| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.01.2017 | Early layoffs and closures in 2017 suggest a rocky year ahead for tech industry | From Microsoft, IBM, and Twitter through Zenefits, Intel, and Autodesk, the year 2016 ushered in some notable “downsizing initiatives” across the technology industry. Throw into the mix heavily VC-funded startups selling for peanuts and hig... |
| 14.01.2017 | Early layoffs and closures in 2017 suggest a rocky year ahead for tech industry | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
From Microsoft, IBM, and Twitter through Zenefits, Intel, and Autodesk, the year 2016 ushered in some notable “downsizing initiatives” ... |
| 06.01.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, January 6 | CES, CMO, IPO, CAIO
Unicorn Watch: Yesterday I interviewed Xiaomi CFO Shou Zi Chew, formerly a partner at DST Global. Xiaomi, valued at $45 billion, is at CES hoping to deliver on its promise of a broad tech ecosystem offering a variety of ... |
| 05.01.2017 | Intel acquires cloud storage startup Bitcasa | Cloud storage startup Bitcasa today posted a “goodbye” message on its homepage without saying exactly what’s happening to it. In fact, Bitcasa has been acquired by Intel, VentureBeat has learned.
The acquisition is closed, according to a so... |
| 05.01.2017 | Intel acquires cloud storage startup Bitcasa | 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!
Cloud storage startup Bitcasa today posted a “goo... |
| 05.01.2017 | PSA: Nope, Intel did not acquire Bitcasa | CES seems to be making some bloggers a little trigger happy with posting. Just a little while ago VentureBeat published a story claiming that Intel had acquired Bitcasa, a cloud storage company that had shut down operations last year. We’ve... |
| 25.04.2016 | Bitcasa pulls out of consumer cloud storage | Bitcasa is pulling out of consumer cloud storage to focus on its platform business, giving users a month’s notice to move their data elsewhere — and providing the perennial reminder that if you don’t own the infrastructure your data is at t... |
| 21.04.2016 | Bitcasa killing Drive cloud storage service on May 20, will focus on ‘growing platform business’ | Bitcasa, a company that has offered a cloud storage service for backing up files, today announced the discontinuation of its Bitcasa Drive cloud service. The service will become unavailable at 11:59 p.m. PT on May 20.
“We are discontinuing ... |
| 21.04.2016 | Bitcasa killing Drive cloud storage service on May 20, will focus on ‘growing platform business’ | 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!
Bitcasa, a company that has offered a cloud stora... |
| 24.10.2014 | Bitcasa Ends Unlimited Storage | Reminder: there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
Bitcasa, a cloud storage service that initially made waves with a low cost unlimited storage offer is scrapping this option entirely — claiming it’s not being used enough to justify the high ... |
| 18.09.2014 | Next generation apps need better file systems to scale | This sponsored post is produced by Bitcasa.
Creating an app involves a lot of moving parts. Early in the design process, decisions have to be made around how app data will be stored, and for most developers the cloud is an obvious choice. T... |
| 18.07.2014 | iCloud in a box: Bitcasa CloudFS API gives devs — and users — control, privacy, ownership | The Cloud Wars are in full force.
With total worldwide mobile traffic having reached more than 1.5 exabytes per month in 2013 and digital data expected to increase 10 fold by 2016, mobile app developers need to figure out a better storage s... |
| 18.07.2014 | iCloud in a box: Bitcasa CloudFS API gives devs — and users — control, privacy, ownership | 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!
The Cloud Wars are in full force.
With total worl... |
| 07.07.2014 | Upsight & Grindr: Creating loyal mobile users with the power of location | Studies have shown that mobile users not only expect mobile apps to be designed for their convenience, but they also expect their apps to take advantage mobile-specific features like location.
