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Within its first minutes as a public company, Groupon shares soared to about $28 — 40% more than the opening price. Right now, the daily deals group-buying site’s market value is almost $18 billion. It’s not unusual for a company’s … Continue reading →

ScrollMotion’s story is well-known to Mashable readers. The small New York City-based company creates technology that powers digital editions for some of the world’s largest publishers — everything from children’s books to magazines to textbooks. The company has pushed thousands … Continue reading →

Google, enormously successful in online advertising, might be casting an envious eye toward the $150 billion-per-year pay television market. Such a venture has the potential to turn today’s business of television advertising and distribution upside down. The company’s already announced … Continue reading →

Brett Miller is the president of Custom Software by Preston (CSP). For more than 10 years, CSP has impressed clients with highly effective software solutions and teams of multi-talented software engineers. Remember the old 80/20 rule? The same applies to … Continue reading →

Oh, those whimsical Google nerds. The Mountain View-based search giant may not have Apple’s design chops, but it certainly knows how to code a good joke. We got a taste of that fact on Thursday with the highly popular “Do … Continue reading →

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 startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. Name: SideTour Quick Pitch: SideTour lets … Continue reading →

CastleVille may be the newest “Ville” game in Zynga’s lineup, but it is a game all its own, thanks to its living world and MMORPG (massive multiplayer online role playing game) elements. The game, which is making its debut Friday … Continue reading →

At face value, identity feels so simple. I’m just me, and you’re just you. But, enter the world of the web and everything becomes exponentially more difficult. Will we ever have the equivalent of a “driver’s license” (i.e., a ubiquitous … Continue reading →

Oh, Mars. As the possible next step in human space exploration, the Red Planet is bound to be visited by us bipeds someday. So what’s the best way to make sure something doesn’t go wrong? Make a simulated, 520 day-long … Continue reading →

In this fascinating raw footage from 1990, Steve Jobs talks at great length (for 50 minutes) to a WGBH-Boston interviewer about computers, the efficiency of human beings’ locomotion compared with the animal kingdom, his early experience with programming and his … Continue reading →