Mandiant, a US securities company specialized in identifying sophisticated cyber attacks on both corporate and government entities, has tracked members of some of the most notorious Chinese hacking groups to the doorsteps…
Square Offers Merchants Complete Sales System w/ “Business in a Box”
Known for its mobile reader, Square now offers merchants a sales system they can actually nail down. Built to use an iPad, its recently debuted Business in a Box for Square Register…
German Court Rules in Facebook’s Favor on Real Names Policy
A German court ruled in favor of Facebook’s real names policy, stating that because the social network is headquartered in Ireland, it does not need to comply with an earlier German agency…
Startup Act 3.0: Show Me the Visa!
Third time’s a charm? A group of lawmakers led by Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) have launched Startup Act 3.0, a bill that would make it possible for foreign entrepreneurs who employ at…
SoftBank Launches $250M Fund to Help Startups’ Asian Expansion
SoftBank Capital, the venture firm of Japan’s SOFTBANK Corp., announced the closing of the PrinceVille Fund, a $250 million fund designed to help startups expand into Asia. “Due to its long-standing strategic…
Gigya Passes 1.5B Unique Monthly Users, or About 2/3 of the Internet
Gigya, the provider of social infrastructure, announced it has reached 1.5 billion unique monthly users, up from the billion it reported a year ago. That’s nearly 2/3’s of the global Internet population.…
Foursquare’s 3 Billion Checkins Showcase America’s Awesome Places
Foursquare took the excuse to celebrate the company recently crossing the 3 billion checkins threshold with its release of “The Best of Foursquare.” Rather than a guide curated by editors, travel writers…
ChaCha Raises $14M to Make Q&A a Respectable Business
by MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring Though plenty of Q&A service sites sleep contentedly in the graveyard, ChaCha is thriving alive and strong. The company recently raised a new round of $14 million.…
DataGravity Lands $30M to Simplify Understanding Data
Though it won’t market a product until 2014, DataGravity has already landed some pretty serious capital. The stealth mode startup recently raised $30 million in a round led by with existing investors…
Google Cashes in On First $50B Year in 2012
Google broke another record, earning its first $50 billion in annual revenue in 2012, thanks in a large part to strong fourth quarter earnings that generated $14.62 billion, an increase of 26…