Archive for the ‘Startup News’ Category
ThisLife, A Digital Photo Organizer, Raises $2.75 Million Courtesy Of Madrona
There are literally a whole plethora of platforms in the social media where users upload their pics and share them. While this has made photo-sharing a quick process, it has also made it somewhat cumbersome. That is because it becomes increasingly hard to keep track of all your photos across all these platforms and have them organized in a neat way.
18-Year-Old College Dropout Sujay Tyle Receives $100,000 From Thiel Fellowship
The list of college-dropout tech entrepreneurs who are making big in the world out there, is increasing by every day. From Bill Gates to Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg, the list already features some of the eminent figures of the tech industry. Sujay Tyle, who is a college dropout likewise, is now all set to be a part of this list.
Airtime – A New Venture By Napster Co-Founders Launches Today
Napster co-founders, Shown Fanning and Sean Parker need no introduction – they are well known figures throughout the tech world. The duo has been working on their next for the last two years and now, they have finally unveiled it. It is called ‘Airtime’ and it is basically a web application to enable person-to-person video calling.
LinkedIn Faces Competition From Startup Firm BranchOut
BranchOut has been there on Facebook as a Facebook app for quite some time. Whereas it has been lying low till now, it seems that it has plans of taking things to the next level now. According to the CEO of BranchOut, it can beat LinkedIn eventually because it has an exposure to a far greater audience than LinkedIn does.
Opscode, The Cloud Infrastructure Automation Startup, Bags $19.5 Million In Funding
If a startup holds the promise and potential of being a success and is able to adequately demonstrate so, it can then have a lot of funding coming its way. So seems the case with the cloud infrastructure automation startup called Opscode. It recently was able to raise $19.5 million in funding from Ignition Partners which takes the total funding of the startup to a handsome $33 million.
HBO Go Arrives On Xbox 360 In April
1 April is widely known as April Fool day. But any how, HBO Go is coming from the very first day of this April. I hope there is no cache. HBO co-President Eric Kessler mentioned, due to huge demand of HBO Go, the service will be online from April 1 onwards. Just need to wait slightly one month to see the response. Either people are gonna be mumbling or they are gonna be screaming in joy.
Lovestagram Launched By Instagram Co-Founder’s Girlfriend As Valentine’s Day Gift
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and while everyone is thinking of gifting someone awesome to that special someone who’d be their Valentine, some have really creative ideas. Kaitlyn Trigger, who is the girlfriend of Instagram co-founder, Mike Krieger, is launching Lovestagram. This is an interactive card-marker for Valentine’s day which uses the same API used by Instagram.
What Start-Ups Should Learn From Linux?
Linux is computer operating system which has been assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. What makes Linux special in the world of OS is the Linux kernel. Linux can be sported by various devices, including mobile phones, tablets, desktops and even television sets. The interesting aspect of Linux is that is works somehow similar to Wikipedia. Everybody in the world can contribute to it, transforming it into a truly successful project. Might those willing to try and build a new OS from scratch learn something from Linux?
Husband-Wife Designed Eye3 Hexacopter Flying Robot
Aspiring people who prefer sending camera, robot or something else instead of taking risk of their life can now afford a flying robot. This flying robot is being called Eye3 Hexacopter. Eye3 is a project to create a low cost aerial drone. Eye3 hexacopter is specially made for using in aerial photography. Kickstarter Kellie Sigler and her husband have designed this Eye3 flying hexacopter robot. Basically it is a drone and you can afford this flying robot.
Twitter Buys Anti-Malware Company Dasient
Twitter is looking to secure itself in every way possible and therefore it has recently acquired Internet security company Dasient. The company specializes in fighting malware and is especially constructed to fit the needs of large companies in every sector ranging from financial services, media and online sectors.
Tablets Are More Resurgent Among The Adults In The US
Tablets are found to one person out of every five in USA. Looks like, after surpassing a long holiday, tablets have come with full preparation to spread itself all over USA. Right now, tablets have a strong presence in the US market.
Google Baraza: A New Google Portal For Questions And Answers
Google has launched a number of ventures which follow the model of Yahoo Answers and other question/answers sites to some extent. Most of these ventures didn’t conclude very successfully. The earlier service by Google, Google Questions and Answers, also involved a monetary aspect and thus never gained momentum. However, the latest launch by Google in this domain is Google Baraza. Google Baraza is a community-based resource venture where people ask and respond to questions. Moreover, it’s target audience is African nations.
Twitter Obtains Social News Service Summify
The micro blogging site Twitter has bought a Canada base social news provider Summify, in a bid to make the site more useful to its growing members.
Buzzfeed Gets $15 Million, Plans To Become More Social
Buzzfeed, the website which aggregates viral content on web, has raised a whooping $15 million C round. The fundraising was led by New Enterprise Associates. The website was originally co-founded by Jonah Peretti, who is also the co-founder of The Huff-Post. So far, the website has been concentrating on content aggregation of viral content around the web. However, it intends to use the funds to concentrate more on the social and editorial aspect.
Siri’s Fellow-Software Trapit Gets $6.2 Million In Series A Funding By Horizons
Trapit is a very unique web search tool. It makes the web-searching experience much more personalized for you by bringing you content that is unique and relevant to your search terms. It’s been hailed as a sibling of Siri because both of them were created at the same AI project. In the latest news on Trapit, this tool has raised $6.2 million from Hong-Kong based Horizons Ventures. Trapit intends to use it to expand it’s scope and R & B operations.
