America’s prettiest social media platform just raised a massive Series E to develop, monetize and globalize its service. Pinterest, the e-community built on image-sharing and “pinning,” today confirms a $225 million funding…
Twitter Goes NYSE for IPO
A rear view mirror lets Twitter map a different path to IPO than Facebook, one planned perhaps in the hopes of evading pitfalls that plagued the latter’s 2012 public offering. On Tuesday,…
Searching for a Cold War
The Russian government could drag the world back in time to the Cold War era with plans to develop and deploy a state-owned search engine named Sputnik. According to Russian business daily…
The First 100 Days at the Helm of Shazam: A Conversation with Rich Riley
Most often, CEOs are hired to replace a predecessor in times of troubles with the mandate to fix things. Once again, the British-based startup Shazam is an exception. Founded in 2000, the…
Chinese Web Titan Baidu Launches TV
Baidu, the Chinese web titan behind the country’s search engine that works similarly to Google, will enter the television with its own smart TV as the company forays into the expanding online…
Zillow Acquires StreetEasy for $50M – Expand Real Estate Footprint
Real estate kingpin Zillow has acquired StreetEasy, a go-to New York real estate listing service with over 1.2 million unique monthly visitors. The $50 million sale gives Zillow a local presence to…
Apigee Lands $35M to Power API Platform
Apigee, which provides an API platform to simplify the creation of apps, has landed $35 million in a Series E sizable enough it could carry the company to an IPO. The round…
Tasneem Salim Talks All-Female Gaming Convention in Saudi Arabia
Gamer and developer Tasneem Salim wanted in on her country’s gamer conventions. The only problem? No girls allowed. So Salim and her two co-founders, Felwa Al Suwalim and Najla Al Arifi, created…
For Redmart, a “Small” Market Could Means Millions
While some consider Singapore a market in miniature, online commodities shop Redmart has used it as a platform for tremendous growth. Its success depends on logistics and proper scaling; and while the…
In Its Largest Deal Ever, Baidu to Pay $1.9B for App Store
Baidu has just announced the biggest deal in its history. China’s premier search engine plans to pay $1.9 billion for 91 Wireless, a major developer of app stores in China that has…