Live blog: Publishing Hackathon at BookExpo America
The winner of the Publishing Hackathon will be chosen at BookExpo America on Friday afternoon, and I’ll be live blogging here starting at 3 PM ET. Read more at paidContent »
More cash flows toward parking startups: ParkWhiz raises $2M
Last week SpotHero announced a $2.5 million round. This week competitor and fellow Chicago parking outfit ParkWhiz announced its Series A. ParkWhiz started out selling parking spaces online for special events like the Super Bowl, but it’s expanded into day-to-day spot reservations. Read more »
Creative portfolio showcase Behance gets $6.5M from USV, Jeff Bezos
After bootstrapping itself for more than five years, New York City-based Behance, an online destination for creative galleries and portfolios, has finally turned to outside funding, securing a $6.5 million investment from Union Square Ventures and a host of investors including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Read more »
Book time with a startup founder this weekend through Exec
Exec launched a few weeks ago with an ultra-easy-to-use system for booking exec assistants to do various odd jobs around San Francisco. Now it’s extending that service to include booking time with a few startup founders. Read more »
New York protest takes PIPA/SOPA fight to senators
Members of New York’s tech community, a couple thousand strong, braved the winter chill and gathered outside the offices of New York senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand to protest the PIPA and SOPA legislation Wednesday, calling it a potentially crippling set of bills. Read more »
Tech gets its day in Congress as SOPA fight continues
Representative Darrell Issa has called a Jan. 18 hearing that will bring more voices from the technology industry to Washington D.C,. to discuss how legislation such as the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would affect the Internet. Read more »
