While Silicon Valley is asking what today’s Instagram news says about Facebook, a more apt question may be: What does it say about Apple? Until last week, Instagram was an application built exclusively for the iPhone. Even so, in less...
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Kevin Systrom, right, and Mike Krieger are the founders of Instagram.
Building a Billion-Dollar Business? Yeah, There’s an App Store for That
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Frank Quattrone (seen here at a conference in 2010) sparked a debate yesterday about who's to blame for the underwriting "duopoly."
In IPO ‘Duopoly,’ VCs Blame the CEOs Who Blame the VCs
It’s no secret in Silicon Valley that Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs get the hottest IPOs. From LinkedIn, Groupon and Zynga last year to Yelp and Facebook this year, it’s been a two-horse race. The irony is that startups and...
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Zite Chief Executive Mark Johnson said the agreements are a sign that publishers see value in aggregation technology.
News Reader App Zite Offers Olive Branch to Web Publishers
A year ago, online news aggregator Zite received a cease-and-desist notice from major publishers including Gannett, Time, The Washington Post and Dow Jones. Zite’s app for the iPad was taking content from around the Web, stripping away the ads and...
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SugarCRM Moves Closer to IPO With $33 Million Financing Round
With the IPO window open for business software makers, SugarCRM inched closer to going public in what may be its last private financing round. The Cupertino, California-based company said today that New Enterprise Associates, Silicon Valley Bank and Gold Hill...
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Yahoo and Facebook have collaborated and fought over many issues.
Friend or Unfriend? The Relationship Between Yahoo and Facebook
If the business relationship between Facebook and Yahoo had a status, it would be permanently set to: “It’s Complicated.” The two technology giants have collaborated and quarreled on many issues over the years. The recent legal battle over patents, which...
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Paper has been the most-downloaded iPad app since its launch last week.
Microsoft Group Leaves to Create Hit Tablet App — for Apple’s iPad
A tablet app born out of a project at Microsoft became an instant hit when it debuted last week. Too bad for the software giant, Microsoft had nothing to do with it. The app, called Paper, has been the most...
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The AirBnB of auto repair? Translation: Where customers can find the right mechanics in their neighborhood.
The Airbnb of Car Repair? Welcome to Y Combinator Demo Day
Internet startups are notorious for calling themselves the (insert hot company here) for (insert sector of your startup here). For example: the Facebook for students, the Groupon for travel, or the Twitter for businesses. But the companies presenting at Y...
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The feeding frenzy of investors at Y Combinator's event gave some startups the upper hand.
Standing Room Only at Y Combinator Event Puts Startups in Driver’s Seat
It’s a reversal of roles in Silicon Valley’s startup scene: Investors are clamoring for face time with entrepreneurs. Hundreds of tech’s most prominent backers packed into an auditorium at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, today to hear two-minute...
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Last year's transaction activity was driven by big deals, including HP's $10.3 billion acquisition of Autonomy.
Tech Deals Grow in Size and Shrink in Frequency, Study Says
Broad shifts in the technology landscape and the large cash positions of some of its biggest players drove an increase in the amount spent on acquisitions last year, PricewaterhouseCoopers said in a study released today. Technology companies spent $125 billion...
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Steve Blank is teaching science entrepreneurs how to take their lab-created products into the market.
Can Startup Guru Steve Blank Help Save the Sciences?
After eight technology startups, several books and a decade of teaching, some would say that Steve Blank has turned the art of creating a tech company into a science. Still, he never thought his skills would be desired by actual...
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