Google has invested another $2.6 million in  23andMe , the genetics startup co-founded by Anne Wojcicki (who’s married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin). The funding was revealed in a regulatory filing first spotted by Silicon Alley Insider . Mountain View, Calif.-based 23andMe charges a $399 fee to provide customers with ..readmore

Most entrepreneurs rightly focus on revenue generation from new customers. But many do not plan for — or flat out ignore — customer retention and the opportunity it represents. By your company’s third year, it’s typical that 50 percent of your revenue will come from just 10- to 15 ..readmore

While I go get screenshots, here’s the mail from my PR pal Stephanie at OutCast: Hi Paul – As people around the world share news and information around the recent Iranian election on Facebook, hundreds of Persian speaking Facebook users have helped to create a Persian language translation of ..readmore

A couple of weeks ago, John Pleasants told me how excited he was to help Electronic Arts make the transition from its perch at the top of traditional media — the video game console market — to the age of new business models inspired by the Internet. Now he ..readmore

Google has invested another $2.6 million in  23andMe , the genetics startup co-founded by Anne Wojcicki (who’s married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin). The funding was revealed in a regulatory filing first spotted by Silicon Alley Insider . Mountain View, Calif.-based 23andMe charges a $399 fee to provide customers ..readmore

Sony announced today that it will launch its MovieIQ movie trivia and information service to go with Blu-ray movies. The new service will launch in September on Blu-ray devices that can hook up to the Internet and connect to the BD-Live enhanced web features. Blu-ray movie players can connect ..readmore

Earlier this afternoon, The White House hosted a “Stakeholder Meeting with Physicians” as part of the ongoing debate over healthcare policy. While this comes at an interesting time politically, it also marked another significant social media experiment from the Obama administration: live Facebook chat. Perhaps taking a cue from ..readmore

It’s tough to deny that G4’s Olivia Munn has been utilizing her social media reach pretty effectively. Her Twitter account has been a central medium for announcements, and just over a week ago, the co-host of G4’s Attack of the Show (and dream girl of geeks, gamers, and teenage ..readmore

Can great things get better? Sure they can! We’ve loved the Nokia E71 for nigh on a year when we ran a review in October describing it thusly: This phone is a magnificent piece of work. Everything about it screams “quality” from the texture of the keys to the ..readmore

Despite our incessant pleading, not a soul at Microsoft — including newly-minted media darling Kudo Tsunoda — would give up a release window for Project Natal , except to say “not in 2009.” Well, at least we know we won’t be waiting too far into the future. Company CEO ..readmore

Safa’s PMPs haven’t always done that much to distinguish themselves from the masses of nondescript players out there, but it looks to have stepped up its game slightly with its new G3 model, which not only looks decent enough, but packs a still-not-all-that-common accelerometer to boot. Apart from that ..readmore

Filed under: Software , Odds and ends , Internet Tools , iPhone , App Store , iPod touch , First Look Despite all of the hoopla the last few days about TweetDeck becoming available for iPhone, I decided to stick with a tried and true friend — Twittelator Pro ..readmore

Filed under: Freeware , Internet Tools With the release of iPhone OS 3.0, I was wondering if emoji icons still worked ( they do ), and then it finally dawned on me: why not iChat ? A quick search turned up exactly what I was looking for: Emoji for ..readmore

Windows/ Mac OS X : Free application BPM Analyzer determines the beats per minute (BPM) of any MP3 on your computer, then automatically updates the ID3 tags with the BPM info—perfect for finding workout music to hit the 120-140 BPM sweet spot . Just drag and drop tracks into ..readmore

Google today introduced seven new features to Google Books , including improved search capabilities, a snazzy new page-turning button, and a thumbnail view that makes quick work of navigating scanned pages. Located between the “full screen” and “two pages” icons in the toolbar, the thumbnail button spreads all the ..readmore

Microsoft Hardware today announced another addition to its BlueTrack Technology line of products: the Wireless Mobile Mouse 4000. Redmond’s love-hate relationship with netbooks shows yet again in its marketing for another product, as it calls the mouse “the ideal netbook companion.” The mouse also features Microsoft’s Nano transceiver that ..readmore

A new lawyer, a new jury, and a new trial were not enough to save Jammie Thomas-Rasset. In a repeat of the verdict from her first federal trial, Thomas-Rasset was found liable for willfully infringing all 24 copyrights controlled by the four major record labels at issue in the ..readmore

Techies and industry insiders have long known that official battery-life claims are pretty much worthless. But regular folks don’t. As a result, some are getting pushed toward pricier machines by sales reps who tell them they’ll get an extra hour of battery life.

A federal jury began deliberations Thursday in the only file-sharing case to go to trial as attorneys for both sides disputed in closing arguments what the evidence actually showed.

EnerNOC has gained momentum as a major player in demand response — the system that allows utilities to balance power between homes and businesses based on who needs it most — and has now turned its attention to carbon management with the acqusition of eQuilibrium Solutions. EnerNOC has long ..readmore