Location offers a massive opportunity for mobil... |
| 07.07.2014 | Upsight & Grindr: Creating loyal mobile users with the power of location | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Studies have shown that mobile users not only expect mobile apps to be designed for their convenience, but they also expect their apps ... |
| 06.07.2014 | The time for deep linking standards is now | Year after year since the big app stores launched, native apps have asserted their hegemony over the mobile web. One big drawback of native apps was the inability then the difficulty to seamlessly access any content from one app to the othe... |
| 05.07.2014 | Driving commerce with mobile: increasing savings & shortening in-store visits | Walmart has sought to revolutionize the in-store experience by adding navigation, voice commands, shopping lists, price comparisons, and other useful tools to its mobile applications.
At next week’s MobileBeat — July 8-9 in San Francisco — ... |
| 03.07.2014 | Fighting the mobile retail war: How to meet customers every step of the way | The stakes are high in mobile retail, because suddenly more people are shopping on their mobile phone than ever before.
And with people using their phones more than desktops. the game has completely changed for the traditional giants of ret... |
| 03.07.2014 | Fighting the mobile retail war: How to meet customers every step of the way | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The stakes are high in mobile retail, because suddenly more people are shopping on their mobile phone than ever before.
And with people... |
| 02.07.2014 | Yo founders to unveil how the stupidly simple app got such stupidly huge growth | They say good design is about doing more with less.
Yo is pushing that adage to the limit with a single-purpose app that the founders claim has garnered over 1 million users — 750,000 of them in just a few days of furious viral activity.
Se... |
| 06.05.2014 | Bitcasa Debuts CloudFS, An “iCloud In A Box” For Developers | Former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield company Bitcasa, is today rolling out an offering to developers called CloudFS, which effectively makes the Bitcasa consumer service available via APIs, allowing developers to take advantage of the plat... |
| 07.02.2014 | Dropbox Alternative HubiC Now Offers 10TB For $13.50 Per Month | French hosting company OVH just updated its product offering for its Dropbox-like service called HubiC. Now, you get 25GB of storage for free, 100GB for $1.35 per month (€1), and you can opt for a whopping 10TB plan for $13.50 per month (€1... |
| 15.11.2013 | Funding roundup - week ending 11/15/13 | Redfin, Bill.com, CustomInk, itBit, Bitcasa, DesignCrowd, Futurelytics, GenapSys, TinyCo, Slyce
Seed stage
Fertility tracking company Ovuline raised $1.1 million in an inside round from its existing investors.
Knozen, which says it will &qu... |
| 11.11.2013 | Bitcasa grabs $11M for its ‘infinite’ cloud storage | 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!
Cloud storage startup Bitcasa has closed a new $1... |
| 11.11.2013 | Bitcasa Raises $11M in Series A Funding | Bitcasa, a Mountain View, Calif.-based platform for consumers, developers and small businesses to take control of their digital belongings, raised $11m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Horizons Ventures and Pelion Venture Partners.... |
| 11.11.2013 | Bitcasa Raises $11M To Fuel International Expansion Of Its Cloud Storage Service | Bitcasa, a former TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield finalist, is growing quickly in Japan and other Asian countries. To fuel this kind of unexpected international growth, the company has raised $11 million as a follow-on to its previously anno... |
| 11.11.2013 | Bitcasa grabs $11M for its ‘infinite’ cloud storage | Cloud storage startup Bitcasa has closed a new $11 million round of funding, the company announced today.
Bitcasa’s backup data solution is a little different from other cloud locker services such as Dropbox, SugarSync, and Google Drive. Ba... |
| 11.11.2013 | Funding Daily: Veteran’s Day | 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!
The SEC may be closed for Veteran’s Day, but star... |
| 11.11.2013 | Bitcasa Raises $11M |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Company that makes your digital belongings infinitely useful, today announced it has raised $11 million as supplemental to series A funding.
>> Click here for more funding data on Bitcasa
>> To export Bitc... |
| 08.10.2013 | What’s Holding Up New Chromecast Apps? Nothing … But Google, That Is | There’s a disconnect in the world of Chromecast. Customers want apps that work with Google’s small, affordably priced TV streaming stick. And developers want to distribute them. Some are already built, and are just waiting to be released to... |
| 06.08.2013 | Bitcasa Partners With Samsung To Offer Unlimited Cloud Storage On All Of Its Windows 8 Devices | Today Bitcasa, Disrupt Battlefield finalist, has announced a partnership with Samsung to offer Bitcasa’s infinite storage service to all Windows 8 devices sold by Samsung, save for smartphones. This includes tablets, desktops and laptops.
