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From Startup to IPO: Groupon’s Major Milestones

Groupon Offers One Local Deal Per Day, Nov. 2008 The social buying website Groupon provides one remarkable deal every day for each city they support – Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, … Continue reading

TVGuide.com Watchlist Predicts Fall TV Shows’ Success

Nine of the top 10 new fall TV shows on TVGuide.com‘s Watchlist were picked up for a second season, illustrating the platform’s success in predicting hits, said Christy Tanner, EVP and general manager of TVGuide.com. Tanner, who spoke at Mashable‘s … Continue reading

AT&T LTE Service Coming to New York City

AT&T’s high-speed LTE service will be coming to New York City “very soon,” says Larry Solomon, SVP of communications for AT&T. Solomon, who broke the news at Mashable‘s Media Summit Friday, declined to be more specific about a time frame. … Continue reading

Only a Test: T-Mobile Jumps the Gun on Emergency Alert System Dry Run

T-Mobile scared me, and likely thousands of other subscribers when it inadvertently conducted a test of a new cellphone-based emergency alert system this morning. I’d had the new HTC Radar 4G smartphone for just 12 hours when it started to … Continue reading

Is Groupon Really Worth $18 Billion?

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 Shows Off Impressive New Enterprise Sales Tool for Tablets

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 Could Be Planning to Completely Disrupt the TV Business [REPORT]

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

7 Ways to Know if a Development Project Is Worth Your Time

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

Beyond Barrel Roll: 10 Hidden Google Tricks

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

SideTour Brings New Experiences To You, No World Travel Necessary

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