Amit Chowdhry | February 25, 2010 | 613 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under T-Mobile

T-Mobile added about 1 million subscribers in 2009, thus increasing the total number to 33.8 million customers. Even though there was an increase in subscribers, the company’s yearly revenue declined to about $21.5 billion which is about a 1.6% drop in year over year. The company’s net income for the year was $306 million which dropped from the previous year’s $483 million. [BGR]
Amit Chowdhry | February 25, 2010 | 2,650 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Music Mastermind

Music Mastermind is a company that develops music creation products and software. The company announced today that they have raised $4.9 million in funding from a set of undisclosed angel investors. The company showcased some of their products at this year’s past CES conference. Music Mastermind’s software could essentially take someone’s vocals and sync beats to it. Music Mastermind is based in Calabasas, California and started in 2008. They have about 15 employees and they plan to double that by the middle of this year. [VentureBeat]
Amit Chowdhry | February 25, 2010 | 10,098 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Garrett Camp, StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon founder Garrett Camp just sent out a tweet that said “Do you know a rockstar PHP architect? We are now offering a $10,000 referral bonus for this position at StumbleUpon!” StumbleUpon is based in San Francisco, California. Below is some of the credentials that they are looking for:
* PHP expert with strong LAMP stack experience.
* BS in computer science or related field.
* 5+ years experience designing and building commercial internet applications.
* Experience building large-scale web-applications.
* Experience with Javascript and SQL.
* Experience using Memcache in large scale production environments.
* Experience working in small development teams within large-scale operations environments.
* Familiarity with StumbleUpon.
The official application page is located here: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2xATta/stumbleupon.com/jobs/#PHP%20Architect. Check out our previous StumbleUpon coverage here: pulse2.com/category/stumbleupon.
Amit Chowdhry | February 24, 2010 | 1,116 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Conan O'Brien, Twitter

“Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me,” stated Conan O’Brien in his first tweet. Conan O’Brien joined Twitter about 4 hours ago and has over 100,000 followers now. Looks like he found something to do now that he no longer has a job at NBC. Another funny part about O’Brien’s Twitter account is that his Bio says “I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.” Conan’s username is @conanobrien.
Amit Chowdhry | February 24, 2010 | 1,796 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Twitter

Twitter users are currently being hit by a phishing attack. If you use Twitter and received a direct message that says “This you????” followed by a link, DO NOT CLICK THAT link. The link leads you to another website where you are asked to login using Twitter. Instead of logging into a website where there is Twitter support, you are actually e-mailing your user name and password to the website owner. Change your password immediately if you have fallen for the trick. [Sophos via Mashable]
Amit Chowdhry | February 24, 2010 | 1,015 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Grazia Equity, Quantenna Communications, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Swisscom, Venrock Associates

Quantenna Communications has raised $15 million from Grazia Equity, Sequoia Capital, Sigma Partners, Southern Cross Venture Partners, Swisscom, and Venrock Associates. This is Quantenna’s fourth round of funding. The company develops Wi-Fi wireless radio chip sets that uses ways to improve the signals of Wi-Fi networks. Quantenna claims that their Wi-Fi chips can transfer data at a speed of 145 megabits per second at a range of 60 feet. Existing Wi-Fi chips are capable of 95 megabits per second. [VentureBeat]
Amit Chowdhry | February 24, 2010 | 776 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under PeerPong, Ro Choy

Doll Capital Management, First Round Capital, Charles River Ventures, and Partech International has invested $2.8 million in PeerPong. PeerPong is a self-proclaimed social search startup that is currently in stealth mode. PeerPong is led by Ro Choy. Choy is the former chief revenue officer of RockYou.
Amit Chowdhry | February 24, 2010 | 1,439 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Akio Toyoda, DENSO International, FBI, Tokai Rika, Yazaki

The FBI has raised the offices of DENSO International, Yazaki North America, and Tokai Rika in Detroit as part of an investigation of Toyota Motor Company. Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda faced the United States Congress earlier today to discuss the gas pedals issue. [Jalopnik]