Alarm.com buys out its owners for $27.7 million
Web-based security firm Alarm.com said today it has completed a $27.7 million management buyout of the company’s majority owner, MicroStrategy. The buyout was led...
Tzero Technologies shuts down; that’s the end of ultrawideband
Goodbye to another ultra-wideband company. Tzero Technologies has shut down its business of making wireless chips for transferring high-speed video from one consumer electronics...
Mixm8 developing a virtual world for music lovers
Outso is developing a new virtual world dubbed Mixm8 for music lovers. In the world, you can meet friends, organize and attend music gigs,...
Independent Games, Bitmob, and Me
Editor’s note: Obviously, I have my bias. But I really do think that Bitmob promotes the same rough-and-tumble attitude that many indie developers do....
Taking on giants, GamesCampus and Cybersports move into online sports
Taking on giants is part of what it means to be a startup. Today, two young game companies are launching online sports leagues —...
Web 2.0 Summit: a conversation with venture capitalist John Doerr
Journalist John Heileman is interviewing John Doerr on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today. His first question: Who should Barack...
WWDC live blogging: Next up, games on the iPhone with Sega’s Super Monkey Ball and more
Apple’s first guest on stage today at the WWDC conference is Ethan Einhorn from Sega to talk about an iPhone game: Super Monkey Ball....
Vollee helps Second Life make the leap into mobile
Fans of Second Life can now access the virtual world through their mobile phones, thanks to a Redwood City, Calif. startup called Vollee. Squeezing...