[ Updated with new comments as they come in ... most recently at 4:01 PM PST, June 27 ] Note:… Continue reading ⟩

Oracle has agreed to buy social media monitoring startup Collective Intellect, further showing that it wants to own the social… Continue reading ⟩

Ping Identity, a cloud-security company, said Tuesday it secured a second round of funding of $21 million. The funding will… Continue reading ⟩

Verayo and SkyeTek have figured out a relatively cheap way to circumvent counterfeiting. In essence, Verayo makes a secure radio… Continue reading ⟩

Someone on the real-time web has a business model. And it’s not Twitter. Real-time search engine OneRiot is launching RiotWise… Continue reading ⟩

Real-time search is a fast-growing area that digs up results based on what people are saying or publishing right now.… Continue reading ⟩

Real-time search engine OneRiot has raked in another $7 million in funding from existing investors Appian Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures,… Continue reading ⟩

Real-time search engines have proliferated over the last month, with a series of launches from start-ups like Topsy, almost.at and… Continue reading ⟩

Tendril, one of few companies that serves household energy consumption data to both utilities and consumers, has landed a fresh… Continue reading ⟩

Social search — the ability to find what people are tweeting on Twitter or sharing on Facebook — is heating… Continue reading ⟩