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Venture-backed companies generated $56.5 billlion in exits this past year

Jan 3, 2014

Last year saw 107 IPO exits, the most since 2007, and while the number of investment deals went down from...

Mac Pro is not only eco-friendly, but energy efficient too

Jan 3, 2014

According to Apple's environmental report, the company's new Mac Pro is not only environmentally friendly, but weighs less and consumes...

Brands can create their own streaming radio platform with Rhythm

Jan 3, 2014

A company called Gracenote, which was just acquired by Tribune Media for $170 million, has released a new platform called Gracenote Rhythm that allows brands...

Wikipad reveals gaming controller for both Android and Windows tablets

Jan 3, 2014

Newer tablets are powerful enough to play games with gorgeous graphics, and they're only going to get more powerful. The...

Smart home gadget startup raises over $150 million in funding

Jan 2, 2014

It may not seem like smart home gadgets are a big industry, but they are. Consider the fact that one startup...

Sony is considering joining Microsoft as a Windows Phone hardware partner

Dec 31, 2013

Sony, which has been largely choked out of the Android market, is reportedly considering expanding to Windows Phone. This is...

Startup aims to bridge the gap between real world and digital gaming

Dec 30, 2013

A new startup called Innovis Labs has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo in order to raise money for its Project Overwatch....

LG gears up to show off its first WebOS TV at CES 2014

Dec 30, 2013

LG bought WebOS, a mobile OS originally developed by Palm, from HP earlier this year but has yet to do anything...

App monitoring tools are growing at a rapid pace

Dec 30, 2013

AppDynamics and New Relic, as well as several smaller app monitoring tools, are growing at a rapid pace with over 100% growth...

Scientists are working to make quantum computing a reality

Dec 29, 2013

Digital computers have served us faithfully for decades, but as technology progresses we find that we're being presented with newer,...

What will the next-generation of Big Data look like?

Dec 29, 2013

The Big Data ecosystem has grown rapidly over the last few years and now it seems that the next-generation of...

Chinese taxi app reportedly raises over $100 million in funding

Dec 27, 2013

Didi Dache is one of the many taxi apps in China that compete for control over the massive market. What sets...