News about technology, startups and entrepreneurship, handpicked by our team. de http://www.redalpine.com/ Fri, 18 May 2012 03:30:17 GMT Rakuten has confirmed that it has led a $100 million round of investment in Pinterest. Of the investment, Rakuten CEO Hiroshi Mikitani says, “While some may see e-commerce as a straightforward vending machine-like experience, we believe it is a living process where both retailers and consumers can communicate, discover, and curate to make the experience more entertaining. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=4a6bfd8a3058e065145d2cc5b606402d Thu, 17 May 2012 15:09:28 +0000 This infographic, created by our friends at mbaonline.com, imagines the road leading up to the decade’s most-anticipated initial public offering, as if it were documented on its own Facebook Timeline. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=8dedfcbffb1466c7871d6060ad0315fe Thu, 17 May 2012 13:58:34 +0000 Late Monday, the social network raised the price range for its IPO to $34 to $38 a share, from $28 to $35 a share, said a person familiar with the matter, in a sign of investor appetite for the offering. The Menlo Park, Calif., company's initial price range put Facebook's valuation at $77 billion to $96 billion, but that rises to $93 billion to $104 billion under the new price range, said the person familiar with the matter, as investor interest ramps up. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=ad8318f671c953050f8426b6e262fb62 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:21:14 +0000 Based on an insect’s compound eye, the projector is a wafer of tiny LEDs that can twist and turn depending on position. This means there is no “keystoning” and the beams striking the surface will always be “crisp and clear.” http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=cd280f8c132b42374b7357e05dcff322 Mon, 14 May 2012 07:29:14 +0000 Punchbowl is now an authorized reseller of Amazon Gift Cards, so you can include a digital gift card of between $25 and $500 (without an expiration date) along with your digital greeting. The news is coming out just barely before Mother’s Day (that’s this Sunday, for the delinquent among you), so if you need a last-minute save, this could be the right option. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=8594af2423e9ce23885d95c89bea2f10 Sat, 12 May 2012 13:04:39 +0000 Im Zuge der Anfangs-Keynote der NEXT-Konferenz 2012 hat Telekom-Chef René Obermann ein eigenes Inkubator-Programm vorgestellt. Mit hub:raum sollen viel versprechende Startups aus den Bereichen der Telekommunikations- und Internetdiensten sowie den digitalen Medien eine Anfangsfinanzierung erhalten, aber auch durch die gute Vernetzung des Konzerns profitieren. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=6c57b18e40b5e995195f5cd263e9a3d7 Tue, 08 May 2012 13:08:01 +0000 The app soft-launched back in July to get a round of public beta users on the platform, with an official iPad app launch in February. But the app still wasn’t quite ready to go big or go home until now, thanks to the addition of a few key social features to keep users coming back for more. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=d469016624005fcc5648714d4449878f Tue, 08 May 2012 09:34:51 +0000 Mallory Kievman, a 13-year-old from Manchester, Conn., invented the lollipop in her kitchen after a bout of annoying hiccups. The pops are made with apple cider vinegar and sugar. The vinegar, she told the New York Times, overstimulates the nerves in your throat responsible for hiccups and “cancels out the message to hiccup.” http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=762f343487251b452d09a0d45f04cc94 Sat, 05 May 2012 09:16:16 +0000 Twitter isn’t looking to go public anytime soon, if Twitter CEO Dick Costolo’s comments at Wired‘s business conference in New York City Tuesday are to be believed. “You IPO because you want to finance the growth of your business,” said Costolo. “Our business is growing on its own organically. We have plenty of money in the bank from private financing. [An IPO] is not something I worry or think about.” http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=fe3d5db12c0ffcdeb8cad2f7e2c6f683 Wed, 02 May 2012 06:08:36 +0000 The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook will begin pitching its stock to investors starting Monday of next week, and should the social network be successful in obtaining interest, it will hold its initial public offering on May 18th. Apparently, that date isn't set in stone, as the publication's anonymous sources say Facebook might push things back a day or two either way, but it looks like the company is seeking to raise that cash sooner rather than later. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=cbb8a3de877ea5bea53362191cc6cd5a Wed, 02 May 2012 06:07:42 +0000 Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins who claimed to have played a big part in starting up Facebook and sued CEO Mark Zuckerberg for their share, have now become venture capitalists, announcing their new firm Friday morning on the CNBC show Squawk Box. They’re off to a good start, considering that Winklevoss Capital is presumably financed by the equity they drew from the settlement with Facebook CEO Zuckerberg. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=538d8cf93b6dab097cddebe56191bf7d Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:16:46 +0000 Mountain View-based Shape Security is announcing this morning that it has raised $6 million in series A financing, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=8311736ddf948e15d5e5c72931edcd2b Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:03:01 +0000 A startup called Wajam has created a more useful social search experience for Google than Google could. It first launched its free browser extension last year and includes social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+ in search results. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=09ff996ba8021fed50e9d668430990a5 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:01:03 +0000 NimbleTV CEO Anand Subramanian tells Brian Stelter of the NY Times, “We’ve all heard about TV Everywhere for a long time. One of the questions that’s bothered me is, why is it not here yet?” http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=e0e86f0c608f3cc92defca04e847daf4 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:55:11 +0000 Merck has scooped up worldwide rights to Endocyte's late-stage ovarian cancer drug in a billion-dollar deal, paying $120 million upfront and committing up to $880 million in milestones. And West Lafayette, IN-based Endocyte will also get co-promotion rights and a split of U.S. profits while earning double-digit royalties in the rest of the world. http://www.redalpine.com/industry-news-single/?newsid=d92d82e99650f7a278be3d76528f91ea Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:40:58 +0000