A two year old Austin based tech startup called InView Technology has announced that they’ve raised $2M in funding to further it’s research on compressive sensing technology. InView’s compressive sensing technology uses advanced mathematics to calibrate sharp photographic images. InView Technology plans to start building prototypes of their technology in June and start production in
Three University of Pennsylvania graduates, Balu Chandrasekaran, Philip Tribe and Bipen Sasi created a startup last October that puts an entire new spin on recommendation, reward and loyalty at the retail level. We’ve often suggested that the recommendation/reward space is going to become hotter than daily deals as merchants focus on retaining and growing their
Amazon has been recycling electronics and giving customers Amazon gift cards for a while now. They recently announced they are going to start taking CDs on trade in. While this news is met with excitement for many, those who use small local CD shops to buy, sell and trade CDs may be a little put
Pinterest is one of the hottest social networks around. Most sites and analysis are suggesting that the pinboarding network is geared towards women. We reported earlier this week that America’s top man President Barack Obama has started using it. Now Mayland’s Democratic Governor Martin O’Malley is using it as well. While Potus promises photos of
Millennial Media, the largest independent mobile ad platform in the world, went public this morning on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol MM. Millennial had said earlier on that they expected shares to go for between $9 and $11 at their IPO. Yesterday that number was revised to $11 to $13
Last week a huge privacy issue came out involving Facebook and the protection of user accounts. According to reports from a man in Baltimore Maryland and another from New York, employers are requesting Facebook login credentials from employees and prospective employees. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has gotten involved defending the rights of people
Privacy and Facebook are once again making the news. This time though, the Paolo Alto social network giant is not the cause of the debate but rather the catalyst. It’s been reported, and documented in Maryland and New York, that employers are asking current and prospective employees for their login credentials for their Facebook accounts.
Many were appalled last week to hear that some employers are asking current employees and prospective employees for the passwords for their Facebook accounts. Apparently this practice is bigger than people imagined, and now the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is involved. Robert Collins of Baltimore Maryland, was looking to get reinstated in his job
Dan Porter the CEO of OMGPOP became a very wealthy man yesterday. After six years of producing games and the blockbuster hit Draw Something, OMGPOP hit the big time being acquired yesterday by Zynga. During the press conference call yesterday Porter highlighted how Zynga got exactly what OMGPOP was doing with Draw Something. He also
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