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9M Users Strong, MapMyFitness Brings Check-Ins, Advanced Google Maps Integration To Fitness Tracking

By   /  May 23, 2012  /  Startups, Web  /  No Comments

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MapMyFitness is a veteran of the online health and fitness space, with the first iteration of its website appearing back in the

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The Final Six Disrupt NYC Startups: Ark, Babelverse, Gtar, Open Garden, Sunglass, Uberconference

By   /  May 23, 2012  /  Web  /  No Comments

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It has been a wild week so far at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt in New York City. Rainstorms and traffic jams couldn’

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Airtime Acquires Former Hulu CTO’s Startup Erly, Raises $25M Series B Funding

By   /  May 23, 2012  /  Web  /  No Comments

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We’ve learned that Airtime, the video startup founded by famed Napster alums Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker, has allegedly made its first acquisition — before truly

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Wall Street Survivor Gamifies Financial Education With Help From Bunchball

By   /  May 23, 2012  /  Web  /  No Comments

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If you’re someone who thinks gamification is just a fad, you may want to look away now. To be clear, Bunchball isn’t

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Zend Framework 2.0.0beta4 Released!

By   /  May 22, 2012  /  Web  /  No Comments

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The Zend Framework community has just pushed out it’s fourth beta release! New features include: The ServiceManager, a performant, easy-to-use way to create and configure the various objects you use in your application, particularly your controllers and their dependencies. While it largely replaces ZendDi within the MVC, it also allows using DI as an abstract (fallback) factory. The InputFilter, a new, object-oriented component for filtering and validating input, whether from the web, a model, or a web service. A newly rewritten Form component, which consumes the new InputFilter, and acts as a bridge between your domain model and the view layer. Refactored Log and Crypt components. and much, much more! You can read the full release announcement on the Zend Framework 2 blog.

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Could You – Should You – Fund Your Startup With Credit Cards?

By   /  May 22, 2012  /  Startups, Web  /  No Comments

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When it comes to financing a brand-new startup, most founders find themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard

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The 15 Startups That Launched At Disrupt NYC Day 2. Who’s Your Favorite?

By   /  May 22, 2012  /  Web  /  No Comments

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Disrupt NYC day two has just wrapped up. During the conference today, Michael Arrington demanded to know from Ron Conway when he was going to run for Mayor

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Women At Kleiner Perkins: By The Numbers

By   /  May 22, 2012  /  Web  /  No Comments

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As TechCrunch was the first to report, Ellen Pao, an investment partner at Sand Hill Road venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins

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Buyou Is A Free Online Mall Brought Straight To Your iPad

By   /  May 22, 2012  /  Startups, Web  /  No Comments

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Shopping on the iPad is becoming one of the best ways to shop. You’re sitting on your couch, comfy as a bug in

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RocketFrog Wants To Build The Largest Social Casino On The Web, Myspace Tom Joins As Advisor

By   /  May 22, 2012  /  Startups, Web  /  No Comments

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One of the hottest trends in gaming right now isn’t mobile, social, or massively multiplayer games, but online casinos. This may seem somewhat surprising

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