TechSkills expands VC round to $8.5M

By On July 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Education firm TechSkills LLC has expanded to $8.5 million a previously reported round of funding.

The Austin-based company collected the capital from four investors, according to a Thursday filing with the U.S. Securities [...]

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Oscars academy archiving Alamo cult classic posters — blog

By On July 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will begin archiving a series of silk-screen posters created by the Alamo Drafthouse’s cinematic art division Mondo.

IndieWire.com reported on Monday the Oscars organization requesting [...]

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Austin-based RISE Global heads to Big Apple

By On July 8, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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RISE Global — known for creating a weeklong series of free seminars to inspire and show entrepreneurs how to start and grow businesses — is doing some growing of its own.

The Austin-based [...]

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New Google Analytics: Improvements in Mobile Reporting

By On June 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This is part of our series of posts highlighting the new Google Analytics. The new version of Google Analytics is currently available in beta to all Analytics users. And follow Google Analytics on Twitter for the latest updates. This week, we’ll discuss some recent improvements to [...]

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Texas comptroller sued over F1 deal

By On June 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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A lawsuit alleging the illegal expenditure of public funds to promoters of the Formula One racing series has been filed against Texas Comptroller Susan Combs.

Three Austin-area taxpayers are the plaintiffs in the [...]

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Ambistar Ventures targets intellectual property, strong CTOs

By On June 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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When Austin-based Ambistar Ventures LLC bought WantandFound.com LLC last month, it marked the first whole company acquisition by the firm that has quietly made a series of investments in local Web-based startups during [...]

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New Google Analytics: Improvements in Map Overlay reports

By On June 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This is part of our series of posts highlighting the new Google Analytics. The new version of Google Analytics is currently available in beta to all Analytics users. And follow Google Analytics on Twitter for the latest updates. This week, a few engineers from our team [...]

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Richard Scarry Gets Google Doodle On 92nd Birthday

By On June 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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Popular children’s author Richard Scarry – born June 5, 1919 and died April 30, 1994 – received the cyber equivalent of a star on the walk of fame – a Google Doodle. His Busytown series were his most popular.

Scarry [...]

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The Making of Google Analytics v5

By On June 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This is part of our series of posts highlighting the new Google Analytics. The new version of Google Analytics is currently available in beta to all Analytics users. And follow Google Analytics on Twitter for the latest updates. This week we’re sharing a few new features [...]

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What’s new about Analytics Intelligence?

By On May 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This is part of our series of posts highlighting the new Google Analytics. The new version of Google Analytics is currently available in beta to all Analytics users. And follow Google Analytics on Twitter for the latest updates. This week we’re sharing a few new features [...]

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