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Location-based mobile company WHERE announced the new Perfect Places feature for its mobile apps, which seems to replicate the concept of social networking to a local, real-life extent. The feature recommends users local places they would be interested in visiting by matching …
Gilt Groupe Raises a Fashionable $80-100M Amidst Rumors of Waif Thin Business Model
Flash-sale company Gilt Groupe is raising $80-$100 million from private-market investors in a deal which may increase the company’s valuation to as much as $1 billion. The company’s revenue is expected to double this fiscal year to around $500 million, but there …
Online Travel Services Get Big Data Facelifts, Starting with Zagat
Online travel and review sites are getting more and more social and data-driven, and Zagat is no exception. The restaurant review site is re-launching, now offering users more free content with a social overhaul. The new social tools include interactive maps, which …
Android’s Got Charisma, Still Building Momentum
The upcoming Honeycomb-powered Motorola Xoom stirred quite a bit of buzz, being the first device powered by Google’s tablet-dedicated OS, but all that publicity is causing a bit of back-lash this morning, and it’s Adobe’s fault. According to the fine print on …
The Internet Kill Switch Returns, This Time as a Target
The Internet Kill Switch is back, and in more ways than one. WSJ reports the first development, which comes from 3 U.S senators. Joe Lieberman (I, Conn.), Susan Collins (R, Maine.) and Tom Calpers (D, Del.) today introduced the “Cybersecurity and Internet …
iPhone Users Bring More Profit than Android Users
With Apple and Google seeking more ways to get money from app users, it’s clear that the mobile app marketplace is a promising road to big profits. According to a recently published infographic, iPhone users are more profitable than Android holders; at …
The Cloud Hits the Catwalk
The cloud’s gotten itself a foothold in just about every industry now, and evidently, the catwalk is no exception. We’ve seen a fair amount of cloud updates circling around the fashion industry, starting with the New York Times’ coverage of the next …
Pixability Raises $1M, Growing Online Video Marketing and Analysis
This afternoon video marketing company Pixabilty will announce it has secured $1 million in a round of funding. The financing round was led by the Launchpad Venture Group, and Berry Coffman will join Pixabilty’s board of directors. The sum raised will reportedly be …
This Week in Cybersecurity: From the Pentagon to HBGray
This past week has seen a lot of security news and developments, even beyond RSA 2011. However, our first update comes straight from the heart of the conference – today’s cyberwar keynote panel. The panel, which included former U.S. Secretary of Homeland …
Visualize This: Big Data’s Got Legs!
Google’s opening up its Public Data Explorer data visualization tool today, harping on a growing trend around data visualization and the utilization of large scale data markets. Google’s Explorer currently supports 27 datasets and more than 300 metrics including government debt levels, …