A $360 Million Fund from Spark Capital Ready for Investment
Boston-based Spark Capital has raised new fund to invest in web and digital media companies amounting to $360 million.
Yahoo Becomes AOL’s Acquisition Target, Triggering Increase of Shares
Yahoo's shares closed at $16.72 marking a $1.47 or 9.6% increase at a trade in Nasdaq, triggered by rumors surrounding around Yahoo's acquisition.
GE Gets Greener with Opal Software Acquisition
GE, which has its hands in just about every pot, is expanding its smart grid software portfolio with the acquisition of Opal Software. Specializing in data migration and SCADA simulation, the acquisition is part…
iPad at Verizon Marking the End of an AT&T Era
For the first time, Apple has partnered with a wireless carrier other than AT&T. With 2,000 retail stores all over United States, Verizon Wireless will be selling Apple's iPad starting Oct. 28 as announced…
Intel Shares Up, Optimism in its Mobile Future Rises
Intel’s determined to make the best of the mobile future, despite the fact that it’s not the most relevant chip maker in the space. The company’s CEO Paul Otellini rallied his troops yesterday, telling…
Opera Mobile for Android to Heat Up Browser Wars
The mobile browser wars are getting intense, with Opera’s rlease of Opera Mobile for Android coming soon. The company announced its plans to launch the mobile browser within the month at a conference this…
Skype Gets Facebook Friends and News Feeds, Testing Group Video Calls
Skype released an updated version of its desktop app for Windows computers, which includes the anticipated Facebook integration. There’s a new tab for importing Facebook news feeds and contacts into your Skype, so you…
Genieo Enjoying High Momentum
By Tom Foremski
It was great catching up with Sol Tzvi, CEO of Genieo and one of Israel’s top women entrepreneurs. The last time we met in San Francisco it was freezing and foggy — a typical…
EMC Ventures into Data Warehousing with New Product Using Greenplum’s Technology
EMC has launched a data analysis product; EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance. This was an expected announcement after EMC acquired Greenplum and here it is, with the product already shipping, just after 75 days…
IBM Acquires Software Company PSS Systems
IBM today announced its acquisition of the privately held PSS Systems, a company which develops software to help enterprises and organizations to analyze, mechanize and implement data management policies on vast amounts of crucial…