When Bret Taylor, the ex-CTO of Facebook, co-founded mobile-first word processing app Quip with ex-Googler Kevin Gibbs, the move appeared to be a world away from the work Taylor had done to help build the world’s largest social network. But today, Taylor’s old and new worlds are getting a bit closer, as Quip unveils an update (1.7) with […]
Posted on March 20th, 2014 by admin
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Posted on March 14th, 2014 by admin
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Microsoft’s executive vice president Tami Reller announced today that the company has sold more than 200 million Windows 8 licenses. TechCrunch confirmed the data point with Microsoft. The company provided greater detail on the figure, stating that it does not “include volume license sales to enterprise,” while it does take into account upgrades to Windows 8 […]
Posted on February 15th, 2014 by admin
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The Google Search Appliance (GSA) is a rack-based server for enterprises that allows them to bring Google’s search technology in-house. Today, Google is launching a software update to GSA (version 7.2) that allows companies to more easily manage how unstructured content is indexed and gives users access to new search features, including wildcard queries. This new version also […]
Posted on February 11th, 2014 by admin
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AtTask, a company that vends a collaboration and workflow service for enterprise-level customers, has raised a fresh $38 million in capital, led by JMI Equity. The fund did see participation from prior investor Greenspring Associates in the round. The influx of capital rivals the firm’s prior raises. According to CrunchBase, AtTask had previously raised a total […]
Posted on February 9th, 2014 by admin
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In the past five years, the number of bank loans under $1 million has dropped by more than 20 percent. This puts small business owners, arguably the driving force of our economy, at a severe disadvantage when it comes to starting a business. But Jared Hecht, co-founder of startup success story GroupMe, alongside cofounders Rohan […]
Posted on February 6th, 2014 by admin
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Posted on February 4th, 2014 by admin
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Origami Logic, a startup that has created a way for marketers to analyse, visualise and glean insights from the disparate and often impenetrable big data collected by their companies, is today announcing that it has picked up another $15 million in funding, led by Jafco Ventures with participation from existing investors Accel and Lightspeed. Origami […]
Posted on February 3rd, 2014 by admin
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Intercom, a platform for companies to provide personalised customer responses online, is today announcing that it has raised another $23 million — funding that it will use to continue to develop its product, particularly in mobile, and expand its marketing to compete against bigger players like Oracle, SAP and Salesforce (the behemoth that even uses […]
Posted on January 26th, 2014 by admin
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Three years ago, a team of researchers, entrepreneurs and data geeks set out on an ambitious mission: To put the world’s technology startups under the microscope in an effort to better understand why some succeed and why 90 percent eventually go the way of the dinosaur. Fast forward to today, and The Startup Genome (as […]
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