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- Disney and Longworth invest uSD4m in Scrapblog
- Miami-based scrapbooking site Scrapblog has raised USD4m in Series C funding from Disney's Steamboat Ventures and Longworth Venture Partners. The investment brings the company's total funding to USD7.5m. Founded in 2006, Scrapblog provides a Flash-based service for users to create...
- Articles 2009-01-29
- FTC approves largest wireless network in US
- The US Federal Trade Commission has approved the purchase of Alltel by Verizon Wireless, a move that creates the country's largest wireless carrier. Verizon Wireless will pay USD5.9bn to acquire the mobile communications firm and assume USD22.2bn of its debt. by Jeremy Collum
- Articles 2008-12-11
- Google and Salesforce extend ties
- Salesforce is connecting Google’s App Engine with its Force.com development platform, extending an existing agreement between the two firms. Salesforce users will be able to develop web apps using the Google App Engine platform and access Google’s authentication services. Salesforce recently established further partnerships with Facebook and Amazon. by...
- Articles 2008-12-09
- WiMAX startup PureWave Networks gets USD12m
- Israeli-American WiMAX startup PureWave Networks has raised USD12m in Series B funding from Benhamou Global Ventures, ATA Ventures and LeapFrog Ventures. Founded in 2003, PureWave designs and builds base-station equipment for WiMAX networks. by Jeremy Collum
- Articles 2008-12-09
- Cloud computing firm RightScale rakes in USD13m
- Santa Barbara-based cloud computing firm RightScale has raised USD13m in Series B funding from Index Ventures and Benchmark Capital, which led the firm’s USD4.5m Series A round in April. Founded in 2007, RightScale provides cloud computing management systems to help...
- Articles 2008-12-09
- Anvato gets USD2m for video recognition
- San Francisco-based video recognition startup Anvato has raised USD2m in Series A funding from Oxantium Ventures. The company provides multimedia search services, enabling publishers to locate copyright infringements and embed contextual advertising into videos. by Jeremy Collum
- Articles 2008-12-09
- Wal-Mart to sell USD99 iPhone - Rumour
- Wal-Mart will offer a low-end 4GB iPhone for a price of USD99, tied to a two-year contract, according to The Boy Genius Report. The discount retailer has already confirmed a deal to sell the iPhone 3G from December 28 onwards. by Jeremy Collum
- Articles 2008-12-09
- Vertical search company Kosmix raises USD20m
- San Francisco-based vertical search company Kosmix has raised USD20m in a Series D round led by Time Warner that included existing backers Accel Partners, DAG Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The investment brings the company’s total funding to USD55m. Founded...
- Articles 2008-12-09
- Female news portal wowOwow raises USD1.5m
- The Women on the Net, publisher of female news portal wowOwow, has raised USD1.5m in funding from Pilot Group and Rhime Group. Launched in March, wowOwow is a news portal targeted at women over the age of 40. It features...
- Articles 2008-12-08
- Bain sole bidder for Reed Business
- Bain Capital is the only remaining bidder for Reed Business Information, the B2B publishing subsidiary of Reed Elsevier. The other bidder, Texas Pacific Group, dropped out claiming the acquisition would be too risky in the current economic environment. Reed Business Publications is the publisher of titles such as New...
- Articles 2008-12-08
- SplashCast signs content deal with Hulu
- Content distribution startup SplashCast will deliver online video to social networks under a new agreement with Hulu. Users of Facebook and MySpace will be able to embed the SplashCast viewer into their personal pages, gaining access to popular TV series such as The Office and 30 Rock. SplashCast now...
- Articles 2008-12-12
- Photo-sharing site SnapMyLife raises USD5m
- Mobile photo-sharing site SnapMyLife has raised USD5m in funding from North Bridge Venture Partners and Carmel Ventures. Founded in April 2008, SnapMyLife is an online community where users can share and view photos via mobile handsets. by Jeremy Collum
- Articles 2008-12-12
- Showtime to premiere shows on the web
- Showtime is set to promote new TV shows by distributing their first episodes online for free. The first episode of its new TV series The United States of Tara, as well as the season premieres of The L Word and Secret Diary of a Call Girl will be available...
- Articles 2009-01-15
- Active Network buys camping site ReserveAmerica
- The Active Network, a San Diego-based sports marketing company, has purchased campground reservation site ReserveAmerica from IAC in a stock trade. IAC will give Active Network all of its shares in ReserveAmerica in return for USD3.5m worth in shares of Active’s preferred stock. Founded in 1984, ReserveAmerica manages the...
- Articles 2009-01-26
- PSP users can watch Arsenal highlights
- PSP users be able to access highlights of Arsenal football matches next season onthe portable games console, after the football club signed a deal with Sony. Streaming will only be available from within the Emirates stadium. Arsenal will provide the content rather than a broadcaster. Sony is looking to...
- Articles 2009-01-23
- NYC and Google to offer city search
- Google is teaming up with the City of New York to augment the NYCgo web portal with its Google Maps API. The improved service will provide visitors with an extensive database of local events, restaurants, hotels and points of interest. The agreement will also see the creation of an...
- Articles 2009-01-22
- Viacom and EchoStar sign TV deal
- Viacom has reached a deal with satellite broadcaster EchoStar Communications to renew carriage of channels such as MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon on the company’s DISH Network. EchoStar spun out DISH last year but continues to operate the satellite fleet that serves the firm’s subscribers. The agreement will also...
- Articles 2009-01-22
- AMD sells assets to Qualcomm
- Advanced Micro Devices AMD is selling the assets making up its portable semiconductor business to wireless communications firmQualcomm in a deal worth USD65m. AMD, which has been making a net loss for the last two years, announced in July that it would sell off its hand-held and digital television...
- Articles 2009-01-21
- RIM withdraws Certicom bid
- Research in Motion RIM is withdrawing its CAD66m (USD52m) hostile takeover bid for Canadian data security firm Certicom, saying the conditions of its offer could no longer be satisfied due to an injunction by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The court found that RIM, a long-time Certicom licencee,...
- Articles 2009-01-21
- IBM improves Lotus support on BlackBerry
- BlackBerry users will gain access to a portfolio of IBM's Lotus collaboration software and development tools in Q4 2009. The range of software will include Lotus Symphony, Quickr and Domino Designer. by Jeremy Collum
- Articles 2009-01-21
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