SocialRent Reduces Your...
If you’ve ever tried to find an apartment with your friends, you’ve probably had a moment where you thought that there has to be something better than sites like Craigslist. A new startup called SocialRent aims to be that something better. The SocialRent team’s first...Accel Leads $10M Round ...
BlablaCar, a European carpooling marketplace that connects any driver who has empty seats with paying passengers, has raised $10 million from Accel Partners and existing investors ISAI and Cabiedes & Partners. This brings BlablaCar’s total funding to $12.5 million. On...A Google+ Tempest In A ...
There has been a great quantity of vitriol corroding the social web over the last few days, a reaction to Google’s decision to optionally integrate Google+ features into their search. The complaint, as I understand it, is that some searches bring up Google+ results before they...NewsGator Has Quietly B...
NewsGator . Those of us who were using RSS readers in the middle of the past decade most likely think of desktop app FeedDemon for Windows or desktop/mobile app NetNewsWire for Mac when we hear the name. But the company has spent the last several years turning itself into an...
Sharks Circle Around Go...
There’s blood in the water surrounding Google Search+ (what we’re now calling Google Search Plus Your World). The Electronic Privacy Information Center recommends the FTC look at Search+ for possible privacy or antitrust concerns. Meanwhile, Twitter’s General...
Facebook Rolling Out Ne...
Facebook today began the slow rollout of Sponsored Story ads within its home page’s main news feed . Instead of clearly marking them as “Sponsored” ads though, they’re labeled “Featured”. This could initially mislead users into thinking these ads are...
T-Mobile Debuts The Sam...
Just two years ago, everyone at CES was asking one question: Where are all the Android phones? If anybody asked that same question this year, they’d be met with blank stares and guffaws. This show has been jammed with Android phone after Android phone since before it even...MADE.com Raises £6m In...
Apparently, “there are only three areas in ecommerce to build billion dollar business: amazon, zappos and furniture”. That’s at least according to Oliver Samwer of clone factory Rocket Internet in Berlin. Perhaps he right. Because now Made.com , a London based start-up...
AcerCloud Is Acer’s A...
It is the dawning of the age of cloudquarius. Acer, in addition to a set of ultrabooks , just announced something it’s calling AcerCloud. This service, like iCloud , brings all of your content onto all of your devices, allowing you to “create, acquire and consume on different...