Kleiner Perkins Backs F...
Kleiner Perkins is announcing a new investment this morning in stealth company Erly. Interestingly, Eric Feng , newly appointed partner at KPCB and previously founding CTO of Hulu, is starting the new new social company with two other former Hulu employees, Eugene Wei and Andrew Lin, who...
Verizon Preps Compaq Mi...
Have you been itching some Verizon 4G love in a package that’s just a hair more portable than their also-just-announced HP Pavilion dm1? I know I haven’t, but Verizon has just announced their first 4G capable netbook , the Compaq Mini CQ10-688nr all the same. The Mini packs a 1.66...
HTML5 Ad Builder Sprout...
Sprout , a company that offers an easy-to-use platform for building HTML5-based ads, has been acquired by mobile ad network operator InMobi . Financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. Sprout had raised a total of $10 million from Global Venture Capital, Polaris Venture... Dare Mike’s Executive...
Today’s the day Mike Arrington’s new assistant Greg will be wandering the streets of Silicon Valley, doing everything — and anything — you ask him to do. We’ve already received a bunch of hilarious tasks (dares?) — but we want even more to make sure... Movie Streaming Service...
There goes Zediva . A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the video streaming start-up by ruling that the company violates copyright infringement. The injunction will effectively shut down Zediva, but due to a legal technicality, it won’t officially be issued for... Android Malware Eavesdr...
Now there’s no question that Android’s flexibility has endeared it self to many a smartphowner out there, but I’d imagine that not everyone is as cognizant about security as they should be. Case in point: a nasty new bit of Android malware discovered by security researcher Dinesh... LG’s New Premium 3D T...
If you’re a fan of the third dimension, otherwise known as depth, then this new premium 3D TV set from LG may be of interest. The LW980S is a passive glasses set that taps LG’s Cinema 3D technology, equipped with a NANO Full LED backlit screen. For those who aren’t well versed in...
Minus Raises $1 Million...
New York City-based file-sharing startup, Minus , announced today that it has raised $1 million in seed funding from IDG Capital Partners , which the startup plans to use to expand its team and to invest in technology and infrastructure with the goal of creating a simple and universal... Samsung To Release Gala...
Samsung and Apple are at each other’s corporate throats lately. The latest jab was when the two reached an agreement that barred Samsung from advertising and selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia. But Sammy, like a boss, is planning on selling a slightly different GalTab...