“We have one goal here at PandoDaily: To be the site-of-record for that startup root-system and everything that springs up from it, cycle-after-cycle.”
That’s the idea behind Sarah Lacy‘s new site, PandoDaily, which she has launched after leaving TechCrunch. Best known for her insightful pieces on TechCrunch, Sarah decided to quit the tech blog after AOL purchased it. The new daily technology news blog will focus on startups and the startup ecosystem and according to …

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In a case of a big multinational being caught pants down, search giant Google have found themselves on the wrong end of the stick and having to apolologize to a startup what it calls, “an unfortunate event”.
Kenyan startup Mocality, a local business directory that crowd sources its database of businesses, published a post accusing Google of ripping it off of its hard earned database of some 170,000 local businesses by using their Mocality-listed contacts to …

Facebook pages have been growing in popularity as more businesses turn to social media and transform into what is now popularly known as social enterprise. Tracking Facebook page growth has however been tedious and onerous as it required you to track individual pages separately. Well, not any more. A German-based startup has launched a web service that allows you to track over 36 million Facebook pages all from one console.
The service called SocialMedia-Live tracks millions of Facebook pages …

XTR3D has developed a touchless system that understands gestures and allows users to control various electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets and TVs.
The startup tech company touts a new hands-free technology similar to Microsoft’s Kinect system that will take aback touchscreen interface developers.
With XTR3D’s touchless technology, users will no longer have a need for remote control devices or even touch the display and the device itself to change channels or adjust the …

IGNIS Innovation has developed methods to improve standard AMOLED display manufacturing techniques to produce screens with more than 300ppi (pixels per inch) pixel density and a real RGB matrix.
The newly announced Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display technique also has a dedicated pixel circuit and driving scheme to make up for the inconsistency and raise the power efficiency of the high-ppi display.
IGNIS said that these techniques would pave the way of creating AMOLED …

No other than Apple’s Steve Jobs made an offer to buy cloud storage firm Dropbox but the company’s founders rejected the pitch made in 2009, a report from Fortune reveals.

Dropbox has reportedly shot down a nine-figure buyout offer made by no other than Apple’s Steve Jobs in 2009. Image: babyben / Flickr (CC)

In the well-written and insightful report, Fortune says that Dropbox founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowski were invited by Jobs in December 2009 to Apple’s Cupertino, …

Eric Schmidt, chief executive of search engine giant Google, has partnered with Gaga to back Backplane, a startup being launched by Lady Gaga’s business manager Troy Carter.  Backplane was born as Carter and Gaga were researching the best social media service that lets entertainers manager their fans across all platforms. Finding none, Carter’s technology investor contact Matthew Mickelson suggested they build one.

And so they have started the process with this angel round of funding. …

Israeli startup Altair Semiconductor has announced that it has raised $ 26 million in funding for the development of ultra-fast chip for data transmission over wireless LTE networks.
Altair manufactures low-power chips for LTE (Long-Term Evolution) networks, also known as 4G wireless data network. These networks allow operators to offer data services at speeds of 12 Mbps and above. Operators can charge higher prices for their service over LTE, as the old versions, so the chips from Altair are …

CallByText lets those who have a Skype account make phone calls from anyplace in the world to anyplace in the world without an internet connection.  The service has a dedicated iPhone application but any mobile can use it because it requires only the ability to send SMS messages and receive phone calls.

Start using the CallByText service by registering your mobile phone number at the CallByText website. You must also provide your Skype username and password in order to complete your account …