ZipCar Raises $21M in 6th Round, Furthers Green Efforts
Global warming has caused green efforts to be fashionable. And here's Zipcar, a leading car-sharing service announcing $21 million in their 6th round of financing.
MCollective 1.0 boosts Puppet’s Performance with Real-time Capabilities
In Puppet Labs’ first major release since its acquisition of MCollective, we have some renewed open cloud initiatives emerging onto the scene. MCollective was already an incorporated feature for Puppet Labs’ products, and today’s…
JiWire’s New Platform Scales Local Mobile Ads
JiWire has launched a new service called Compass, which is designed to enhance location-based advertising for mobile devices. The location-based mobile media company is designing a platform around geo-specific data, enabling brands to make…
CloudBees Acquires Stax Networks
By Isha Suri
CloudBees, an innovation leader in Java cloud computing, announced the successful acquisition of Stax Networks, a pioneering Java Platform-as-a-Service solutions provider. This acquisition will facilitate the delivery of CloudBees’ own Java PaaS, RUN@cloud and…
Justin Bieber, Haiti, iPad… A Look at the Trendiest Terms of 2010
By Cherr Aira
Justin Bieber, Haiti, iPad… Which Terms Made it To the Top in 2010 Facebook and LinkedIn Collection? Facebook has unveiled the 2010 top 10 global status trends of 2010. This is the second such…
New Media Minute: How to Make a Mobile Website
As part of the continuing coverage of the mobile opportunity, this week’s New Media Minute includes several tips on how to make a mobile-friendly Web site, with details from consumer research firm OpinionLab on…
Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin Departs for New Health Project
Firefox Creative Lead Aza Raskin is leaving Mozilla, nearly two years after they acquired his talents. It was then he sold Humanized, a project he started in our own adopted hometown of Chicago. Moving…
Another Round of Layoffs at Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is on the verge of eliminating 650 jobs, meaning 5 percent of its workforce, an action which continues what CEO Carol Bartz has started in 2009, reports Bloomberg. Last year, after the…
Visa Launching the Visa Mobile App, Offers Deals
Visa is now following the road Groupon has taken a long time ago with the launch of its new discounts app, dubbed Visa Mobile. The app primarily aimed for the iPhone holders but also…
Mobile Apps Drive Revenue Growth in 2011, Changing Consumer Behavior
In the last 3 years, over 300,000 mobile apps have been developed, and during 2010 mobile apps migrated from smartphones to media tablets. Starting in 2011, mobile apps are expected to migrate even further,…