Inflection Raises $30 M...
Inflection , a company aimed to democratizing the public records system on the web, has raised $30 million in Series A financing led by Matrix Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures . Founded in 2006, Inflection aggregates public records and data from past and present and currently operates...
ReadyForZero Wants To H...
Credit card debt is a undoubtedly serious issue for many Americans. Defaulting on credit card bills can result in damage to your credit score and even bankruptcy. Y Combinator -backed ReadyForZero is launching today as easy to use web-based platform to help guide consumers out of credit...
Ooyala Expands Into Aus...
Premium streaming video service Ooyala , serving such influential media properties as Fremantle Media, Vice Magazine, Glam Media, Electronic Arts as well as yours truly, today announces its plan to expand its operations to Australia. To helm this initiative, the company has appointed...
Google Chrome Is The Ne...
You hit a site; it’s down. You immediately reload; it’s still down. You start to freak out. “How the hell are they down again!? Is anyone in charge over there?! WTF?!” But quite often, it’s just you. And you look like an ass for your rant that you just...
Reinvigorate.net Offers...
If you’re running a website — be it a world-famous news portal or a personal blog — there’s a good chance you spend a lot of time poring over your stats. There are of course plenty of services available to help with this, including the hugely popular Google Analytics....
New Site Renders Tech R...
Why do I get the uncanny sense that a lot of technology bloggers will soon be out a job? In the grand tradition of single serving niche sites like WhatthefuckshouldImakefordinner.com and Whatthefuckismysocialmediastrategy.com comes Itsthisforthat.com , an easy way generate responses when...
Red Vines: A Case Study...
As a bona fide lover of Red Vines*, I found the Red Vines World of Sharing social media promotion quite intruiging. Essentially you go to the site, gain access by logging in or connecting with Facebook, and you then leave a note about Red Vines or sharing or kittens or whatever....
New Version of Digg Goe...
It’s finally here. Continued here: New Version of Digg Goes Live For Everyone This...
StockTwits Debuts A Bra...
Last year, the Twitter-focused stock and trading network StockTwits acquired Chart.ly , a stock-chart service that was designed specifically for StockTwits. Original post: StockTwits Debuts A Brand New...