Posts tagged Khosla Ventures
With Khosla’s backing, Lookout aims to beef up mobile security (via postie)
Dec 21st
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A new company called Lookout wants to take on the growing security threats around smartphones. To do that, it just raised $5.5 million in a first round from investors including Khosla Ventures.
San Francisco-based Lookout evolved from Flexilis, a security consulting startup, which in turn was founded by graduates of the University of Southern California. The [...]
Facebook smooths Android kinks, Google’s Mayer gets hitched, Boxee Beta leaks and more
Dec 15th
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Here’s the latest action:
Facebook for Android just got a whole lot better — Facebook has released an update to the Android version of its application, making it almost as good as its offering for the iPhone. The one feature still lacking: the ability to send or receive messages on Android phones.
Marissa Mayer ties [...]
Jack Dorsey says he’ll give away Square devices for free
Dec 9th
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Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter and co-founder of a new payments startup called Square, said the company will give away its credit card-swiping devices for free. It’s a move that should help overcome the biggest hurdle for the startup, and probably help make its money back if it can take a small [...]
