Brightcove may not have had the sexiest IPO in the recent wave of offerings, but the company’s return so far definitely beats Zynga and Groupon’s performances since their debuts. After launching its video platform six years ago, Brightcove went public just a few weeks ago on the NASDAQ by raising $55 million...
Read more Category: Brightcove, Jeremy Allaire, TechCrunchI woke up yesterday morning to an email from Apptopia founder and good friend Jonathan Kay with the subject “TC Breaking an Article,” my first reaction was – shit, TechCrunch is going to scoop me again. Nothing pisses me off more than a missed opportunity or when I am blind sided by a...
Read more Category: Apptopia, Jonathan Kay, TechCrunchRemember the news from earlier this week about a mobile app developer who turned to eBay to unload his underperforming iOS app? (Update: the app is now up to $15,100+!) Well, there will soon be an alternative to eBay auctions for other developers looking to do the same. A new marketplace...
Read more Category: Apptopia, Eli Sapir, Jonathan Kay, TechCrunchIn April, Expedia announced its intentions to spin off trip reviews site TripAdvisor as a public company. And this morning, TripAdvisor debuted on the NASDAQ under the symbol ‘TRIP’ trading at. This morning, TripAdvisor is trading at $29. Expedia is trading at $27.72, down 50 percent...
Read more Category: TechCrunch, TripAdvisorFor a long time now, Spotify has had its own Radio experience, but, to be honest, it hasn’t been very good. Then, last week, the Swedish-turned-America music service announced that it was redesigning its radio experience from the ground up, offering unlimited stations and unlimited “skips”. And it’s no mistake...
Read more Category: TechCrunch, The Echo NestBackupify, the startup that provides online data backup, archiving and export, is today releasing a new version of its Backupify Snapshot tool with additional features for Google Apps admins. The tool, for those unfamiliar, allows Google Apps administrators to extract and download the complete...
Read more Category: Backupify, TechCrunchHere’s an interesting piece of news that’s sure to reignite debate over consumers’ rights in the digital age: A Boston-based startup called ReDigi has this week launched an eMarketplace that allows users to resell their digital music — as well as buy new and used songs for cheap. While the idea of a secondary...
Read more Category: ReDigi, TechCrunchTwo of Twitter’s earliest investors, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and Bijan Sabet of Spark Capital, are leaving its board of directors, Twitter has just confirmed with me. Peter Kafka reported news this morning and we independently heard the same thing from sources last night. Nobody will be replacing their seats on the board. The changing... Read more
Category: Bijan Sabet, Spark Capital, TechCrunchPowerinbox, the new email platform that lets you run apps for Facebook, Twitter, and Groupon inside your inbox has today added support for Google+. Despite not having access to an official Google+ API (application programming interface), the company was able to analyze the Google+ protocol by tracking the requests between the official Google+ client and... Read more
Category: PowerInbox, TechCrunchMost power airfare searchers know that buying two one-way tickets on separate airlines can sometimes be cheaper than buying a roundtrip ticket on the same airline. But on most travel search portals you have to do a little digging to find these one way fares, and sites like Kayak wouldn’t pair two one-way fares from different airlines. Today, Kayak is integrating... Read more
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