Kara Swisher in D10 on April 9 at 2:49 pm PT
Speakers? We got your
D10 speakers.
Drake Martinet in Commerce on December 17, 2011 at 10:48 am PT
The rise of limited-stock daily deal sites has brought the stress of holiday shopping to the Web. But oBaz, a new online boutique start-up, is trying to quiet the storm with a little help from you.
Kara Swisher in Commerce on December 1, 2011 at 7:30 am PT
It’s a financial planning tool aimed at geeks.
Kara Swisher in News on October 1, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT
Here’s some electric weekend reading for those interested in the push-and-pull between venture investors and start-ups in the frothy Web 2.0 environment.
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm PT
Kiva.org, a micro-lending site that connects lenders with borrowers, is announcing a new loan category called Kiva Green Loans (and it’s not called that after the color of money). The green loans will be for “green” businesses and individuals, who are trying to reduce their impact on the environment around the world. The new loans are for businesses that include such things as recycling or the switching to organic fertilizer. As with most micro-loans, the amounts can be as small as $25.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 28, 2011 at 11:01 pm PT
EMoney took a side trip this morning from the massive crowds gathering at Moscone in downtown San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference to Japantown, where there was an equally vibrant, albeit slightly smaller, conference called the Future of Money.
Kara Swisher in News on February 9, 2011 at 11:13 am PT
Andreessen Horowitz has invested more than $80 million in Twitter via purchasing stock in secondary markets.
When called about it by BoomTown, a spokeswoman at the high-profile Silicon Valley venture firm confirmed the purchase.
The move is an interesting one, since Andreessen Horowitz was not part of the recent $200 million round on venture funding at the San Francisco microblogging company, led by Kleiner Perkins and which valued it at $3.75 billion.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8, 2011 at 4:30 am PT
What do you get when you give casual game players the chance to compete for cash and prizes?
A really addictive experience. Or at least that’s the hope of YooMee Games.
Voices
Tiernan Ray, Blogger, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on February 4, 2011 at 3:58 am PT
In response to Microsoft’s plan to sell $2.25 billion of bonds in maturities of 2015, 2020, and 2040, Bloomberg’s Sapna Maheshwari and John Detrixhe this afternoon write that the offering signals 2011 is, “more the year of the shareholder than the year of the bondholder.”
