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| Mar 25, 2024 | Why investors think Reddit is worth $1 billion more than The New York Times | Media Why investors think Reddit is worth $1 billion more than The New York Times
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| Mar 24, 2024 | Antitrust suit could force Apple to reveal its secrets | Win or lose, the Justice Department's antitrust suit against Apple could force the company to do something it hates: It will have to share detailed info about its inner workings.
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| Feb 27, 2024 | In a new memoir, veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher takes the industry she ‘loves’ to task. ‘I don’t like what you’ve done with the place’ | At a baby shower for Google cofounder Sergey Brin and 23andMe cofounder and CEO Anne Wojcicki in 2008, all attendees were required to wear either an adult-sized onesie or a large diaper complete with “an oversized comical pin.” Guests were ... |
| Feb 6, 2024 | YouTube has become one of the biggest pay-TV services in the US | Media YouTube has become one of the biggest pay-TV services in the US
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| Feb 6, 2024 | YouTube has become one of the biggest pay-TV services in the US | Google has been trying to crack the TV market forever.
It figured it out. Instead of acting like a tech company, it sells TV like a regular cable company.
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| Feb 2, 2023 | Meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who learned to code at 8 and is a doomsday prepper with a stash of gold, guns, and gas masks | Sam Altman is well known in the startup scene in Silicon Valley, and his latest company's product, ChatGPT, is the talk of the AI industry. Courtesy of Sam Altman
Sam Altman is the CEO of OpenAI, the buzzy AI firm he cofounded with Elon Mus... |
| Jan 9, 2023 | Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone 16 years ago — look how primitive it seems today | Apple launched the first iPhone 16 years ago, in January 2007.
Compared to the latest batch of iPhones, the first version seems downright primitive.
Here's how it looked, and what it could do.
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| Dec 6, 2021 | BuzzFeed’s a public company. Now what? | The transformation from startup to public company is supposed to be a very big deal.
So let’s start by acknowledging that BuzzFeed, which started 15 years ago as an internet experiment, has hit a milestone: December 6 is the day you will be... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | How HBO could have become — or bought — Netflix | “The goal is to become HBO faster than HBO can become us.”
That’s Netflix executive Ted Sarandos in 2013, shortly before his company made its jump into original content with House of Cards. And not just original content — glossy big-budget ... |
| Oct 20, 2021 | Twitter acquires group chat app Sphere | Twitter has acquired London-based Sphere, which operates an eponymous groups chat app, the latest in a series of recent moves from the social network as it looks to aggressively broaden and improve its product offerings.
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| Aug 27, 2021 | Apple has changed its App Store rules, and Apple’s critics aren’t satisfied | Apple, under fire from developers and regulators about the way it runs its powerful App Store, is changing some of its rules, via a proposed lawsuit settlement.
Is that a big deal or a nothingburger?
Depends on who you ask. Apple says it’s ... |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Google Facing Yet Another Antitrust Lawsuit Over Its App Store Practices, Even Though Android Is Quite Permissive | Another day, another antitrust lawsuit against Google. This one, filed by 36 states and Washington DC, says that the company’s practices regarding its Android app store violate antitrust law. This is now the fourth antitrust lawsuit filed b... |
| Jul 8, 2021 | Google Facing Yet Another Antitrust Lawsuit Over Its App Store Practices, Even Though Android Is Quite Permissive | Another day, another antitrust lawsuit against Google. This one, filed by 36 states and Washington DC, says that the company's practices regarding its Android app store violate antitrust law. This is now the fourth antitrust lawsuit filed b... |
| May 6, 2021 | Apple has an antitrust problem. Here’s one way to solve it. | Apple’s App Store is a marvel. Introduced in 2008, a year after the debut of the iPhone, it’s become a marketplace that generates billions of high-margin dollars for Apple every year.
But the App Store is also a problem for Apple. The compa... |
| May 1, 2021 | Apple, Fortnite, and the Apple App Store: What’s at stake in the antitrust court case | The trial that kicks off in a federal courtroom in San Francisco on Monday is extraordinary: Epic Games, one of the world’s most popular and valuable game companies, is suing Apple, the world’s most valuable company.