T... |
| 23.07.2013 | 30 Petabytes Later, Bitcasa Takes Infinite Storage To Version 2.0 With Revamped Android, iOS, Desktop Apps | TechCrunch Disrupt alumni Bitcasa has spent the last five months or so growing out of its beta launch, picking up new users and listening to feedback. Today, however, the waiting ends as Bitcasa is launching version 2.0 of its desktop, iOS ... |
| 17.07.2013 | The Best Services To Free The Pictures On Your Smartphone | We take pictures of ourselves, our food, our friends, the great moments of our life, the dullest minutia of our daily routine. Pictures by the hundreds, possibly by the thousands, quickly fill up our smartphone. But are they there forever, ... |
| 11.07.2013 | Cloud security is important, but what does it really mean? | 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!
John Boitnott is a longtime digital media consult... |
| 10.07.2013 | With Plug, Create A Personal, Subscription-Free Dropbox With Your USB Drives | Plug just launched a Kickstarter campaign for its $69 adapter. It will transform your USB drives into a personal Dropbox for all your devices. Thanks to a deep integration in your filesystem, you won’t have to move your files to a special f... |
| 05.03.2013 | Bitcasa Sees 13% Growth In Stored Data, Users In 114 New Countries Since Ending Open Beta Last Month | Bitcasa, with its infinite and instant cloud storage service, has had to go slow with distribution. After all, any service where you can store an unlimited amount of content and stream it instantly to your device will be in high demand, and... |
| 05.02.2013 | Bitcasa Launches Its ‘Infinite Storage’ App To The Public To Take Down Traditional Hard Drives [TCTV] | Today marks the official public debut of Bitcasa, the startup we first met at TechCrunch Disrupt back in September 2011 that promises to replace traditional hard drives with its own cloud-based “infinite drive” system. The company has been ... |
| 04.02.2013 | 'Infinite' cloud storage service Bitcasa set to leave beta | There are no shortage of services that can backup your data to the cloud, but now the likes of Carbonite and Crashplan have a bit more competition in the market.
Over the weekend, Bitcasa, which has generated a lot of buzz recently, sent ou... |
| 31.12.2012 | Silicon Valley VCs predict 2013 trends: Space, robots, self-driving cars | As the year draws to an end, Silicon Valley investors are looking for the next wave of technology after social networking.
VentureBeat spoke to a slew of the top players at well-known West Coast institutions — the founding team at Stanford ... |
| 18.12.2012 | Bitcasa brings ‘infinite’ cloud storage to Android & Win 8 with new apps, iOS & Mac coming soon | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Cloud storage startup Bitcasa has released new mobile apps for Android and Windows 8 platforms, with iOS and Mac apps coming in January... |
| 18.12.2012 | Bitcasa Brings Its Infinite Cloud Storage To Android And Windows RT, iOS And Mac Coming Next Month | TechCrunch Disrupt alumni Bitcasa, the startup that promises to bring infinite storage to its users for just $10 per month, just announced that it is launching its first batch of mobile apps today. The company is launching its Android and W... |
| 16.09.2012 | CloudFlare CEO Matthew Prince On Beating Disrupt Battlefield Nerves And Avoiding Site Meltdowns | CloudFlare launched almost exactly two years ago at the first TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco. It was an incredible experience for us, and we owe a significant amount of our success to the stage Disrupt provided us. Since then, we’ve ro... |
| 03.09.2012 | From Disrupt Runner-Up To $22 Million In Funding, CloudFlare Tells All | According to Matthew Prince, CEO of CloudFlare, the service that makes websites faster and more secure, he and co-founder Michelle Zatlyn, had their heart set on launching at TechCrunch Disrupt ever since it was called TechCrunch50. They ev... |
| 26.06.2012 | First Round Capital will see 3,500+ pitches this year [VC Roundup] | Welcome to the VC Roundup, where we’ll parse through venture capital news related to Philadelphia-based private equity firms and the companies they fund. Subscribe to the roundup as an email newsletter. If you have any VC-related news to pa... |
| 20.06.2012 | Bitcasa Launches Open Beta Of Its Unlimited Cloud Storage Service, Raises $7M Series A Round | Cloud storage company Bitcasa today announced that it’s now opening its beta to the public. The service, which says that it will offer its users unlimited cloud storage, is currently available for free, but the company plans to charge $10/m... |
| 20.06.2012 | Bitcasa Raises $7M in Series A Funding | Bitcasa, a Mountain View, CA-based cloud storage company, has raised $7m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Pelion Venture Partners and Horizons Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital, CrunchFund, ... |
| 20.06.2012 | Bitcasa’s ‘infinite’ cloud storage wins $7M from Pelion, Horizons, others | 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!
