Kaiser Permanente Takes...
We’ve recently written about some exciting new ideas and technology that will transform medicine in 2012 , how mobile technology is playing a role in this transformation , and lauded investor Vinod Khosla addressed the question of whether or not algorithms (and technology) will...Location-Based Shopping...
Shopkick , an innovative geo-coupon system that is backed by Kleiner Perkins, Greylock, SV Angel and others, is debuting a number of momentum numbers today. The startup’s service now has 3 million active users, up from 2.3 million active users in September. Here’s how...
Steal This Book!...
Nobody wants to be told that their business model is obsolete. Ask Kodak . Or Hollywood . And the publishing industry is slower on its feet than most. Bookstores don’t want to believe that they’ll ultimately lose 75% of their pre-e-book business to that scourge plus Amazon...
Google Commerce Starts ...
Some of Google’s core product areas , like search and YouTube, have the enviable duty of retaining market dominance. Others, like its Android mobile operating system, get to be the free-wheeling disruptor. Google Commerce, meanwhile, has the perennial chore of trying to gain ground...
In Face Of Protests, Co...
In case you haven’t noticed, a lot of sites like Reddit and Wikipedia are blacked out today in protest. Google blacked out its logo and is running a huge advertising campaign (including on TechCrunch) to get Internet users to sign petitions and oppose the bills. We’ve changed...Citi Backs Gift Card Ex...
Plastic Jungle , which operates an online gift card marketplace , has received a strategic investment from Citi Ventures , Citigroup’s investment arm. The size of the capital injection was not disclosed. The startup has previously raised over $23 million in financing from Jafco...