Epic wants Apple to mak... |
| Apr 28, 2021 | Epic deposition shows how differently Google and Apple treat messaging | Aurich Lawson reader comments 255 with 127 posters participating
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| Apr 26, 2021 | Facebook introduces a new miniplayer that streams Spotify from the Facebook app | Facebook announced last week an expanded partnership with streaming music service Spotify that would bring a new way to listen to music or podcasts directly within Facebook’s app, which it called Project Boombox. Today, the companies are ro... |
| Apr 19, 2021 | Facebook plans to go after Clubhouse — and podcasts — with a suite of new audio products | Update, April 19, 1:42 pm: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced a suite of audio products, including a Clubhouse competitor and a push into podcasting, that his company intends to roll out over the next few weeks and months. You can r... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | Substack writers are mad at Substack. The problem is money and who’s making it. | Jude Doyle has been publishing a Substack newsletter since 2018, not long after the startup launched. This week, the writer, described in their website bio as a “non-binary author, columnist, and all-around weirdo,” announced that they were... |
| Mar 18, 2021 | Amazon’s $10 billion NFL deal is huge — and a sign that sports is staying on TV for a while longer | It’s finally happened. A big tech company is paying really big dollars for exclusive rights to show big-time sports: Amazon is paying a reported $10 billion over 10 years to show NFL games on Thursday nights.
But Amazon’s huge deal — by far... |
| Feb 15, 2021 | Early investors in UiPath on track to make a 220,000% return | The three VC firms which invested in UiPath at its seed round have made what is likely to be the greatest ever European venture bet. They’re set to generate more than a 220,000% return on their money when the company lists in New York in th... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO. Here's how he became the world's richest person | Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
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After 27 years, Jeff Bezos announced he is stepping down as CEO of Amazon on Tuesday.
Bezos launched Amazon in 1995. The company has since grown to one of the most valuable, powerf... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | It took a pandemic to change the movie business | On Christmas Day, you can see Wonder Woman 1984 in movie theaters — if theaters are open where you live — or you can watch it at home on HBO Max.
That’s a remarkable thing. It’s the first time you’ve ever been able to decide exactly when an... |
| Nov 4, 2020 | New Israel-based fund D10 launches with $110 million for early-stage startups | 10D, an Israel-based venture capital firm from the investors of Waze and WalkMe, has come on the scene with a fund topping $110 million. The firm is led by Yahal Zilka, Rotem Eldar and Itay Rand.
10D, which went by the name Ofek Ventures fo... |
| Sep 26, 2020 | Hybrid Work: We All Know It Makes Sense | Facade with logo at the Googleplex, headquarters of Google Inc in the Silicon Valley, Mountain View, ... [+] California, April 13, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)Getty Images |
| Sep 24, 2020 | Сервисы по сокращению ссылок: зачем нужны и как заработать — на примере Bitly | Как простая история о превращении длинных URL в короткие может принести миллионы $$$.
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| Jul 10, 2020 | Moving From Siloed Organizations To Distributed Individuals | Co-founder & CEO of Devsu. We provide access to remote teams that design and build digital products. |
| Jul 3, 2020 | Jeff Bezos' fortune has almost reached R3 trillion - here's how he became the world's richest man | Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' net worth just reached a new high of $171.6 billion (R2.9 trillion).
Bezos founded Amazon in 1995. The company has since grown to one of the most valuable, p... |
| May 17, 2020 | Rethink Your Office Space | E. Dans |
| May 13, 2020 | This Is Not The End Of Office Real Estate | Photo:Getty |
| Apr 17, 2020 | Early Monzo employee Simon Balmain is joining Sphere, the group chat app founded by ex-Yahoo Nick D’Aloisio | If you have ever attended (or tuned into) one of Monzo’s many community events, you are likely familiar with the work of Simon Balmain. An early employee of the challenger bank, he has played a long-term role in helping to build Monzo’s cus... |
| Mar 26, 2020 | When Zoom was young: the early years | Zoom was originally known as Saasbee, had 500,000 users in less than six months
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| Jan 13, 2020 | Jeff Bezos just turned 56. Here's how he built Amazon into a nearly R14 trillion company and became the world's richest man. | Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos turned 56 on Sunday.
