Hardware
iRobot Releases New Versions Of Its Vacuuming Robot And Gutter Cleaning Robot
9:13 am PDT • August 14, 2012
After 22 years of existence, iRobot has come a long way and is still releasing new models of its home cleaning robots. The Looj 330 has been completely redesigned to…
As Marissa Mayer Annoys Investors By Keeping $4.2B In Dividends, YHOO Is Down 5.4%
6:30 pm PDT • August 10, 2012
Less than a month after taking over Yahoo, Marissa Mayer is already sending strong signals of leadership to investors. Yet, the announcement of a new financial strategy led to a…
Startups
Startup Accelerator TechStars Showcases 11 New Startups At Boulder Demo Day
4:01 pm PDT • August 9, 2012
Today, seed fund and accelerator TechStars hosted its “Demo Day” in Boulder, where it showcased its 11 newest startups. With an average funding of $1.28 million raised per TechStars-backed company…
Startups
Chinese Manufacturers, Carriers And Developers Form An Alliance To Block Apple’s Siri In China
2:05 pm PDT • August 9, 2012
Chinese companies don’t view Siri in a favorable light, hence the creation of the Speech Industry Alliance of China (SIAC). They are willing to offer an alternative that is supposed…
Todoist is one of the oldest web-based task managers still available today. Yet, they unveiled a major update that takes advantage of some bleeding edge HTML5 features. In addition to…
Startups
CLMapper Is A PadMapper Alternative that Can’t Be Blocked by Craigslist
5:37 pm PDT • August 1, 2012
Developer Alan Hamlett has just released CLMapper, a Chrome extension reminiscent of PadMapper. When that extension is installed, you see a map view on the right side while browsing apartment…
Startups
Blekko Launches ROCKZi, a Social News Site to Complement Its Search Engine
8:00 pm PDT • July 14, 2012
Even though Digg was once known as the next big thing in social news site, it was torn down and sold in small pieces. Yet, part of the concept still…
European newcomer Shavenu is now offering shaving blade subscriptions to scruffy Brits, Canadians, and Deutschlanders using the DollarShaveClub.com model that set the shaving world alight last month. For £1 per…
Restaurant Reservation Service LaFourchette Sticks Its Fork Into $10.5M
1:11 pm PDT • May 2, 2012
The European online restaurant reservation service LaFourchette announced that it has raised €8 million ($10.5 million) from Serena Capital and Partech at a valuation of more than €50 million ($65.8…
Russian VC Firm NGI Will Invest Heavily in French Startups
12:00 pm PDT • May 2, 2012
Russia was once known for its undying adoration for all things French back in the day, and a century and a half later you could argue that some of that…
These days, it seems SoundCloud is the player to beat in the music platform space. It’s been called (among other things) the “Flickr for audio” or the “YouTube for audio.”…
When you ask someone on a date, maybe you are a gentleman that likes to offer some flowers to make it official. This is where Ticlr, a startup showcased at…