Cloud storage startup Bitcasa has nabbed $7 milli... |
| 20.06.2012 | Bitcasa Raises $7M in Series A |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Cloud storage company announced today that it has raised $7 million in its Series A funding. Pelion Venture Partners, an existing investor, and Horizons Ventures, a new investor, led the round.
>> Click here for ... |
| 21.11.2011 | How To Store Your Files in The Cloud – And Why You’d Want To | So far in our series exploring cloud computing for consumers, we’ve looked at calendars and music. In the multi-device world we now live in, files from your computer are also increasingly being stored in the cloud.
One of the leading Intern... |
| 29.09.2011 | CrunchFund: Something More About It | Now we know a bit more about CrunchFund, the early stage venture capital firm launched in September by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington and Patrick Gallagher.
Subscribers in the $20 first fund include AOL, Austin Ventures, Accel Partner... |
| 18.09.2011 | Finally! Bitcasa CEO Explains How The Encryption Works | TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Bitcasa, a new cloud storage provider, was met with a healthy dose of skepticism last week when it claimed to be able to provide “infinite storage.” How does it do that? It can’t do what it promises! That’s not h... |
| 14.09.2011 | TechCrunch Disrupt SF Battlefield Semifinals: The Judges React | The TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield semifinals started off in an unorthodox way, with moderator Paul Carr bringing on TechCrunch co-founder Mike Arrington to join tech celebrity judges Ron Conway, Hadi Partovi, Marissa Mayer, Roelof ... |
| 14.09.2011 | The 2011 Disrupt SF Battlefield Final Round Companies | We are two days into Disrupt SF, and 31 startups have battled in front of the judges and an audience of thousands to vie for the Disrupt Cup and $50,000. The caliber of the startups across the board was so strong that seven of them are adva... |
| 14.09.2011 | And The Winner Of TechCrunch Disrupt Is…Shaker | Three days and 31 startup pitches later, the winner of TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2011 has been determined. Out of the 29 startups and two audience choice winners, we whittled the list down to seven finalists, which included Bitcasa, ... |
| 12.09.2011 | Bitcasa turns your hard drive into a cloud server with infinite space | 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!
Bitcasa, an online storage service that turns you... |
| 12.09.2011 | With Bitcasa, The Entire Cloud Is Your Hard Drive For Only $10 Per Month | The cloud is now your hard drive. And not just a few dozen Gigabytes, Terabytes or even Petabytes, but all of it – infinite storage – for only $10 per month. This is the incredible promise of the new TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Bitcasa.
The... |
| 12.09.2011 | Meet The Startups That Made It To The TC Disrupt Battlefield (SF 2011) | Below are the 29 startups that were chosen, out of roughly 650 applicants, to pitch their business ideas over the next few days at the Startup Battlefield competition during the TechCrunch Disrupt event in San Francisco. This will obviously... |
| - | Облачный сервис BitCasa набирает обороты и догоняет Dropbox | Еще в начале этого года все гонялись за инвайтами на сайт BitCasa, который обещал безлимитное и безвозмездное хранилище. Для сравнения, максимальный бесплатный объем на Dropbox - 2 Gb. Теперь сервис перезапустился, но уже с новым дизайном и... |
