Scanadu scores $10.5M and paves the way for FDA trials
Scanadu wants to put the resources of a doctor’s office in the palm of your hand, and has raised $10.5 million to do so. It’s also beginning FDA trials for its Scanadu Scout diagnostic device.
Zendrive lands $1.5M to quantify how we drive
A new startup called Zendrive wants to improve the driving experience — and our actual driving skills — by quantifying our daily commute on our iPhones.
Berlin startup NumberFour raises $38M from Index, Jerry Yang, Andy Bechtolsheim
Serial entrepreneur Marco Boerries wants to provide well-designed apps for the small businesses of the world, and has raised a $38 million round from well-known investors to do it.
Metacloud snags $10M to build its private OpenStack cloud
For companies wanting internal self-service SaaS capabilities to run on existing hardware, Metacloud may be the OpenStack flavor of choice.
New OpenStack clouds mean something for everyone
If there isn’t an OpenStack cloud you fancy, wait a second, there’s more — a lot more — in the pipeline. Cloudscaling, Metacloud and Dreamhost will all preview their take on the open-source cloud this week at the OpenStack Summit in San Diego.
Can Yahoo’s new CEO really end the media vs. tech debate?
Yahoo’s newly appointed CEO Scott Thompson wants the discussion over whether Yahoo is a media or tech company to come to an end — according to him, Yahoo can be both. But in this age of increasing specialization, is that a realistic goal?
Yahoo: The Rise And Fall Of An Internet Pioneer
When Jerry Yang’s family moved from Taipei to San José, the billionaire Yahoo founder was just 10 years old. Fatherless by the time he was…
Jerry Yang Has Left the Building; Resigns From Yahoo, Alibaba Boards
Investors won’t have Jerry Yang to blame anymore. In a stunning move announced after the markets closed, the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) co-founder r…
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang resigns after 16 years as “Chief Yahoo”
Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang has resigned from Yahoo’s board of directors and all his other positions with the company, effective Tuesday. Yang has been with Yahoo since he co-founded the company in 1995; his departure comes less than two weeks after Scott Thompson joined as CEO.
Will Yahoo turn out to be an egg on its buyer’s face?
Silicon Valley is abuzz with rumors of Yahoo and its private equity buyers. And there are many. Whatever comes of these moves, the questions are, can Yahoo be saved? What is the value that can be retrieved? And will it become Waterloo for the P/E folks?