Cinemagram, an app for creating and sharing animated GIFs, adds 1 million users in six weeks
Viddy, the Instagram for video, raising $30M at a $300M+ valuation
Entrepreneurs and investors meet in New York to organize for profit and for revolution
Why is Spotify developing Pandora-like-radio when it already has Pandora-like-radio?
It’s terrifying how important your Klout score has become
New study finds small startups typically overspend on Amazon web services by 50% or more
Hot shot VC firm Andreessen Horowitz says it has nearly returned its first fund
Valve’s new pricing will charge players based on how much of a jerk they are
Did Facebook mistime its IPO? Profit and revenue fall on seasonal ad slide
Microsoft wanted to partner with Facebook on patent purchase all along, but AOL auction wouldn’t allow it
With Yahoo lawsuit looming and IPO coming soon, Facebook buys $550M in patents from Microsoft (AOL)
As it expands across the nation, ZocDoc stays laser focused on its lean business model
NimbleTV aims to succeed where Comcast and Time Warner failed with a TV anywhere platform
For Earth Day: a chat with IBM’s “Building Whisperer,” Dave Bartlett, on the tech behind sustainability
Kickstarter funding explodes, on pace to triple this year to around $300M
Tucoola’s social sandbox lets parents and kids learn through games
Ticlr launches a gift engine to help you motivate your social network
eBay’s stock hits a five year high after a stellar first quarter report
Nokia’s head of sales steps down after it reports $1.7B first quarter loss
Meet Hazelcast, the tiny Turkish startup that counts Cisco, Mozilla, and Ericsson as users
Fusion-io’s new software development kit gives programmers native access to its flash memory
Tradesparq brings a social networking approach to sourcing foreign suppliers
Social discovery service Banjo hits 1 million users in just 9 months
Ignored by venture capitalists, Pebble smartwatch has raised over $4M on Kickstarter and counting
Crowd computing taps artificial intelligence to revolutionize the power of our collective brains
Too legit to quit? Megaupload was headed for billion dollar IPO before Feds shut it down
Zynga’s got $1.8 billion in cash and is aggressively looking for the next OMGPOP
Path raising $30M round led by Redpoint. No, it won’t be the next Instagram. (updated)
Dibsie goes public with a shopping catalog that learns from your social network
Schoology hits 1M users, raises $6M to expand its social networking platform for schools
Tupac’s rapping hologram at Coachella heralds a new age for posthumous performance
Chartbeat raises $9.5M round led by DFJ to help clients make the most of their real-time traffic
After Facebook outbid Twitter for Instagram, Jack Dorsey stopped using it to post photos
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Founders beware: accelerators offer upside, but only if you’re ready
Clone king Marc Samwer out as Groupon’s international head following record high ad violations
Ooyala boosts viewer engagement 4X with new, personalized, video discovery tools
Developers cry foul after Google+ redesign breaks their apps and extensions