A year or two before launching Actuator, someone on staff floated the idea of my writing a weekly robotics newsletter. I balked at the suggestion. Surely, I suggested, we would be struggling to fill t
There’s a long-standing debate in the world of logistics robotics. On one side stand the greenfield folk, who insist that the best possible experience is one built from the ground up, with these aut
Warehouse automation company Nimble Robotics today announced that it has raised a $50 million Series A. Led by DNS Capital and GSR Ventures and featuring Accel and Reinvent Capital, the round will go
This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion-dollar business of the
Social CRM startup Nimble has been working on making connections between users a little more actionable, whether they happen via email or other social networks. Now it's hoping to extend that power ev
As Jon Ferrara what he thinks of today's CRM software, and he'll tell you, patently, that it sucks. Ferrara is the co-founder and former CEO of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.goldmine.com/">GoldM
There are few aspects of growing a business that are easy. But when you think about the big picture, one of the most significant challenges -- besides hiring attractive, productive interns -- is custo
Customer relationship management startup <a href="http://www.nimble.com">Nimble</a> has raised $1 million in funding from notable investors Mark Cuban, Jason Calacanis, Don Dodge, Dharmesh Shah and mo
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/download1.png" />The <a target="_blank" href="http://www.demo.com/">DEMO Spring 2011</a> conference kicked off yesterday in Palm Springs, feat