With The Clicky Value-W...
You can say a lot of things about Groupon , but not that they lack a great sense of humor over there. This morning, the company distributed a press release touting a new invention called Clicky , the Clickable Value-Wheel (make sure you watch the behind-the-scenes video below too). The...
Kleiner Leads Klout’s...
Klout’s reputation is growing among investors. The startup, which provides a social credit score for more than 100 million public profiles across various social networks, raised C round of financing of around $30 million . Business Insider was the first to report the funding. The...India’s Low-Cost Aaka...
Update : it looks more as if the “pre-orders” are no-money-down reservations, not paid-in-full pre-orders. So it’s more like people waiting in line than real orders. And it’s unclear from the Times of India’s report whether they are for the Aakash tablet...600,000 Calls Later, Ca...
When Michael Selvidge called me up to talk about his new project, Callin’ Oates, I chuckled and called it “silly”. Built with the help of a developer friend to satisfy the new-hire requirements at Michael’s new job (Twilio, where every employee has to build an app...
Spire: A New Legal Siri...
Well-know iOS hacker chpwn (aka Grant Paul) along with Ryan Petrich have released a new tool for installing Siri on jailbroken phones. The Siri port, called “Spire,” works on any phone that can run iOS 5. However, because Apple only officially supports Siri...5 Japanese Tech Compani...
Big news from Asia’s mobile market today: Japan’s biggest mobile carrier NTT Docomo (55 million customers, over US$50 billion in sales per year) is teaming up with five other tech powerhouses to develop chips for next-generation mobile devices. Docomo’s partners are...A Few Tips For Develope...
Not everyone is cut out to work for a startup. It involves a lot of hustling, a lot of nail-biting, pizza-eating, sleeping at your desk, tears, failure, confusion, and on and on. And wearing your startup’s t-shirt. All the time. That being said, it can also be extremely rewarding...