon Steinberg who very recently accepted a position an an Executive-In-Residence at Polaris Venture Partners, which backs PublicEarth. Still, this is an interesting product and con (Read More)
MakeUseOf.com:
Google is the Nirvana of most nerds. They’ve given us things we could only dream of for free. They’ve showed us on multiple occasions that they’re more than just ‘the search engine guys’.One of those occasions was very recent (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Brizzly is on a roll right now. Just yesterday, it became the first web-based Twitter client to implement Lists, and last week it rolled out Facebook support. Today brings good news for its parent company: More funding.At the (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Brizzly, the status update client from the makers of Google Reader, has stepped up to become the second big app to support Twitter lists. (Seesmic was the first earlier this week.)Lists are what they sound like — groups of Tw (Read More)
Xconomy:
Biotech, VC, deals Luke Timmerman wrote: Pulmatrix, the Lexington, MA-based company working to stop infectious bugs from being absorbed into the lungs, has raised $30.2 million in a Series B venture round to advance its (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Wanted to start snowmobiling, but found the price prohibitive? Well, if you’re looking to kick start things now that you’re more financially sound, you could always check out the Polaris 120 Dragon Snowmobile, going for a mer (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Brizzly, the still-in-beta Twitter client from the team behind Google Reader, now pulls in updates from Facebook. It’s a nice, natural addition to the web-based client, which is a bit more consumer-friendly than Tweetdeck or (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Nokia launches 6788 phone with China Mobile – The world’s largest handset maker meets the world’s largest wireless carrier in the world’s largest market. The 6788 is Nokia’s first phone for TD-SCDMA networks, China’s propriet (Read More)
Submitted by livingatechlife
from Twitter:
RT @TechCrunch: Another Googler Turns VC - Jon Steinberg Joins Polaris Venture Partners As EIR http://bit.ly/2H7QqI by @robinwauters. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Jon Steinberg, now former Strategic Partner Development Manager on Google’s SMB (Small Medium Business) Partnerships team, has accepted a position as Executive in Residence at Polaris Venture Partners. Steinberg will be worki (Read More)
VentureBeat:
It’s been a few weeks since Demo took San Diego by storm, and I posted a few days ago about a few the cool things that happened to some of the demonstrating companies.More on that in a sec. But here’s a reminder that we’re ge (Read More)
Xconomy:
startups, VC, Entrepreneurship Robert Buderi wrote: It was a cold and drizzly night (how’s that for original writing?) last Thursday, and I was running late. But Dogpatch Labs Cambridge was holding its housewarming party (Read More)
VC Circle:
IT services firm Polaris Software has said it will acquire software product company Laser Soft Infosystems for Rs 52 crore in an all-cash deal. Both the Chennai-based firms have signed a definitive agreement to the effect.Pol (Read More)
Submitted by Musikblogs
from blog:
Mine damer og herre! Vi er stolte over at kunne præsentere det længe ventede program for årets WUNDERGRUND - festival.Hermed er årets festival i gang med en række inden- såvel som udenlandske kunstnere, avantgarde såvel som (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
(Lolapps) - San Francisco - Lolapps is a young and scrappy startup in the social application space. Here are a few bullets on us, because who doesn't love bullets? We're profitable, which makes us pretty much the opposite of (Read More)
Submitted by dennismcguire
from blog:
"Concerns?" Martinez said about the weather. "I'm going to enjoy the snow. Maybe I'll be rounding the bases in a snowmobile."By now you know that it's going to be ball-shriveling cold in Denver tonight. How cold? Below free (Read More)
Xconomy:
Roundup, Life Sciences, startups Rebecca Zacks wrote: It was a busy week in the land of New England life sciences. Let’s dive in.—Luke did a massive analysis of the financial health of all the public biotech companies w (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Rather than creating an advisory board to decide who would address top tier VC firms, TheFunded and tech TV group VatorNews looked to the public choose presenters. In anticipation of yesterday's JuicePitcher event, hundreds o (Read More)
Submitted by magitam
from Google Reader:
We’re still a couple of weeks away from official Q3 venture capital data, so here’s a preliminary look at the year’s busiest firms to date.The below statistics refer to investments in U.S.-based companies, and rank based on n (Read More)