One Kings Lane Raises $23 Million From Kleiner Perkins, Greylock & Others

One Kings Lane, which is competing in the trendy flash sales market, selling home décor, furnishings and accessories, has raised $23 million in a second round of funding.

Morgan Stanley Analyst Mary Meeker Moving To Kleiner Perkins

Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley’s head of global technology research and the analyst once dubbed “Queen of the Net” in the 1990s dot-com boom era, is heading to the roots of where that Internet boom began.

The Complete Works of Bing Gordon: Odes to the iPhone and iPad

At a Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers event this morning held to announce the doubling of its $100 million iFund, KPCB team member Bing Gordon read two poems–the first a 2008 paean to Apple’s iPhone, the second an ode to its forthcoming iPad. After the jump, the full text of both: “Welcome to the World, iPhone” and “Welcome to the World, iPad.”

KPCB Doubles Down on iFund: $200 Million for iPhone and iPad Apps

Add Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to the list of companies funding iPad app development. This morning the storied venture capital firm said it is doubling the $100 million fund it established to provide seed capital for iPhone apps to fuel development of new apps for Apple’s iPad.

Palm Pay Developers to Write Apps for webOS? “Rubbish.”

Lots of jawing yesterday over reports that Palm is paying developers to bring their mobile apps to the webOS platform. An interesting claim–were it true. But according to multiple sources, it’s not.
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