This December, Santa may well deliver more than just candy or coal to the entrepreneurs of Silicon Alley startups. If 2011 has been any indication, more money than ever before is being dumped into the coffers of New York-based high tech firms. For example, consider the following deals that have just happened:
The All-American Muslim show has been saved by Hollywood celebrities who have bought the remaining ad slots for TLC's reality series after Lowe's and other companies pulled out.
A simple new online music service will launch across Europe and North America this week aimed at the millions who like music but struggle with the technology to find and listen to it.
The new changes the Stop Online Piracy Act's sponsor Rep. Lamar Smith introduced Monday aim at attracting more support to the legislation.
A European summit deal to strengthen budget discipline in the Eurozone failed to restore financial market confidence on Monday, forcing the European Central Bank to step in again gingerly.
Lisa D'Amato may have won America's Next Top Model: All stars, but everyone is talking about Angelea Preston and wondering why the favorite-to-win was booted out of the competition at the eleventh hour.
There's a Hollywood mogul who is fond of saying that sooner or later all rumors are true. The question in the case of Ryan Kavanaugh: Is this that time?
Twitter's redesign isn't available to everybody yet, but a sneak peek at the site's new features reveals that Twitter's strategy to expand its audience is matched by a desire to beat Facebook at its own game. From Twitter profiles to embedded timelines, check out the five big changes to Twitter, and how its redesign plans to take on the social media giant.
Who knows the Coca-Cola 125-year-old secret formula? Not many.
Britain's luxury jewellers are opening outlets in China, where demand for jewellery is set to grow while appetite wanes in western markets.
Third in a series on fall ratings gainers and losers.
Twitter revamped its website on Thursday to make the microblogging service easier to use and to help companies better showcase their brands.
Twitter announced Thursday plans to introduce brand pages, similar to Facebook.
A group of lawmakers opposed to two pending online piracy bills introduced their own proposal that would let the International Trade Commission handle foreign websites that traffic copyrighted material.
Wednesday's Valentino Garavani Virtual Museum launch party at the IAC Headquarters in New York City was a star-studded event attended by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes and socialite Daphne Guinness.
HBO's popular fantasy drama Game of Thrones and new Showtime thriller Homeland burst into the race for the top TV shows of the year on Wednesday, with nominations for their writers and producers.
J.C. Penney Co. is buying a 16.6 percent stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., a move by chief executive officer Ron Johnson that he hopes will build up the company's line of brands while also bringing up sluggish sales.
J.C. Penney Co Inc took a stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc and plans to open Martha Stewart shops within its stores, in the first big deal announced by its new chief executive as he tries to turn the department store chain around.
J.C. Penney Co Inc (JCP.N) bought a 16.6 percent stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc (MSO.N) and will build mini-stores under that brand in a deal new Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson called a key centerpiece in the company's transformation.
J.C. Penney Co Inc bought a 16.6 percent stake in Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc and will build mini-stores under that brand in a deal new Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson called a key centerpiece in the company's transformation.
Swedish retail clothing brand, H&M, has been charged for using computer-generated model bodies for showcasing their swimwear and lingerie collection on their e-commerce site.
Amazon.com Inc is known as the world's largest online retailer, but the company is aggressively expanding in online advertising, putting it on course for a clash with Google Inc, the leader in the space.
