Amit Chowdhry | September 30, 2011 | 1,392 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Lists

If you are reading this blog, odds are that you a tech geek. If you also happen to be a cinephile, you may have seen all of the movies below. But for those of you that are looking to kick back and relax while watching a geek flick: break out the popcorn and check out the list of 40 movies that every geek must watch below:

Amit Chowdhry | September 29, 2011 | 621 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google, Google Analytics
If you run a website and do not have Google Analytics, then you are missing out. Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has revamped Google Analytics to support real-time activity monitoring. To get started, click on the “New Version” link at the top right of Google Analytics. Real-time reports are within the Dashboards section of Google Analytics. The changes will be rolled out in the coming weeks, but you can request early
Amit Chowdhry | September 28, 2011 | 465 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Aaron Levie, Andreessen Horowitz, Box.net, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Dylan Smith, Emergence Capital, Emergence Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Salesforce.com, Scale Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners

Box.net has raised a new round of $50 million in funding. Investors in this round include Salesforce.com, Andreessen Horowitz, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Emergence Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, Scale Venture Partners, and U.S. Venture Partners. Box.net has now raised a total of $128 million. Box.net has 7 million users and 300 million documents are stored on their service. Box.net was founded in 2005 by Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith in 2005. About 77% of the Fortune 500 uses Box.net’s cloud storage solutions service. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | September 28, 2011 | 575 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Groupon, Groupon Goods, Rajen Ruparell

Groupon has launched an online retail division called Groupon Goods for people in the USA. Groupon Goods has deals on products like LED TVs and coffee brewers.

Amit Chowdhry | September 28, 2011 | 422 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Brad Smith, Horacio Gutierrez, HTC, Microsoft Corporation, Motorola Mobility, Samsung Electronics Inc.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced a cross-licensing deal with Samsung Electronics. Microsoft will receive royalty revenue on every Android tablet and smartphone sold by Samsung. Microsoft has a similar deal in place with HTC.

Amit Chowdhry | September 28, 2011 | 474 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Amazon, Amazon Kindle Fire, Amazon.com

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced the Kindle Fire tablet computer. The Kindle Fire has a 7-inch display and sells for $199. While this may appear to be Amazon’s direct challenge to Apple’s $199 iPad tablet, the Kindle Fire tablet does not have a camera, microphone, or 3G wireless network connection. The Kindle Fire runs on Google’s Android software. The Kindle Fire can be ordered today. The Fire has WiFi connectivity and a 30-day free trial of Amazon Prime. Amazon’s tablet is not exactly based entirely on the Android operating system. They have added some of their own elements to the operating system. [Bloomberg]
Amit Chowdhry | September 26, 2011 | 515 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under MenuPages, New York Media, Seamless

Seamless is a New York City based food ordering company. Seamless started in 1999 and was known as SeamlessWeb. Seamless has acquired MenuPages for $15 million from New York Media. Seamless now has the right to sell ads against MenuPages content for a year also.

Amit Chowdhry | September 26, 2011 | 999 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Chernin Group, David Karp, Greylock Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Richard Branson, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Tumblr, Union Square Ventures

Tumblr is a popular blogging service that has raised $85 million in a new round of funding. Tumblr is best known for simple blogging tools to post photos, videos, songs, etc. The investment in this round was led by Greylock Partners. Insight Venture Partners, the Chernin Group, Richard Branson, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, and Sequoia Capital also participated in this round.