Bezos founded Amazon in 1995. The company has since grown to one of the most valuable, powerful companies on the planet.
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| Oct 31, 2019 | Худший отдел Microsoft с миллиардами убытков, который стал прибыльным: что помогло возродиться поисковику Bing Статьи редакции | Поисковая система по-прежнему конкурирует с Google и с 2018 года приносит Microsoft больше $7,5 млрд выручки от рекламы в год.
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| Sep 30, 2019 | Sky's The Limit For Uber's Ingenious Mobility Platform | If you really want to understand where a technology company it is going, listen to the chief technology officer. |
| Jul 31, 2019 | When Kickstarter was young: the early years | Kickstarter saw three projects get successfully funded on the platform in its first week
Our when they were young series is a look back at the modest days of startups, what traction they had in their first few years, and how they evolved. I... |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Amazon’s Twitch acquired social networking platform Bebo for up to $25M to bolster its esports efforts | While Facebook makes a bold move into cryptocurrency to capitalise on its multi-billion user base, a social network that was once a credible competitor to it has quietly been snapped up by a subsidiary of Amazon. TechCrunch has learned and ... |
| May 24, 2019 | Business author Julian Guthrie on the biggest difference between ‘alpha’ men and women | If you’ve been out and about in Silicon Valley in the last month or so, chances are you’ve heard of “Alpha Girls,” a new book written by journalist Julian Guthrie about four people who’ve made a big impact on the world of startup investing.... |
| Apr 10, 2019 | Uber, Hyperloop, зубные щётки Quip: во что инвестирует Шервин Пишевар Статьи редакции | Краткая биография одного из самых успешных инвесторов Кремниевой долины.
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| Mar 3, 2019 | Первый миллиард Питера Тиля и его главные инвестиции Статьи редакции | Palantir, Facebook, биотехнологии, борьба со старением и другие вложения основателя PayPal.
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| Oct 30, 2018 | Here’s why Apple’s iPad Pro dumped Lightning for USB-C | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| Oct 30, 2018 | Here’s why Apple’s iPad Pro dumped Lightning for USB-C | There were lots of announcements at Apple’s Brooklyn, New York “More in the Making” event today, but one was seriously unlike the others: Apple actually switched the third-generation iPad Pro from its proprietary Lightning connector over to... |
| Sep 12, 2018 | Apple Killed TouchID Live In Front of Thousands of Eyewitnesses | Rest in peace, little magic button.
TouchID could have changed the world, perhaps. It could definitely be used by a cat, and hackers jokingly offered more than $10,000, a “dirty sex” book, bottles of Patron Silver and Bulleit Bourbon, among... |
| Sep 6, 2018 | Как подготовиться к редизайну сайта: 7 практических советов | 0 Обсудить
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| Jul 3, 2018 | Planck Re scores $12M Series A to simplify insurance underwriting with artificial intelligence | Planck Re, a startup that wants to simplify insurance underwriting with artificial intelligence, announced today that it has raised a $12 million Series A. The funding was led by Arbor Ventures, with participation from Viola FinTech and Eig... |
| May 24, 2018 | StumbleUpon is shutting down after 16 years; moving to Mix.com | What a good run! StumbleUpon, the discovery and advertisement engine that pushes recommends of web content to its users, is shutting down after 16 years. Co-founder Garrett Camp announced on Medium that the site will shutter on June 30th. A... |
| Apr 1, 2018 | Kinect: жизнь до и после смерти Статьи редакции | Достижения и история контроллеров движения Microsoft от DTF.
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| Mar 26, 2018 | “Time to keep going” says Harrison Metal, closing on a new, $68 million fund | Harrison Metal, a 10-year-old, San Francisco-based seed-stage venture fund, has closed its fifth vehicle with $68 million, founder Michael Dearing tweeted out a bit ago.
