AdmitOne; Zillow's iPhone app; networked VCs; and more |
Follow the ups and downs of a new Seattle startup in a series of behind-the-scenes posts by its founders.
Former Microsoft executive Scott Oki and former AskMe Chief Technology Officer Digvijay Chauhan have created a new non profit called SeeYourImpact, which utilizes camera phones and other technologies to get a glimpse at how their donations are helping people in need. Kristi Heim of The Seattle Times has the story, which also notes a similar effort from Microsoft Research's Adnan Mahmud who has established the Jolkona Foundation with his wife.
VentureBeat has details on the latest offering from AdmitOne -- the keystroke analysis security company formerly known as BioPassword. The Issaquah company is now touting an analytics business called Scout Analytics that indicates how and when people log on to the corporate network.
Bellevue's DreamBox Learning -- a maker of online math games for Kindergartners to second graders-- has named education experts Dr. Francis "Skip" Fennell and Dr. Catherine Fosnot to its advisory board.
Self-described Web geek Keith Vance pulls the plug on the Seattle online news publication, The Seattle, Courant, and explains why it did a "belly flop."
TechCrunch lists the top 100 most "networked" venture capital firms and finds that Draper Fisher Jurvetson -- which has an outpost in Seattle led by Bill Bryant -- is at the top of the list. Others who have strong networks include familiar names such as Sequoia, Accel, Intel Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The first and only true Seattle firm on the list is Bezos Expeditions, the venture arm of Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. It ranked 73rd. Meanwhile, VentureBeat's Matt Marshall wonders if this is the best way to rank VC firms.
Web hosting provider Rackspace encountered some technical issues today, knocking some Web sites offline.
Zillow's app
Zillow.com says that more than 500,000 people -- including quite a few real estate professionals -- have downloaded its iPhone application since it was released in late April.
With news that Yahoo's Maven Networks will be shutting down, Seattle upstart Delve Networks is offering customers of the online video company a "bailout program" so that they can continue to offering online video capabilities.
Inrix, the Kirkland provider of real time traffic data, is working with GeoDecisions to assist the U.S. Military and Department of Homeland Security with logistics planning in order to ensure that sensitive materials are properly routed.
Headline of the day comes via A Smart Bear: "Sacrifice your health for your startup."
John Cook is co-founder and executive editor of TechFlash. He has been covering the technology beat for nearly a decade, writing about startups, entrepreneurs and venture capital, most recently serving as a reporter/blogger at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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