Box Expands Mobile Offerings, Names Yahoo’s Chris Yeh as VP of Platforms

The fast-moving, enterprise-focused file-sharing service makes a big mobile push and makes a key hire from Yahoo to manage developer relations.
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InsideView, an Intelligence Dashboard for Salespeople, Raises $12 Million

A personal CIA for salespeople, InsideView aims to turn data from social media, financial databases and other sources into useful business intelligence.

Box.net, The File Sharing and Collaboration Cloud For Businesses, Raises $48 Million

Box.net, the cloud-based collboration and file-sharing service launched a in a dorm room, has landed a big round of venture capital funding–and has also raised some debt.

Medvedev's Silicon Valley Dreams Won't Happen Overnight

If anyone thought that Russian President Dimitry Medvedev was engaging in an empty P.R. exercise when he hosted a delegation of U.S. venture capitalists last month in Moscow, this week’s trip to the Bay Area should make it clear he’s really serious about replicating Silicon Valley’s culture of innovation and entrepreneurism in Russia.

VC-Backed Company Pushes Envelope With Postmarked Email Service

With more people emailing and fewer people sending physical mail in recent years, the U.S. Postal Service is taking steps to move into the digital world–and using a venture-backed company to do so. Goodmail Systems Inc. has partnered with Epostmarks Inc. to launch a product, Postmarked Email, that has the approval and protection of the U.S. Postal Service.