“Ten years ago this month, I started this business,” he wrote. ” I was... |
| Mar 19, 2018 | eBay uses augmented reality to help sellers find the right box for their product | eBay is continuing its augmented reality (AR) embrace with the launch of a new feature for sellers to easily find the right box to fit their products.
Available on some Android devices in the U.S. from today, eBay is tapping Google’s ARCore... |
| Mar 19, 2018 | eBay uses augmented reality to help sellers find the right box for their product | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| Mar 8, 2018 | Android beats iOS in smartphone loyalty, study finds | Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 may not quite live up to the iPhone X when it comes to Samsung’s implementation of a Face ID-style system or its odd take on AR emoji. But that’s not going to matter much to Samsung device owners — not only because t... |
| Feb 12, 2018 | The Standalone Streaming Service HBO Didn't Want To Offer Now Has 5 Million Users | You might recall that just a few years ago, HBO had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the modern era. For years the company refused to offer a standalone streaming TV service, worried that it would jeopardize the company’s cozy promo... |
| Jan 22, 2018 | Another short-lived, overfunded startup is shutting down: Primary Data | A startup that’s operating in stealth mode raises an almost stunning amount of money before it releases a product. Investors write outsized checks to the outfit anyway because of the people involved in it, but before you know it, poof, the ... |
| Nov 8, 2017 | WeChat owner Tencent snapped up another 12% of Snap this month | We already knew that Tencent, the owner of China’s messaging behemoth WeChat, was an investor in Snap when the company was still a startup going by the name of its flagship app, Snapchat. Now, as Snap’s stock price buckles under the weight ... |
| Oct 5, 2017 | Nick D’Aloisio, who sold startup to Yahoo aged 17, has raised funding for a new app | Nick D’Aloisio, who previously founded news summary app Summly, which he famously sold to Yahoo aged 17 for a reported $30 million, has raised funding for a new stealthy startup that promises to help you find and instantly chat to an expert... |
| Sep 16, 2017 | A brief recent history of Apple’s product swerves | The perennial refrain of Android fans is that Apple is just adding stuff to iOS that they’ve had for years already in their mobile ecosystem. And it’s certainly true that Cupertino makes a point of waiting until it believes a technology is ... |
| Sep 6, 2017 | Given an assist, sports e-commerce giant Fanatics closes that $1 billion round led by SoftBank | Fanatics, the 17-year-old, Jacksonville, Fla.-based sports e-commerce company that helps leagues and teams sell their licensed apparel and fan gear directly to customers, has closed on $1 billion in funding led by SoftBank Group’s Vision Fu... |
| Aug 1, 2017 | When WhatsApp was young: the early years | WhatsApp started out allowing users to put statuses on their phone, before becoming a messaging app
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| Jun 14, 2017 | Facebook rolls out the GIF button for comments to all users | Reply threads on Facebook are about to get a lot more animated. To mark the 30th anniversary of the GIF format, all users will get the new GIF comment button that Facebook began testing three months ago. Facebook also announced that almost ... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Yahoo SVP Adam Cahan to exit after Verizon acquisition closes | Update: Today, Yahoo confirmed our scoop. Cahan will not continue with Yahoo post acquisition. For more on how the merge will go down check here.
Another high-profile Yahoo executive, SVP of Mobile and Emerging Products Adam Cahan, will lea... |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Korean mobile commerce company Tmon raises $115 million, now valued at $1.2 billion | Tmon, a mobile ecommerce company based in Korea, has closed a $115 million funding round from new investor Simone Investment Managers, with participation from existing shareholders, including a number of sovereign wealth funds.
