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Gilt Groupe Raises a Fashionable $80-100M Amidst Rumors of Waif Thin Business Model
Flash-sale company Gilt Groupe is raising $80-$100 million from private-market investors in a deal which may increase the company’s valuation to as much as $1 billion. The company’s revenue is expected to double this fiscal year to around $500 million, but there are some rumors suggesting an excess of unsold inventory is a factor behind ...
Online Travel Services Get Big Data Facelifts, Starting with Zagat
Online travel and review sites are getting more and more social and data-driven, and Zagat is no exception. The restaurant review site is re-launching, now offering users more free content with a social overhaul. The new social tools include interactive maps, which enable users to search restraints by clicking or draw areas on a map, ...
Android’s Got Charisma, Still Building Momentum
The upcoming Honeycomb-powered Motorola Xoom stirred quite a bit of buzz, being the first device powered by Google’s tablet-dedicated OS, but all that publicity is causing a bit of back-lash this morning, and it’s Adobe’s fault. According to the fine print on the bottom of a Verizon ad, the Xoom, which launches this Thursday, won’t feature ...
The Internet Kill Switch Returns, This Time as a Target
The Internet Kill Switch is back, and in more ways than one. WSJ reports the first development, which comes from 3 U.S senators. Joe Lieberman (I, Conn.), Susan Collins (R, Maine.) and Tom Calpers (D, Del.) today introduced the “Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011″. The bill is meant to establish a cyberattack strategy ...
iPhone Users Bring More Profit than Android Users
With Apple and Google seeking more ways to get money from app users, it’s clear that the mobile app marketplace is a promising road to big profits. According to a recently published infographic, iPhone users are more profitable than Android holders; at least in the app advertising space. The infographic reveals that the average Android ...
The Cloud Hits the Catwalk
The cloud’s gotten itself a foothold in just about every industry now, and evidently, the catwalk is no exception. We’ve seen a fair amount of cloud updates circling around the fashion industry, starting with the New York Times’ coverage of the next gen fashion collection. “Today the most audacious prints and jacquards are created by ...
Pixability Raises $1M, Growing Online Video Marketing and Analysis
This afternoon video marketing company Pixabilty will announce it has secured $1 million in a round of funding. The financing round was led by the Launchpad Venture Group, and Berry Coffman will join Pixabilty’s board of directors. The sum raised will reportedly be used for product development, as well as market share expansion. “Pixability recently launched ...
This Week in Cybersecurity: From the Pentagon to HBGray
This past week has seen a lot of security news and developments, even beyond RSA 2011. However, our first update comes straight from the heart of the conference – today’s cyberwar keynote panel. The panel, which included former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, Mike McConnell and security author Bruce Schneier discussed multiple topics, ...
Visualize This: Big Data’s Got Legs!
Google’s opening up its Public Data Explorer data visualization tool today, harping on a growing trend around data visualization and the utilization of large scale data markets. Google’s Explorer currently supports 27 datasets and more than 300 metrics including government debt levels, internet speed statistics and so on, and is now available for individuals to ...
Indian Government Gains “Back Door” Access to Corporate BlackBerry E-Mails
And the BlackBerry saga lives on in international territories. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Indian federal home ministry is in talks with the country’s BlackBerry-supporting telecom service providers to give the government access to corporate emails sent and received via RIM’S BB devices. This latest move comes after a fairly long episode involving ...
