At its core, Facebook is a photo-sharing company. It's enhanced by other features such as status updates and shared links. To be the ultimate social site, Facebook needs to be the best sharing platform out there for all types of media, including articles, photos and video. Twitter has proven to be a worthy competitor. It's arguably a better source for ...

FiftyThree, the New York-based company behind the popular iPad sketching app Paper, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round led by Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Shana Fisher of High Line Venture Partners, Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital, Ron Conway and Jack Dorsey. FiftyThree is comprised of ex-Microsoft designers and engineers who created Paper to ...

Wearable tech, we're told, is the next big thing - and if anyone can make a truly desirable wearable device, it's Apple. Rumours are flying about an Apple Watch, the missing link between the iPhone and Flavor Flav's clock - but which rumours seem most likely? Let's find out what time it is.The iWatch is a big projectAccording to Bloomberg, ...

Square CEO Jack Dorsey and the Mayors of New York City and New York announced today that they will be collaborating on a digital technology summit, to be hosted on September 30th in the Big Apple. At a press conference at Square this afternoon, Mayor Ed Lee gave a few details about the upcoming summit, which will bring together industry ...

Just a couple of mayors, mayoring out. Today, after a day of bopping around Silicon Valley, with stops at Y Combinator and Yahoo, Mike Bloomberg headed to the Square HQ to meet with San Francisco mayor Ed Lee for an announcement: They're teaming up to co-host the second annual Bloomberg Technology Summit. (Not that they bothered renaming the event.) Would-be ...