The latest t... |
| Apr 26, 2017 | Korean mobile commerce company Tmon raises $115 million, now valued at $1.2 billion | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| Mar 24, 2017 | Facebook finally tests a GIF button for comments | After years of stubborn caution, Facebook is finally embracing the animated GIF. Next week Facebook will begin testing a GIF button that lets users post GIFs from services like Giphy and Tenor as comments, a source told TechCrunch. We inqui... |
| Mar 22, 2017 | Promising Cash for Consumers, Startup Dosh Plans Break Out of Beta | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Austin—A new startup that claims it can get consumers cash back on their purchases—and bring its customers more business in the process—has raised $2 million in new seed fundi... |
| Mar 22, 2017 | Facebook tests an enhanced local search and discovery feature offering business suggestions | Facebook is testing an enhanced local search feature that could see the social network creeping in on Google Maps, Foursquare and Yelp territory, TechCrunch learned and Facebook confirmed. Facebook users are now able to surface recommendati... |
| Feb 20, 2017 | Xiaomi courts U.S. interest while flirting with expansion | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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| Feb 20, 2017 | Xiaomi courts U.S. interest while flirting with expansion | In a nearly 5,000 square-foot ballroom at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on a Thursday morning in early January, Xiang Wang walked onto the stage to represent a young company that had been in the limelight for the past six years: X... |
| Dec 16, 2016 | Twitter tests design that ditches retweet icon for “sharing” | Twitter ditched its stars in favor of hearts to “like” Tweets, and now, to get more people using Twitter, it is considering replacing its iconic “Retweet” button. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Twitter has been testing a new vers... |
| Dec 10, 2016 | Why AR will be bigger than VR | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
There’s no doubt that virtual reality, when it’s well executed, can be an emotional and literally awesome experience. I’ve experienced ... |
| Dec 10, 2016 | Why AR will be bigger than VR | There’s no doubt that virtual reality, when it’s well executed, can be an emotional and literally awesome experience. I’ve experienced it myself, and the possibilities are mind-blowing. But the problem is that right now, and for the foresee... |
| Oct 26, 2016 | When Square was young: the early years | Square was originally called Squirrel, because the dongle looked like an acorn
As our readers know, Vator has started a series called: When they were young.
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| Oct 9, 2016 | Google acquired YouTube 10 years ago today | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Ten years ago today, Google snapped up YouTube fo... |
| Oct 9, 2016 | Google acquired YouTube 10 years ago today | Ten years ago today, Google snapped up YouTube for a then-hefty $1.65 billion. In the intervening years, our concept of what constitutes a “big startup acquisition” has been turned on its head — we’re looking at you, WhatsApp — but nonethel... |
| Sep 27, 2016 | Kustomer, founded by Salesforce alums, nabs $12.5M to repair customer care | The need to contact customer support is the bane of many a modern consumer’s existence: not only is it likely that you are doing it because you have a problem that needs fixing, but you are inevitably sucked into a vortex where you have to ... |
| Sep 15, 2016 | Proof that Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging is hidden in plain sight | Previously overlooked regulatory filings point to a partnership between Apple and wireless charging technology company Energous dating back to 2014.
Earlier this year, Bloomberg reported that Apple was exploring the possibility of including... |
| Sep 15, 2016 | Proof that Apple is working with Energous on wireless charging is hidden in plain sight | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Previously overlooked regulatory filings point to a partnership between Apple and wireless charging technology company Energous dating ... |
| Jul 25, 2016 | New York’s B12 Continues Trend of “Human-Assisted A.I.” Startups | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
For years, critics have viewed artificial intelligence technologies as an existential threat to human workers’ jobs (if not our lives, but that’s a whole other debate). But wi... |
| Jul 25, 2016 | CrunchFund has a new partner: Susan Hobbs | CrunchFund has a new partner, and it didn’t need to look far for her, either.
Last week, Susan Hobbs joined the five-year-old, seed-stage outfit from Y Combinator, where she spent the last 15 months as Y Combinator’s director of programming... |
| Jul 15, 2016 | When Executives Go Public With Their Reasons for Stepping Down | In the past, it was hard to get a read on executives’ inner lives. Public difficulties — disease, dismissal, personal loss — were typically announced via short, clipped statements. Firings, in particular, are still often conveyed in code; t... |
| Jul 2, 2016 | These Companies Are Working to Make Elon Musk’s Hyperloop a Reality | This piece originally appeared on Uncubed.com.
