TechCrunched: News High...
Once again, we’re packaging some of the top news of the week in a quick-to-digest video format. If you missed some of the big tech stories this week, TechCrunched gives you the highlights. Take a look, have a listen and let us know what you think. Also, be sure to visit the below...
Blippy’s New Directio...
Earlier this summer we wrote a post on purchase sharing site Blippy’s decline, titled “The End Of Blippy As We Know It.” While Blippy CEO Ashvin Kumar didn’t want to reveal what the team’s next step was at the time, we’ve now got a few more details...
Twitter Acquires Social...
Twitter has just acquired social analytics startup BackType. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. BackType’s analytics dashboard aims to help brands and agencies understand the business impact of social media in order to make more intelligent marketing decisions. For...
iStopOver Acquires Vaca...
Exclusive – Fairly big news from the Canadian accommodation rentals space today: we’ve learned that iStopOver has acquired Vacapedia , a one-stop-shop site for vacation rentals and short-tem accommodations. The deal size was not disclosed, but the transaction is part stock,...
Laser Cut GIF-based Zoe...
There are men who love animated GIFs and there are men who love animated GIFs. If you belong to the latter camp, feel free to help kickstart this project that turns animated GIFs into a physical, laser-cut zoetrope for your own edification. Why, you ask? Why not? What if we could bring...
LinkedIn Cuts Off API A...
Exclusive: Professional social network LinkedIn has shut down API access to a number of developers for terms of service violations, according to the company. The six developers whose access to LinkedIn’s API include Facebook-focused professional network BranchOut, Monster’s...
Zynga And Facebook: Pr...
Minutes ago, social gaming giant Zynga filed its much-anticipated S1, beginning the path to an IPO in which it’s looking to raise $1 billion. We’re currently combing through the document, which lays out some of the company’s key statistics and financials for the first...
A Snapshot Of Zynga’s...
Zynga finally filed for its IPO today, and we now we get to take a look at its financials . At a high level, the company made nearly $600 million in revenues last year, and $90 million in profits. It grew at an incredible pace, with revenues growing 392 percent in 2010, up from $121.5...
Flipboard 1.5 Integrate...
An update to social news viewing app Flipboard goes live in the app store today, with a new souped up 1.5 version that optimizes the reader experience even further. Earlier this week we had the chance to sit down with Flipboard CEO Mike McCue and did a demo of the new features, above....