Mary Meeker releases stunning data on the state of the Internet
Mary Meeker's huge, well-researched slideshows are a treasure trove of data on the state of the Internet. Here's her latest, with highlights called out by VentureBeat. Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, has just published her latest huge deck of amazingly useful data, the “2012 Internet Trends Year-End Update.” Meeker is delivering her report to a group of Students at S
Marissa Mayer and Menlo Ventures invest $13.9M in Getaround
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Getaround, the car-sharing marketplace that makes it dead easy to take a spin in a stranger’s car, has pulled in $13.9 million in first round funding from an all-star cast of investors: Menlo Ventures’ Shervin Pishevar, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors, actor Ashton Kut
FlyingFlips launches crowdsourced flipflops with a soul for soles
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Crowdsourcing is hot. Flipflops are cool (at least in summer). And charity is always in fashion. Put all three together, and you’ve pretty much got FlyingFlips. The Vancouver-based startup just launched from beta and is looking to own the fashion flipflop market with uniqu
Le Tote launches the Netflix of fashion clothing
A new outfit, as often as you want it, with accessories, for only $49/month. That’s what new fashion rental startup Le Tote is offering young urban women. And the founders are hoping that women’s rich history of sharing clothes will make the company as successful as some other rental successes. Netflix, anyone? “Women only wear 10-20 percent of what’s in their closet,” co-founder Rakesh Tondon exp
Can these four Korean startups make a splash internationally?
Can these four Korean startups make a splash internationally? South Korea is in the midst of revitalizing its startup community. It is moving away from a stigma of failure and encouraging more youngsters to forgo the traditional notion of school in exchange for entrepreneurship. Indeed, many in Korea believe the only path is to finish your degree and then work for one of the country’s powerhouses:
Why HotelTonight is a deal company I can get behind
Discount hotel app HotelTonight announced $23 million in funding yesterday. It’s the kind of deal company I can get behind. (Disclosure: HotelTonight provided me a $100 credit to try the service.) HotelTonight offers deals to last-minute travelers through iPad, iPhone, and Android apps. It’s an exercise in simplicity: Launch the app, select a city, and you see which hotels are available for the ni
The Top 10 Russian internet entrepreneurs you need to know about
Russia is now the largest internet market in Europe, with more than 55 million online users. So who are the trailblazers to watch in this new web frontier? Here are ten. Russia is now the largest internet market in Europe, with more than 55 million online users. Russian internet market leaders, Yandex and London-listed Mail.ru Group, both reported a year-over-year revenue growth of 50 percent for
6 promising startups spotted at the Launch Festival
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More There were quite a few interesting companies presenting their ideas at the Launch Festival in San Francisco this week. These were the startups that struck me. (I only attended the first day of the conference.) For the purposes of this story, “interesting” means that they c
A private social network, just for you and your sweetie
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The Korean entrepreneurs behind Between have a charming idea: Let couples create one-on-one social networks for purely private sharing. With the app, from South Korea-based VCNC, two people can connect with each another to share private photos and secret messages. The priv
Buffer tweets for you, when the time is right
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Buffer, a social network scheduling service, chooses when to send out your status updates for you and just added LinkedIn to its repertoire, along with Facebook and Twitter. Several companies have taken on the service of scheduling tweets and Facebook updates, letting you
After 10M downloads in 1 year, Scan gets $1.7M from Menlo and Google Ventures to perfect QR codes
After 10M downloads in 1 year, Scan gets $1.7M from Menlo and Google Ventures to perfect QR codes GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playing games here. Like most people, Garrett Gee thought the exper
Every 60 seconds in social media (infographic)
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More A single minute may be barely enough time to construct a rational thought, but it’s time enough for social media denizens to inundate the web with their status updates, tweets, checkins, and photos. Every 60 seconds in social media, two million videos are viewed on YouTube
Smartphone ownership linked to age and wealth
GamesBeat Next is connecting the next generation of video game leaders. And you can join us, coming up October 28th and 29th in San Francisco! Take advantage of our buy one, get one free pass offer. Sale ends this Friday, August 16th. Join us by registering here. Young or old, if you’re loaded, you’re far more likely to own a smartphone. The finding comes from analytics firm Nielsen. The company s
Flickr co-founder announces newest startup & newest funding
Caterina Fake (pictured), who previously co-founded photo-sharing megalith Flickr, has just taken the wraps off Pinwheel, her brand-new app. Pinwheel is currently in private beta; Fake says it’s a way to “find and leave notes all over the world… A note, like a photo, can be a container for all kinds of things. It is the perfect social object.” The notes users create are pinned to locations. They c
Listen up! Exfm triples its user base following relaunch, raises fresh $1.5M
Listen up! Exfm triples its user base following relaunch, raises fresh $1.5M GamesBeat is excited to partner with Lil Snack to have customized games just for our audience! We know as gamers ourselves, this is an exciting way to engage through play with the GamesBeat content you have already come to love. Start playing games here. Back in October music discovery service Exfm attempted to transform
WePay serves the “unsophisticated” online seller
WePay, the company that makes it easy for Joe Schmo to charge people online, has officially helped over 25,000 customers, and is releasing other numbers today. “When we first built this company, we said we’re going to make it really easy for normal people to collect money online from groups of friends,” said chief operating officer Rich Aberman in an interview with VentureBeat. “It’d be a way for
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