After the news that three rapist used social networking application Skout to find their child victims, we take a look at the companies building technologies that help make the Internet safe and age-appropriate for children.
It sounds like science fiction, but in a development that some gastronomes might argue shifts the genre to horror, Let’s Pizza is a real and growing enterprise in Europe.
Apple’s new iOS 6 app Passbook is more than a digital wallet. It’s going to revolutionize digital identification.
The Guardian once described the 4Chan community as “lunatic, juvenile… brilliant, ridiculous and alarming.” Can we add to that racist and sexist?
A flurry of rumors this week have pointed to the potential acquisition of Yammer by software giant Microsoft. The yet-to-be-confirmed deal may be announced as soon as next week, sources say.
CellScope, which was born in a UC Berkeley bioengineering lab, has secured $1 million from Khosla Ventures to develop hardware and software that could push the limits of remote health care services
Elon Musk recently made headlines when his space venture, SpaceX, completed the first commercial space flight. Is the ambitious entrepreneur the closest thing we have to billionaire playboy Tony Stark?
GoHealth, a Chicago-based company providing health insurance comparisons directly to customers, has received an investment of $50 million from Norwest Equity Partners this week.
Comcast has refused to hand over identifying data on users accused of downloading copyrighted material, arguing that the plaintiffs were using the court system to identify targets.
New World Ventures portfolio company SinglePlatform has been acquired this week by Constant Contact Inc, a marketing firm specializing in web content. The startup has been acquired for a total sale price of $100 million.
