Facebook rolled out its Graph Search, a functional search tool that provides results based on social connections. It’s a big step for Facebook that evolves its social function to provide relevant knowledge…
Testing Service, Facebook Offers to Message Zuckerberg for $100
Testing “extreme price points” in a potential paid messaging service, Facebook offered to send messages directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s inbox for $100, Mashable was the first to notice. The company is…
Israeli Tech Companies Raise $1.92 B in 2012
Though there was an increase in number of Israeli startups that managed to raise money last year, there was less money raised. Last year, 575 Israeli high tech companies raised $1.92 billion…
LinkedIn Hits 200M Users in 200 Countries
LinkedIn has reached another milestone. The professional social network now has a user base of over 200 million users from over 200 countries. The site is used in 19 different languages. More…
Up 10%, VC’s Raise $20.6B in 2012; IPOs Strongest Since 2000
US venture firms raised $20.6 billion last year, a 10 percent increase over 2011, according to data from Thompson Reuters and the National Venture Capitalist Association. This marks the largest capital raised…
Avis Scoops Up Zipcar for Just Under $500M
Avis Budget Group has announced plans to buy Zipcar for $491.2 million in order to expand its traditional car rentals to also include car sharing. Avis has agreed to purchase Zipcar for…
Study: iOS Dominates Mobile Ads at 63%, Up from 47% Last Year
Despite all the talk about Google’s Android gaining market share to dominate the mobile space, truth is Apple dominates the mobile market when it comes to actual advertising served, perhaps because people…
Ooyala Report: Tablet Video Viewing Up 90%
In the last six months, viewing videos on tablets has grown 90 percent, according to a recent report from Ooyala, the online video streaming and monetization platform. In its Q3 2012 Global…
Jury Rules Apple’s iPhone Guilty of 3 Patent Violations
A Delaware federal jury has ruled that Apple’s iPhone violated three patents owned by MobileMedia Ideas, a patent-licensing firm owned by MPEG-LA that acquired patents from Sony and Nokia. After four hours…
The CIA’s Venture Firm Invests in Mobile Cloud Security
By Anam Alpenia, Red Herring In-Q-Tel, the venture capital firm of the Central Intelligence Agency, made a strategic investment backed by a technology development agreement in cloud mobile security provider Tyfone for…