Why “Want” & “Own” Might Be the Most Important Actions Coming to Facebook
Facebook is bringing a boatload of apps and actions onto the social network. Now, instead of just “Liking” something, you can say you read it, listened to it, or watched it, all through your favorite web and mobile apps.
Invensense MEMS Gyroscope Adds Motion Control to Mobile Devices
Accelerometers have become old hat in mobile technology, and while some devices have taken the technology a little further with motion controls, there hasn’t been much innovation. Invensense, the company behind the motion control in Nintendo’s Wii Plus remotes, is bringing a whole new perspective to the conversation — literally — at CES 2012. Continue Reading »
Payvment Hits A Million Active Shoppers on Facebook Last Month
Payvment reached one million monthly active shoppers in December 2011. Payvment is an ecommerce platform that lets sellers set up Facebook stores. The company has over 100,000 active sellers offering more than 2.4 million searchable products across Facebook. Continue Reading »
DynamicOps Reports Record 300% Increase in Customer Adoption in 2011; Tripled Private Cloud Bookings
DynamicOps, pioneer of the Operations Virtualization™ platform that enables unified cloud automation and management, today announced record new customer adoption in 2011, as well as a substantial increase in private cloud solution sales. DynamicOps attributes these results to a burgeoning cloud market and enterprises’ desire to build and scale complex private clouds as quickly and easily as possible. Continue Reading »
Revionics Accelerates Growth in 2011
Revionics, Inc., the leading provider of retail life cycle price optimization solutions, announced today at the National Retail Federation’s 101st Annual Convention and EXPO in New York that the company has experienced an 88% revenue growth in 2011 and over the last three years a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) growth rate of 69%. The company has been a leader in price optimization technology for a decade and expects continued growth in 2012. Growing its business faster than overall market growth, Revionics is poised for strong, continued success for the next several years. Continue Reading »
AngelPad Gives Select Startups 10 Weeks to Shine
Thomas Korte, founder and managing partner of AngelPad, identifies the three step process a select few startups embark on during the 10 week program. Only 15 companies were chosen by AngelPad from a pool of 2000 applications. Continue Reading »
VC Outlook: Sierra Ventures’ Tim Guleri On Selective Hyper-Growth
As 2011 came to a close, we asked several venture capital investors to reflect on the past year and give us their outlook for 2012. Continuing our series is Tim Guleri, managing director of Sierra Ventures. Continue Reading »
