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A Cut Above The Rest: Stella & Dot Secures $37M Funds from Sequoia

By Cherr Aira Jan 10, 2011

Another brainchild of Jessica Herrin, Stella & Dot has received an investment amounting to $37 million from Sequoia Capital. This 24-year old Stanford graduate also co-founded Weddingchannel.com, which attracted several investors and was eventually sold…

Facebook Valuation Shows Conditions For IPOs Are Ripe

By Tom Foremski Jan 10, 2011

The high valuation of Facebook on secondary share markets might be out of line with its revenues but it does show one thing: a large investor appetite for investing in leading Silicon Valley companies.…

Cisco Retail Survey Shows Demand for ‘Mashop’ Experiences

By Kristina Farrah Jan 10, 2011

A research conducted by Cisco Internet Business Solutions (IBSG) and Cisco's retail marketing team released today speaks of a demand from US and UK consumers for a new way to shop. The surveying team…

GeekBeat.TV Reviews Powermat at CES 2011

By Kyt Dotson Jan 10, 2011

Powermat has been working hard at bringing us wireless/plugless charging for our phones and other mobile devices. In a lot of cases, it’s hard to remember to plug our phones into the socket to…

Steve Ballmer Says Microsoft Plans Future Kinect PC Support

By Kyt Dotson Jan 10, 2011

Once again, some of the best Microsoft Kinect news comes to us through the European news venues. Eurogamer picked up on some comments that Steve Ballmer made during a BBC interview that suggests eventual…

Myspace’s Last Ditch Attempts, Laying Off Half its Staff

By Isha Suri Jan 10, 2011

Making another attempt to revitalize itself and making a comeback, MySpace is expected to lay off around 600 employees tomorrow. This will be roughly a full 50% of its staff strength. The news has…

mBlast Welcomes New Year With A Big Bang and “mPACT”

By Cherr Aira Jan 10, 2011

Top cloud-based solutions for marketers and PR professionals, mBlast, has vowed to change the sphere of marketing as it launches the new tool—mPACT. This roll out is expected to provide an innovative web-based advertising…