The <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/09/right-before-acquisition-instagram-closed-50m-at-a-500m-valuation-from-sequoia-thrive-greylock-and-benchmark/">very surprising</a> announcement this morn

Welcome to the Monday where Facebook buys Instagram. Actually I'm as shocked as you are about the acquisition, namely because I was working on <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/09/facebook-to-ac

Facebook has just finished a deal to <a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/Announcements/Facebook-to-Acquire-Instagram-141.aspx">acquire mobile photo sharing app Instagram</a> for approximately $1 billion

Sequoia Capital is announcing a new partner today—former Clearwell and CenterRun CEO <a href="http://www.sequoiacap.com/us/aaref-hilaly">Aaref Hilaly</a>. At Sequoia, Hilaly will focus on investing

It looks like investors are ecstatic about the news <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/09/aol-sells-800-patents-for-1-billion-to-microsoft-memo-to-staff/">AOL has sold 800 patents to Microsoft</a

Netflix is rolling out a major update to its Xbox 360 application today, which is the biggest update to arrive since <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/12/07/netflix-xbox-360-kinect/">the integratio

<a href="http://www.yext.com">Yext</a> has made the famous startup pivot, shifting focus from its pay-per-call advertising service to a new product called PowerListings. But rather than simply abandon

The folks behind a forthcoming fashion catalog for the iPad, <a href="http://www.bazaart.co/">Bazaart</a>, have launched an interesting side project in their downtime (what's that?) from their partici

<a href="http://www.topps.com/">Topps</a>, the company best known for its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazooka_(chewing_gum)">Bazooka bubble gum</a> and for essentially inventing and populari

Just a reminder: today is the most important day of the year. It's TC DC Mini Meet-up Night! We're here in DC and we're looking forward to meeting with you all at <a href="http://www.lovethebeer.com/r

I've been harping for a while here on TechCrunch about the benefits of open source software. I <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/08/21/linuxcon-open-source-is-an-ecosystem-not-a-zero-sum-game/">oft

BlackBerry fans in India had best stay on the up-and-up lest they want to draw unwanted attention from the country’s security agencies. <a href="http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/govt-to-tap-blackb

And we're off! Even though the Nokia Lumia 900 launched yesterday and was largely unavailable thanks to the Easter Bunny, the phone quickly skyrocketed <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Cell

Shopping discovery service <a href="http://www.zoomingo.com/">Zoomingo</a>, which helps you find nearby sales using your mobile phone, is out with a new iPhone app that introduces a gamification elem

Thanks to big raises from venture firms like Andreessen Horowitz, U.S. venture capital fund-raising increased to $7 billion across 47 funds in the first quarter of 2012, which is a 5% increase in capi

Finding a place for your pooch while you're away should be getting easier. Rover, a Seattle-based startup that is trying to disrupt the kennel market, said it has raised $3.4 million in a round led by

Birchbox, the New York-based startup that racked up more than 100,000 subscribers for its monthly kits of beauty products, is now aiming for a certain well-styled gentleman. The company is launchin

According to a <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1544616/000154461612000001/xslFormDX01/primary_doc.xml">new SEC filing</a>, investor <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/chris-sacc

When you hear the phrase "real-time analytics" you probably think of <a href="http://www.chartbeat.com">Chartbeat</a> (at least I do), but it's not the only company in the field. In fact, a Lebanese s