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Vocera Comms Files for $80 Million IPO

San Jose, Calif. - Vocera Communications, a San Jose-based developer of instant voice communications tools, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...

Coke Takes Share of Music Dealers

Music licensing startup Musicdealers.com formalized its partnership with the Coca-Cola Company, including a guaranteed commitment by the beverage giant to use the services of...

Twitter Attracts "Significant" Funding

Twitter confirmed a “significant” round of funding led by venture company DST Global today. In a post on the corporate blog, Twitter said several...

Hearsay Social Lands $18M in Second Round

San Francisco -- Hearsay Social, a San Francisco-based developer of web-based social media tools for brands with local branches and representatives, said on Thursday...

Smartling, Online Translator, Raises $10 Million

New York — Breaking news in another country usually appears first on that country's own media outlets, and if the country isn’t English-speaking that...

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...