Mobile Video Sharing App Socialcam Acquired By Autodesk For $60 Million There’s been a race on over the last year among mobile video sharing apps, many of which have sought to replicate the same type of success that Instagram had with photo sharing. We’ve seen a number of startups — like Socialcam, Viddy, and Klip — trying to attract new users by providing a platform for shooting interesting video

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Group Buying In The Baltics: Cherry Media Claims Top E-Commerce Spot Groupon-style group buying is alive and well in the Baltics it would seem. Cherry Media, the largest daily deals operator in the region, has put out some impressive numbers today: In the first half of this year, the two-year old startup has sold €12.48 million worth of partner merchants’ services and goods, more than double the €

Samsung Lays Out $310M For CSR’s Mobile Business, And Crucially, Its IP Samsung has acquired the mobile business of British chipmaker CSR for $310 million. CSR, a public company, has been hit by the falling fortunes of its customers such as Research in Motion and Nokia, with its share price dropping by as much as 50 percent in the past couple of years. There also appears to be a global patent play

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The 1990s were a time when nothing said “I love you” like a mix tape. Teens expressed their angst-tinged love with songs from bands fond of scraggly hair-dos and flannel. Memories of the '90s alternative rock scene resurfaced this week with new singles from No Doubt and Green Day, and the reformation of Ben Folds Five. To celebrate this trifecta of '90s-related music news, we hopped in the time ma

Name: AppStori Quick Pitch: Developers use your input to create better mobile applications. Genius Idea: Connecting developers to consumers to create collaborative mobile applications. We've all had ideas for what we think would be a great mobile application, but few of us have the savvy to build one. These floating ideas don't go anywhere, until now. AppStori allows consumers to have their say in

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Started in London and now around the world, OpenCoffee Club is a regular, open and informal meeting place for people involved in startups to meet. Welcome to the OpenCoffee Club online network. The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow. Read the blog post that started the ball rolling. This

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Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo as of Monday, is pregnant. After announcing she would be leaving Google after 13 years, the 37-year-old's whirlwind day continued as she told Fortune she was expecting a baby boy Oct. 7. "He's super-active," Mayer said. "He moves around a lot. My doctor says that he takes after his parents." While this may seem like an overwhelming day for Mayer, she's known abo

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Marc Andreessen: Marissa Mayer Faces Steve Jobs-like Challenge Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the groundbreaking Netscape browser and now one of Silicon Valley's best-known VCs, had some very qualified praise for new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer on Monday. "I'm super happy for Marissa," Andreessen said on stage at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, noting that it clearly marked a pivot in

Marc Andreessen Dances Around Facebook IPO, Says ‘The Public Market Hates Tech Stocks’ The debate over whether the Facebook IPO was or wasn’t a disaster is probably getting a bit tired, but at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen, the magazine’s managing editor Andy Serwer couldn’t resist asking venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, albeit indirectly. Andreessen is on Facebook’s board of di

Name: The Cools Quick Pitch: Users can personalize their product feed by following different boutiques, designers and style mavens. Genius Idea: The ability to purchase items directly on the social interface distinguishes it from other online retailers. Using The Cools for the first time is a lot like peeking into the closet of your favorite fashion icon. You'll want one of everything. The Cools i

Here are 10 highlights that have us looking forward to turning on the small screen this summer and next fall: Dexter Spoiler alert: The following clip contains a spoiler for viewers who haven't watched season 6's final episode. Showtime unleashed the first two minutes of Dexter's season 7. The clip for the serial-killer drama shows Debra Morgan catching Dexter Morgan standing beside a corpse with

Kevin Rose spoke at Tahoe Tech Talk this morning. I captured some notes from the event below:1. Kevin Rose spoke at Tahoe Tech Talk this morning. I captured some notes from the event below: 1.) Go build it. If you really believe in something, you should just build it. If you love it, it won't feel like work. It's okay to drop out of college if you have an awesome idea. 2.) Build & release. List ou

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