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Interview: Index Ventures Says This Is Not a Bubble
4 Entrepreneurs in Europe have long complained about the lack of a vibrant venture capital industry —something many feel holds businesses from the old world back. But while it’s certainly true the continent doesn’t boast an equivalent to valley royalty like Kleiner Perkins or Sequoia, it does have its stars. Chief among them is Index Ventures, the London-and-Geneva based outfit that has scored a seq
Social Fundraising Site Fundly Raises $2 Million of its Own
8 Today, social fundraising platform Fundly announced that it had closed a $2 million seed funding round led by a group of Silicon Valley investors. Using AngelList, a marketplace that makes it easy for startups to connect with angels, Fundly assembled a laundry list of reputable investors, including Mitch Kapor and Stephen DeBerry of Kapor Capital, Trevor Kienzle of Correlation Ventures, George Zac
Now Anyone Can Sync Google Docs & Microsoft Office
70 Google just made it easier for people to collaborate with each other using Microsoft Office by officially launching Google Cloud Connect Thursday.The service, which has been in beta since November, is now available to all and uses Google’s vast cloud to store and synchronize any Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel document.If you have Microsoft Office, using Google Cloud Connect is as easy as d
10 Essential Online Resources for Preparing Your Small Business Taxes
4 This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.With record-keeping and quarterly payments, tax planning is a year-round event for the small business owner.Tax-related activities, though, inevitably take on a new sense of urgency as April 15 looms near. While tax time c
40 New Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed
2 The long winter is almost over and as the weather gets ever better we at Mashable are hard at work bring you a list of tools and resources for your digital life.Here you’ll find stories on how a computer beat Jeopardy champions, pics of the latest toys from this year’s New York Toy Fair, and a load of hands-on demos and impressions from the Mobile World Congress.Looking for even more social med
5 Ways Mobile Will Transform Commerce
6 David Sims covers the payment and data sectors for O’Reilly Radar and is the author of “ePayments: Emerging Platforms, Embracing Mobile and Confronting Identity.”Given everything your smartphone does for you now, from mapping the skies to tracking your rides and delivering your website analytics, isn’t it a bit surprising how difficult it is to buy stuff with it? Mobile commerce — like flying c
How Open Data Initiatives Can Improve City Life
2 Major city governments across North America are looking for ways to share civic data — which normally resides behind secure firewalls — with private developers who can leverage it to serve city residents via web and mobile apps. Cities can spend on average between $20,000 and $50,000 — even as much as $100,000 — to cover the costs of opening data, but that’s a small price to pay when you consid
10 Online Tools and Tips for the Budding Entrepreneur
12 Scott Gerber is a serial entrepreneur, syndicated columnist, public speaker and author of Never Get a “Real” Job. The content of this post was sourced from the Young Entrepreneur Council, a non-profit led by the world’s top young entrepreneurs. You can submit your questions to this group on YoungEntrepreneurCouncil.com.Budding business owners should go virtual wherever and whenever possible. In
5 Website Features You Can Easily Offload to Reduce Costs
16 This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.The term “offload” or “offloading” in information technology and computer science refers to the transfer of something from your system to an external system. In the context of websites, your system is your website (and you
Bill Dudley Remarks On The Regional Economy And Trends In Household Debt
Regional Economy and Trends in Household Debt William C. Dudley, President and Chief Executive Officer Remarks at the Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing, New York City Good morning and welcome once again to the New York Fed's Quarterly Regional Economic Press Briefing. I am pleased to have this opportunity to talk with the journalists cover
Lessons From TechCrunch Disrupt Audience Choice Winner Badgeville’s Launch
2 Editor’s note: This guest post was written by Kris Duggan, CEO and founder of Badgeville, which launched at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco in September 2010. Prior to founding Badgeville, Duggan held positions at Socialtext and WebEx. I was honored to have been selected to launch my social rewards and analytics company, Badgeville, this past September at TechCrunch Disrupt. Badgeville made it
Nokia Partners With Microsoft, Embraces Windows Phone 7
A couple of days ago, an unusually honest internal memo from Nokia CEO Stephen Elop revealed that the company is at a crossroads and that a new smartphone strategy is necessary.Today, Nokia and Microsoft have officially entered a strategic alliance that makes Windows Phone 7 Nokia’s primary smartphone platform, but also extends into many other Microsoft services such as Bing, Xbox Live and Offi
Nokia Confirms Microsoft Partnership, New Leadership Team, Organizational Changes
18 Ahead of its Strategy and Financial Briefing in London, Nokia has shared some details on what it plans to announce at the event. As expected, the company is aligning its strategy with Microsoft. By now, you’ve probably seen the ‘burning platform’ memo penned by the fresh CEO of the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop (the existence of the brutally ho
My Life as an EIR
10 From 2003 to 2008, I helped build MySQL into $100 million business, then sold it to Sun Microsystems for $1 billion cash. By the time Oracle acquired Sun in early 2010, I was ready to take a few months off. I travelled across the U.S., Europe and Mongolia, learned to play blues guitar and cycled a couple thousand miles. By September, I wanted to re-engage, but I wasn’t sure what kind of opportunit
