Mailstrom, A Machete For Overloaded Inbo

Posted on March 27, 2013 by altfitfan

Mailstrom, A Machete For Overloaded Inboxes, Makes Its Official Debut With 400M+ Emails Already Under Storage http://owl.li/2vM6MI

The Top 7 Startups From Y Combinator’s

Posted on March 26, 2013 by altfitfan

The Top 7 Startups From Y Combinator’s Winter ’13 Demo Day – Y Combinator was tougher to get into than ever this season, and the quality showed on stage. 33 startups presented on the record at the incubator’s Winter 2013 Demo Day today. Picking the most promising ones was no easy task. But after a team huddle and taking input from VCs and founders, TechCrunch chose seven startups that could disrupt big businesses and make the world a better place to live. http://owl.li/2vKzCM

The Series A Bottleneck Grows Tighter, F

Posted on March 25, 2013 by altfitfan

The Series A Bottleneck Grows Tighter, Fenwick Survey Shows – While the number of seed financing deals has ballooned over the last few years as the cost of starting a company has fallen, the pace of Series A venture deals hasn’t kept up. Now it looks like the bottleneck between the seed stage and the Series A level has gotten even tighter, according to a survey from Fenwick & West, one of the best-known law firms for startups in Silicon Valley. In their annual survey of … http://owl.li/2vJ3L2

Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSl

Posted on March 24, 2013 by altfitfan

Apple Acquires Indoor GPS Startup WiFiSlam For $20M – The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Apple has acquired WiFiSlam, an indoor GPS startup that enables a smartphone to pinpoint its location — along with that of your friends — in realtime up to 2.5 meters in accuracy. http://owl.li/2vHxLd