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Amazon Exceeds Wall Street Expectations

San Francisco, Calif. — Amazon’s earnings and revenue have jumped 51 percent despite reporting an 8 percent decline Tuesday in earnings for second quarter...

Google+ Popularity Adds $45B to Net Market Value

Mountain View, Calif. — Google’s encore decision to dive into the social media market is paying off — big time. In just under one month...

Online Dictionary Wordnik Garners $8M in Funding, Horowitz Joins Board

San Mateo, Calif. — Worknik, a start-up which develops online tools for locating and understanding words, has raised an additional $8 million in a...

WhiteHat Security Lands $8 Million Investment

WhiteHat Security, the Web security company, today announced $8 million in new capital funding from Investor Growth Capital. The company said the funds will...

CloudBees Raises $10.5 Million, Led by Lightspeed Venture

Boston — CloudBees, a cloud computing software start-up, sealed an additional $10.5 million in Series B financing Monday to further the development of their...

Quid Raises $10 M from Conway, Zennstrom & Founders Fund

San Francisco, Calif. — Quid, a quantitative analysis startup, has raised $10 million in a Series C funding round from some well-known names. The funding...

Netflix Revenues Up 52%

Investor’s love of Netflix may not have done the subscription company any favors regarding its second quarter earnings, since the figures reported on today’s...

Diversion Gets $1 M Ad Deal, Backing from Tornante & Tomorrow...

Los Angeles, Calif. — Diversion Inc., a social gaming studio, raised an undisclosed amount in a Series B funding round from Google chairman Eric...

Verizon Reports Solid Earnings, Good iPhone 4 Sales

Basking Ridge, N.J. — Verizon Communication released its quarterly report on Friday, showing revenue growth to $27.5 billion in a recent quarter and a...

Twitter Funding at $8 Billion Valuation

San Francisco, Calif. — Twitter is believed to be in the process of completing an $800 million funding deal that will value the company...