In August 2013, entrepreneur and mad genius Elon Musk unveiled the hyperloop, a supersonic transportation system based around pneumatic tubes. He described the tech as a “cross between a Concor... |
| Jun 14, 2016 | Online retailer One Kings Lane bought by Bed Bath & Beyond | One Kings Lane was worth $900M, but the undisclosed price was "not material" to Bed Bath and Beyond
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| May 16, 2016 | MCX postpones rollout of Apple Pay rival CurrentC, lays off 30, will focus on bank deals | As merchants like Walmart move ahead on their own mobile payment strategies, a consortium that once counted Walmart — along with a number of other big retailers and brands — behind it, has taken a step back. Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX)... |
| Apr 27, 2016 | The One Question to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Business | At this point in his career, serial entrepreneur Jason Nazar has developed a one-word litmus test for aspiring entrepreneurs: “Why?”
If you can’t answer that key question, entrepreneurship probably isn’t for you. The 37-year-old has learned... |
| Mar 24, 2016 | Google to take on Nuance with speech recognition API | reader comments 28 with 22 posters participating
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| Mar 4, 2016 | Andreessen Horowitz talking with investors about a new, $1.5 billion fund | The Sand Hill Road venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is in the thick of fundraising and talking with investors about a fresh $1.5 billion fund, according to several sources who note the fund could always close at a higher number.
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| Feb 24, 2016 | In Advance of Next Fund, Andreessen Horowitz Brings Aboard Martin Casado As GP | Andreessen Horowitz’s team continues to grow and change.
Today, the Sand Hill Road firm is announcing the appointment of its newest and ninth general partner: Martin Casado, the cofounder and CTO of Nicira and a pioneer of so-called softwar... |
| Feb 16, 2016 | How Standalone Apps Can Grow Twitter’s Stagnant User Base | Twitter has a growth problem. Well, Twitter actually has a number of problems — employee retention, profitability and lack of trust among diehard users to name a few — but user growth seems to be its most critical area.
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| Jan 22, 2016 | Andreessen Horowitz GP Scott Weiss Won’t Be Investing Next Fund | This morning, former IronPort Systems cofounder and CEO Scott Weiss announced that he’s no longer going to be investing in new companies on behalf of Andreessen Horowitz, the Sand Hill Road venture firm.
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| Jan 22, 2016 | FiveStars Gets $50M To Help Small Retailers Run Loyalty Programs Like Their Bigger Rivals | FiveStars, a five year-old startup that has built a platform and app to run loyalty programs and shopping analytics for small brick-and-mortar retailers, has received a reward of its own: the company has raised a round of $50 million, fundi... |
| Dec 29, 2015 | Sidecar, once an Uber and Lyft competitor, is shutting down on December 31 | Sidecar has announced it’s shutting down at the end of the year. Company chief executive Sunil Paul explained in a Medium post (not the company’s official blog, strangely) that the move was intended to help pave the way so his team could “w... |
| Dec 14, 2015 | One Kings Lane cuts 25% of staff; will it be the next Fab? | This is the second time that the flash-sales company has made deep cuts in less than two years
It's hard to remember when being a flash sale site seemed like a good business model. Sites like Groupon, LivingSocial and Fab were living it up,... |
| Nov 24, 2015 | Will John Doerr talk bubbles & unicorns at Post Seed? | The VC legend has invested in every round from Series A to growth-stage, from Google to Uber
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| Nov 18, 2015 | Andreessen Horowitz Gets A New GP, And A New Fund | Andreessen Horowitz is making a big move into biotech, and it’s using a $200 million new fund called the AH Bio Fund – and new general partner, Vijay Pande — to plant its stake in the ground.
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| Nov 17, 2015 | Angie's List responds to IAC's offer: no deal! | The company says IAC's $512 million offer "dramatically undervalues the Company"
Last week a deal was proposed that would have shaken up the local services space, when IAC offered to buy up local business review website Angie's Li... |
| Nov 11, 2015 | Review: The iPad Pro And The Death Of A Metaphor | /* */
“PCs are going to be like trucks. They are still going to be around, they’re still going to have a lot of value, but they’re only going to be used by one out of x people.” – Steve Jobs, 2010.
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| Nov 4, 2015 | Apple and sapphire supplier will finally bury their $439 million hatchet | Even the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus don't have sapphire screens.
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