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Intuit Just Bought What for $424 Million? Demandforce, That’s What.

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on April 27 at 12:14 pm PT

The newest business unit at Intuit: A software-as-a-service player devoted to small-business marketing that deliberately flew under the radar.

Eucalyptus, Creator of Roll-Your-Own Cloud Platform, Raises $30 Million

Arik Hesseldahl in News on April 18 at 7:08 am PT

It used to be a big headache to move workloads between a public cloud provider like Amazon and a privately operated data center. It no longer has to be.

Clicking on a Fortune: Facebook to Acquire Photo-Sharing Start-Up Instagram for $1 Billion

Kara Swisher in News on April 9 at 10:03 am PT

A blockbuster exit for the popular and elegant mobile photo-sharing service.

Sequoia Set to Lead $500M Valuation Round for Instagram

Liz Gannes in Social on April 6 at 7:00 am PT

The popular photo-sharing app seems to have figured out at least one way to mint money.

How Will the JOBS Act Affect Tech IPOs?

Liz Gannes in News on April 5 at 10:39 am PT

The JOBS Act makes it easier for some companies to stay private, reduces regulatory burdens associated with U.S. IPOs, and may move away from secondary markets for private companies.

Edgy Location-Sharing App Maker Highlight Raises Seed Funding

Liz Gannes in Social on March 1 at 8:02 am PT

Highlight, a buzzy iPhone app that takes location-sharing to the next level, has raised funding.

Glassmap and Highlight Take on the Next Frontier of Location Sharing: Doing It All the Time

Liz Gannes in Social on February 16 at 9:00 am PT

New location-sharing apps promise to provide more value to users than ever — but they will surely teeter awfully close to the edge of creepy for many people.

Josh James Start-Up Domo Says Arigato to IVP in $20 Million Funding Round

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 31 at 8:59 pm PT

Utah-based Domo Technologies has now raised $63 million. So what’s it going to use all that money for? Maybe, just maybe, an acquisition or two?

Akamai Confirms the Rumors, Nabs Cotendo for $268 Million

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on December 22, 2011 at 5:19 am PT

Akamai confirms the rumors, and nabs Israeli content-distribution start-up Cotendo, apparently outbidding Juniper in the process.

Reid Hoffman and Matt Cohler Team Up to Give Edmodo $15M

Liz Gannes in Social on December 8, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Edmodo, which helps K-12 teachers and schools create private social networks for their classrooms, has raised $15 million.