Watch Bernanke And Ron Paul In Two Separate Hearings Discuss The Impact Of Monetary Policy On Jobs
2 Federal Reserve Chairman Rudolph Shalom Von Bernankestein will testify before the House Budget Committee starting at 10 am Eastern today. Congressional employees of the Fed and the Banking syndicate are expected to question the Fed's plans on avoiding inflation and the current unemployment rate. We expect more of the same "QE is working because after spending $2 trillion we got 650,000 part time j
Richmond Fed's Lacker Says FOMC Should "Seriously" Re-Evaluate QE2
2 Yesterday Richard Fisher, now it is Jeffrey Lacker's turn to speak out against QE2 and inflation concerns. Just more jawboning or are we actually going to see more dissenting votes finally? Keep in mind Lacker is an alternate member on the FOMC board in year 2011 and is not a voting member. From remarks presented by Lacker to the University of Delaware: "The Committee recognized that the provision
Nokia releases Symbian update for N8, C7 and C6-01, it's not the one you've been waiting for
What we once knew as Symbian^3 was simplified into "just Symbian" a few months back, ostensibly to make updates faster and easier for Nokia to execute. Well, huzzah huzzah, here's your first update. Version 1.1 of the new Symbian enhances communications by allowing you to accept meeting requests straight from an email and also integrating maps so that you may view the location as well. Besides th
The Economic Outlook and Macroeconomic Policy
Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. February 3, 2011 > Good afternoon. I am pleased to be here at the National Press Club, and I’m especially glad for the opportunity to have a conversation with journalists who write about economic policy from our nation’s capital. Your job is not easy, but it is essential. Virtually every American is affected by developme
How Kraft’s Face-Scanning Tech Will Tell You What You Like to Eat
After a harried day in the office, meal planning may be the last thing on your mind. It might be evident on your face, though.That’s the premise behind an interactive technology Kraft and Intel recently introduced called the “Meal Planning Solution.” The kiosk-like display, which is likely to show up in at least one retail location this year, is meant to help weary shoppers find new recipes dur
Full Ben Bernanke Speech Before National Press Club
The lies come hot and heavy:Initial claims for unemployment insurance have generally been trending down, and indicators of job openings and firms' hiring plans have improvedQE 'Effective at easing financial conditions' Recovery likely to be 'more rapid' in 2011 than 2010'Overall inflation remains quite low'Recovery in consumer, business spending may be solidEconomy seems to have strengthened in
10 Easy Ways to Show Your Employees You Love Them
30 This post originally appeared on Dyn.com, a world leader in managed DNS, powering the best brands on the web including Gowalla, Mashable, Twitter, Wikia and more. Follow @DynInc on Twitter.While Valentine’s Day is traditionally the time to show your sweetheart how much you care, we think that employers should mark this occasion by showing their employees how much they value them.Here at Mashabl
Verve Wireless Acquires Mobile Ad Technology Company Deconstruct Media
Verve Wireless, which helps local media companies monetize their mobile inventory, has acquired Deconstruct Media, a mobile advertising technology company founded by a team of former Advertising.com product and engineering execs. Deconstruct offers an automated mobile display advertising system that allows mobile publishers to manage their ad sales and offer their ad inventory through a self-se
Boulder’s eSpace Center Wants To Make Aerospace A Startup-Friendly Industry
2 Private sector space tech companies — from Virgin Galactic to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) — have been doing what only government agencies were empowered to do in earlier generations, launch vehicles into space, improve the fuel efficiency of aircraft, and more. A Boulder-based incubator called The eSpace Center for Space Entrepreneurship still thinks the industry could be friendlier to startu
HOW TO: Land a Job at 9 Hot Startups
18 Today’s startups have the potential to become tomorrow’s legendary public offerings. While still in their nascent stage today, startups such as Path, Instagram and Picplz hope to change the world through mobile photos; Foursquare has the same lofty goal for location. Others like Twilio or Invovler serve as powerful gateways helping others find their ways to bigger audiences and faster success,
Xbox veteran Ed Fries joins Razer in an advisory role, probably to work on something awesome
2 What do you do after spending nearly three decades tinkering with software -- from the humble Atari, through Microsoft Office, and into the modernity of Xbox gaming? Well, in Ed Fries' case, we're guessing you go to CES, find the wildest, most awesome gaming concept around, and sign up with its maker to help guide its development. Again, we're guessing that's what Ed's done, we can't know for sur
Presenting The Companies Most Exposed To A Slowdown In Government Spending
4 Following the release of the yesterday's revised CBO projections, we, together with anyone with half a brain, were stunned by the ridiculous assumption that somehow the US government can grow its revenue by 50% (!) in the span of 3 years. Since absent a wholesale increase in taxes, which won't happen ahead of the Obama presidential elections, this has a snowball's chance in happening, the only rec
Kinect and the Power of Big Broadband
14 Whichever way you slice it, I am not much of a fan of Microsoft products. Sure I like the Microsoft Office for Mac, but beyond that, I don’t think any Redmond-based products make much of an impact in my daily life. That was up until Microsoft introduced Kinect and its motion-capture technology that is in equal parts astounding, joyful and amazing. To say I am besotted with it would be an understat