Stealth Startup Numecen...
Numecent , a stealth startup building a patented “cloudpaging” technology, just raised $2 million in Series A funding from undisclosed corporate investors. The $2 million tranche is a part of a larger $10 million funding round, and is in addition to the $7.5 million in seed...Extreme Startups Launch...
Not to be outdone by its southern neighbor, Canada has been hard at work on its own fleet of tech startup accelerators. Back in June, Montreal became the home to FounderFuel , Vancouver has GrowLab , and Toronto had Extreme University . Well, let’s clarify that: Back in November,...New Accelerator Launche...
Accelerators, Accelerator, Accelerators! There’s a rash of them appearing everywhere, and the latest is the Rockstart Accelerator , a new startup program aimed at Europe’s most promising startups that want to hit a global scale (but then don’t they all?). However, this one...
Paying To Serve: Micros...
The perks of getting into a top startup accelerator just got a little better. Microsoft is now offering startups in its new BizSpark Plus program $60,000 worth of costs for using its Azure cloud computing program. This includes any company that’s a part of TechStars or its...
Tablet Shipments To Rea...
Post-PC era? Here we come: According to new data from NPD , tablet PC shipments are expected to grow from 72.7 million units in 2011 to 383.3 million units by 2017. For comparison purposes, worldwide PC shipments for 2011 were 352.8 million, after seeing a 6% decline in Q4. While those...
With Funds Frozen &...
First the US Justice Department raided Kim Dotcom’s sprawling New Zealand estate and seized random items from cars to Predator statues . Then they shut down the massive website, froze their assets and threw seven men into a New Zealand jail pending an extradition trial. Dotcom and...
WiGig: Panasonic Tablet...
WiGig , a multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology, was first announced back in 2009, but it’s taking companies like Panasonic quite a while to come up with applications that make use of it. Via WiGig, devices can communicate with each other at multi-gigabit speeds...nanox: High-Quality iPo...
Do you own the latest version of the iPod nano (sixth generation)? Do you look for a way to turn it into a watch? If yes, then this watch conversion kit might be the right solution for you. Dubbed nanox , the kit just went on sale in a total of 39 countries via Amazon ( US , UK , Japan...