The Best New Startups Of 2011

Simple wants to get rid of bank fees altogether and become a whole new mobile bank.

Founders: Alex Payne, Josh Reich and Shamir Karkal

Funding: Raised $10 million in August and has raised ~$13 million to date.

What it is: People keep their money in more than one place and they get charged a lot […]

10 Of Google’s Weirdest Investments

Google blew $40 million on Windmills

Google really likes to spend money on clean energy projects. But $40 million on Windmills? This has nothing to do with Google’s core business. Why burn the money?

Google creating an $86 million low-income housing tax credit

Image: Courtesy of Journal of Tax Credits

At the end of last […]

The Most Innovative Companies in Gaming 2011

by Dan Macsai

01 / Zynga

For dominating–and monetizing–the social-gaming industry. The largest social-games developer in the world touts hundreds of millions of monthly active users on FarmVille, Treasure Isle, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, and more. But what’s truly innovative is its all virtual-goods revenue model: By creating immersive, addicting games, Zynga has […]

The Most Popular Video Game Websites

Here are the 15 Most Popular Video Game Websites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a constantly updated average of each website’s Alexa Global Traffic Rank, and U.S. Traffic Rank from both Compete and Quantcast.

1 | Yahoo! Games 178 – eBizMBA Rank | 28,000,000 – Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 250 […]

The Top Companies in the IT Services Industry – 2010 Edition

by Balder Verberne and Michel van Kooten

This is the worldwide list of the top companies in the IT services industry, ranked by annual (IT) services revenues. The list includes a broad range of system integrators, software implementation companies, offshore development companies, communication services suppliers, network integrators, outsourcing partners, desktop management companies, datacenter specialists and […]