Woot Founder’s Next Project Is A New Daily Deals Site Called ‘Meh.’

 You can’t keep Matt Rutledge down. At least not for long. And goddammit, if he wants to sell you one item a day at an unbelievably discounted price, and to accompany that item with irreverent and sometimes nonsensical marketing copy that will make you decide to buy it (or maybe not), then he’s going to do that. Read More

Jeff Clavier’s SoftTech VC Raises $85 Million Fourth Fund

 Last week, I went to a party celebrating the 10th anniversary of Jeff Clavier’s SoftTech VC. What I didn’t know was that the partners were also likely celebrating the close of the firm’s $85 million fourth fund for investing in startups. Read More

CrunchWeek: Aereo Slammed By Supreme Court, GoPro’s IPO Win, Google I/O

 Tech news sure doesn’t slow down for summertime anymore. Case in point is this past week, in which the Supreme Court ruled that Internet streaming startup Aereo is illegal, personal video camera company GoPro held a wildly successful initial public offering, and Google touted a bunch of new things at its annual I/O developer conference, including a ridiculous but apparently actually… Read More

Less Than 1/4 Of Android Phones Work With Google’s New Smartwatches

 Looking to pick up one of those fancy new Android Wear smartwatches? You’re not crazy. Even in this ultra early form, Android Wear is surprisingly slick. But you should know: as it currently sits, there’s a pretty good chance the watches won’t actually work with your phone. The problem is one as old as Android itself: a lot of Android phones currently in use are running out… Read More

GoPro’s 14.6% Day 2 Rise Puts It Up 50% From Its IPO Price

 GoPro spiked from its offering price of $24 to $31.34 yesterday in its first day of trading. Today the company built on that success, adding nearly $5 more to its share price, ending the day at $35.92, up 14.60 percent during regular trading. All told, GoPro is now up a total of 49.67 percent from its IPO price, making it more than a successful IPO. Its rapid ascent will surely be read by… Read More

Public and Private

 For about a decade from Facebook’s founding in February 2004 to Twitter’s IPO last November, the tech industry’s most visible successes were in social networking, or purely web or mobile-based software products. But today, the most interesting late-stage companies intersect with real-life services that have historically been both publicly or privately provided in a… Read More

Gillmor Gang Live 06.27.14

 Gillmor Gang – Robert Scoble, Benedict Evans, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Live recording session has concluded for today. Click here to go to our Facebook page. Click here for our live FriendFeed Chat. Read More