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Insight Leads $165 Million Round in Cloud-Based Energy Database Company Drilling Info

Arik Hesseldahl in News on March 5 at 6:05 am PT

As the U.S. gets closer to energy independence, the investment around oil and gas exploration and the technology that helps get it done, are, well, gushing.

Kepler 22-B: Earth 2.0 for Future Facebook Friending?

Kara Swisher in News on December 6, 2011 at 6:04 am PT

Hey geeks, the comics might have been right about Counter-Earth!

BillShrink's Pham Speaks About the T-Mobile Deal, the Econalypse and More!

Kara Swisher in News on May 20, 2009 at 6:00 am PT

Last week, BoomTown paid an economically-minded visit to the Redwood City, Calif., offices of BillShrink, a Silicon Valley start-up aimed at helping consumers find cheaper prices on gas, cellphones and plans and credit cards via a Web-based comparison and alert system. Launched about a year ago and armed with about $9 million in funding from Bessemer Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures, it has aims of moving into a range of other money-saving arenas too. But today, it got a major boost in its existing business by inking a deal to be part of a huge national advertising campaign by T-Mobile aimed at boosting price awareness among consumers, an apt message for these econalyptic times.