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InnoSpring, The Valley’s First US-China Tech Incubator, Opens Its Doors And Launches A Seed Fund
China. It’s got nearly 1.4 billion people within its borders — and over 1/3 of them are online. It’s the largest online population in the world. To say that it’s an important market would be a ludicrous understatement. Alas, it’s also an incredibly difficult market to break into — especially for those from outside the region. Just ask Groupon.... -
Fan Page Mobilizer Turns Your Facebook Fan Page Into a Solid Mobile Web App For $5 (Or Free)
Let’s say you run a small business. I don’t really know you, so I’m going to assume that you’re in the business of making and selling small hats for dogs. Regardless of the naysayers, your tiny hat company has taken off. You’ve found customers near and far, and your Facebook Fan Page is followed by literally dozens of canine... -
Single? Still Want To Thumbkiss? PairMixer Finds You Someone To Pair With
Pair. Pair Pair Pair Pair Pair. Everyone’s talking about Pair. And why wouldn’t they? You can send drawings to your significant other! You can share photos with each other in a relatively private manner! You can kiss with your thumbs! Sure, sure, the idea has its flaws — but my god, it’s like they taught a Care Bear... -
Ovooko Takes the Organizing Out Of Organizing a Meetup
You know what I quite enjoy? Going to random meetups. You know what I don’t enjoy at all? Organizing meetups. I’m perfectly happy to swing by a bar to crash a “People Under 30 Who Like Pictures Of Cats In Sweaters” (or whatever) meetup. But to actually start my own meetup group? Yeah, not something I’d do. That’s…
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About 500 Startups: The Infographic
While talking with 500 Startups about their news this morning, they sent over this ridiculously handy infographic. I was going to just stuff it into the bottom of that post, but then I realized: for anyone looking into which seed fund/accelerator is right for them, this sort of thing is incredibly handy. It deserves its own post….
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500 Startups Lands New Partners, Files To Raise $50 Million
Big news out of Dave McClure’s seed fund/accelerator 500 Startups this morning, some official and some mostly official. The official news: two long-time staffers have been promoted all the way up to the Partner spot (effectively doubling the number of partners at the company), while two new folks have been brought on board as Venture Partners to help…
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Facebook’s Mobile Web App Sees More Monthly Users Than Its iOS/Android Apps Combined
If anyone ever tells you to eschew building for the mobile Web and only worry about native app development, you might want to be wary of taking the rest of their advice. I was just over at Facebook HQ for a quick meeting with a small chunk of the Silicon Valley press corps. While it was mostly to discuss their…
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Brilliant: OKeez Turns Your iPad Into A Hardcore Customizable Game Controller
I love when I find something I want to write about by accident, something that I stumble across by pure luck, with nary a pitch to be heard. It’s like finding an Easter Egg in the middle of September. Such is the case with OKeez, a brilliant project out of Belgium. OKeez wants to turn your iPad…
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Snark.ly: A Battle Of Wits For Internet Glory
Do you fancy yourself as some sort of Internet funny man? Does every comment you leave explode into a dazzling spectacle of upvotes? Are you the last standing disciple of online jocosity, raised in the ancient writings of Maddox and Seanbaby? Prove it. Snark.ly wants to be a community of funny people, all caught in an endless battle... -
Backstory: Push A Button, Custom Tailor Your Site For Each And Every Visitor
We, as website operators (and I say “we” because, well, who doesn’t own a domain or three these days?), know a ridiculous amount about the people visiting our sites. Even if we don’t really try to gather any information, we can generally determine what sort of device the user is visiting from, what website lead them to us,…
The Week in Review
Monday
You are your data: The scary future of the quantified self movement
The new Flickr: Biggr, Spectaculr, Wherevr
Yahoo didn’t buy Tumblr. They bought Tumblr’s market position
Google closes Checkout, pushing thousands of merchants into Braintree’s arms
Pass the pipe: Gawker’s “Crackstarter” is skeezy but potentially significant
Sorry, NYC, Tumblr selling to Yahoo was not the “win” we needed
On the outskirts of the Maker Faire
Why Yahoo’s track record with acquisitions isn’t relevant to Tumblr
Writers should be paid
Don’t confuse Google’s ubiquity for openness
NextGuide Web launches. Can it possibly be a discovery powerhouse?
Minbox: The way file-sharing should work
Former MySpace and NASA security exec raises $700k, launches Prevoty to defend websites against malicious user code
Yahoo buys Tumblr and Mayer “promises not to screw it up” like past deals
Forget armchair activism, new app Buycott helps people shop with a conscience
Tuesday
PopExpert raises $2 million for its video teaching marketplace
The race to a “smart” television is over. Xbox won
In biggest pan-industry push since SOPA, tech leaders get set for March for Innovation
The importance of grit, rules, and discipline
In Oklahoma’s time of crisis, Sparkrelief is working to unify relief efforts
Memo to this year’s YC class: It’s damn hard to build an enterprise company
What are the effects of RelayRides’ New York cease and desist?
Finally, a Lumia-like device unbound by Windows Phone
How a Valley veteran found happiness and opportunity building tech in Mexico
Yes, the Valley can be vacuous – but it’s more complicated than the New Yorker would have us believe
The case against Shinichi Mochizuki as bitcoin’s “dance away genius”
Swipely raises another $12m from tiny Rhode Island
Is influencer marketing over? Here’s another pivot, this time from Wahooly
ServiceMax’s SaaS platform could make training technicians and replacing software a thing of the past
Yesterday
Reid Hoffman and Joi Ito’s H2 comes out of stealth
Forty more tickets on sale for our John Doerr PandoMonthly! (And a new venue…)
Too small to fail: The partnership-driven nature of fintech startups
Jaron Lanier: Information doesn’t want to be free, and ads are screwed
Data, heart, virality, and leadership: Five tips for today’s entrepreneurial journey
YouTube network Fullscreen adds NBCUniversal and HBO veteran Tim Mohn as new SVP of Engineering
Totsy burns through $34 million, lays off its 83 employees, selling assets
Why people are ignoring Windows 8′s new interface and using the “traditional” desktop instead
Eat Club hits the road to feed hungry office workers
A new iOS game looks to kickstart neuroscience education
Bill Gross’ UberMedia launches UberAds, using social and location data to better target on mobile
Skyhigh Networks raises $20M to control unauthorized cloud programs used in the enterprise
“If you’re building specifically for mobile, you’re in the past”
Scanadu asks Indiegogo users to test its “tricorder,” but don’t call it a pre-order
