The Power Of AngelList Revealed In Its New Look: 978 Deals, 48 Acquisitions

Having found traction (in 2011, 500 startups and 2,500 investors joined the community, with a total of 12,500 introductions resulting), AngelList is now on a mission to capitalize on its position and become a more advanced resource for early-stage companies. (See its experimentation with a new pitch

Flush With Funding, Video Chat Service Tango Has Social Network Ambitions

Video chat service Tango is moving in a new direction, and this week, the company closed a round of $40 million in Series C funding which will help it get there. Today, many think of Tango’s service as an up-and-coming Skype competitor, as it, too, is about real-time communication, specifically video

3DS firmware update promises folders, less cluttered home screens on April 25th

Are all those ambassador games crowding your 3DS’ home screen? Sit tight, Nintendo’s got a fix. During the outfit’s Nintendo Direct conference livestream, head honcho Satoru Iwata announced that folder organization is coming to the 3DS. Fastidiously organized gamers can expect the firmware update to

Microsoft’s greed, lack of compromise killed Halo movie

Hey, remember how back in the day, when Halo was this brand new phenomenon and everyone was talking about it being turned into a big-screen blockbuster? Remember how every studio was bidding for their shot at it? Remember how iconic director Peter Jackson was even said to be the guy who would likely

Arcturus Labs wants to take iPhone cameras to the next level

Thanks to the advent of mobile phone cameras, we’ve become a “pics or it didn’t happen” kind of society. If a tragedy happens, someone has a cell phone video of it. If a politican makes a crazy off-handed comments in a behind-closed-door meeting, someone’s got the cell phone

Facebook Credits become subject of class-action lawsuit on behalf of parents

When a 13-year-old signs up for Facebook and agrees to the terms and conditions of the site, buried within which is a phrase about consulting a parent or guardian before buying Facebook Credits, is that enough to shield the social networking site from parents who say their children are making purchases

HTC talks smartphone design: from inception to final product

At the Frequencies media summit in Seattle over the last two days, HTC walked us through the fine details on how its smartphones are developed, going from the boring rectangular ABS block to the more refined plastic mockups that are presented to carriers and focus groups — the findings of which then

Parking Panda Helps You Find, Rent & Rent Out Parking Spaces

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your st…

Google app review video shows Share to ‘Drive’ option

To close out each week, the Android Developer Relations team hosts a Friday App Review video. This Friday, however, the focus is far from whatever apps are being showcased (psst… it’s Handy Scanner); instead, all eyes are on the Share to ‘Drive’ option, seen just below the ‘Bluetooth’ logo in the screen

Enterprise space shuttle will be late to New York City

New York City is the kind of place where everyone likes to be fashionably late. And for the arrival of the city’s first space shuttle museum exhibition, it looks like Enterprise will be no exception. The vehicle will not make it to the Big Apple as previously scheduled, because the National Aeronautics