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Google acquires Episodic

by Chris Caceres, April 2, 2010 | Comments

Web giant gobbles up online video platform

Episodic, a platform for broadcasting live and on-demand video, has been acquired by Google. Episodic announced this in a blog post on Friday morning. The price of the acquisition was not disclosed.The startup said it would join Google and continue working on its online video products. It said there would be no interruptions to its existing customers. Noam Lovinsky and ...

YouTube's April Fool's joke

by Chris Caceres, April 1, 2010 | Comments

	Check it out before it goes away, pretty awesome So I hope you've enjoyed a few of our Vator April Fool's jokes. YouTube has a great one.They've added a neat resolution called TEXTp (different than 480p, 1080p, etc) that overlays text and numbers on top of whatever video you're watching. I couldn't figure out how to embed a video in TEXTp but check this one out and on the ...
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Vidyo raises $25 million

by Chris Caceres, April 1, 2010 | Comments

Massive round comes from Four Rivers, Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, Seven-Rosen and Star Ventures

Vidyo, a provider of a video conferencing platform, announced it has raised $25 million in series C financing. Four Rivers Group led the round. Other investors include Menlo Ventures, Rho Ventures, Seven-Rosen Funds and Star Ventures. The company has now raised $63 million to date.The startup said it differs itself from other video conferencing platforms because it provides dynamic bandwidth ...

Kyte ready to deliver video to iPad

by Chris Caceres, March 31, 2010 | Comments (2)

Online video provider announces it supports HTML5 and launches a new API

Kyte, an online video provider (OVP), has launched support for the iPad. The company informed us this morning in an email. This comes at a time when many online video providers are racing to get themselves fully ready for the iPad's launch in just a couple days. Some other companies which have recently announced support for the iPad include Ooyala ...

InsideView raises $11.5 million

by Chris Caceres, March 31, 2010 | Comments

Return investors include Emergence Capital, Rembrandt Venture Partners and Greenhouse Capital

InsideView, a company which provides social media applications to the enterprise, has racked up more cash. The startup announced on Wednesday that it closed $11.5 million in Series B financing. All current investors led the round which include Emergence Capital Partners, Rembrandt Venture Partners and Greenhouse Capital Partners. The San Francisco-based company raised a round of $6.5 million back in ...

Google helps establish "Digital Due Process"

by Chris Caceres, March 30, 2010 | Comments (1)

Google, Intel, Microsoft and other major tech companies aim to change online privacy laws

Google, along with several other major tech companies like Intel, Microsoft and Salesforce, have all joined forces to form the Digital Due Process. The full list of companies participating can be found here. The overall principles of the organization as stated on its Website are, "To simplify, clarify, and unify the ECPA standards, providing stronger privacy protections for communications and ...

CardStar raises $1 million

by Chris Caceres, March 30, 2010 | Comments (1)

Startup wants to put all your store membership/discount cards into a mobile application

CardStar, a startup which builds a mobile app for storing reward and membership card information, has raised $1 million in Series A funding. Amplifier Ventures lead the round and was joined by Acta Wireless and LaunchCapital. CardStar recently graduated from Amplifier's Business Accelerator Program.CardStar is trying to eliminate a nuisance we've probably all become familiar with - carrying around a ...

Smish scores $2 million

by Chris Caceres, March 29, 2010 | Comments (2)

Startup wants to build an app store for your desktop

Smish, a platform for distributing apps on PC's and netbooks, has raised $2 million. The startup would not share who the investor was but did say they had previously raised $2 million. Based out of Aliso Viejo, California, the startup said it has built a destination for apps. It's not your typical mobile apps though, as we've all become familiar ...

Nokia acquires Novarra

by Chris Caceres, March 26, 2010 | Comments

Plans to use Novarra's mobile browser and platform to enhance experience on its devices

Nokia announced on Friday it has acquired Novarra, a provider of a mobile browser and service platform. The Chicago-based company has around 100 employees and has been in business since 2000. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.As Nokia tries to maintain a solid position in the mobile device space, acquisitions like these make sense. Like other cellphone companies, ...

Netflix streaming on the way to your Wii

by Chris Caceres, March 25, 2010 | Comments

	But don't get your hopes up, not everyone will receive access just yet Netflix announced on Thursday, Nintendo via Wii streaming functionality is on the way - oddly enough, in the mail. Why do I use the word 'oddly?' Well, what Netflix is trying to do is turn your Nintendo Wii into a device for playing back movies from its Instant Streaming service. So you may wonder, why is it coming in the ...
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Zynga now selling game cards

by Chris Caceres, March 25, 2010 | Comments

Social gaming giant now offers virtual currency at your local 7-Eleven

Virtual currency continues to expand into new territories. This time onto your local store shelves. Zynga announced on Thursday its users can now buy pre-paid game cards at several reatilers across the nation.An astounding 12,800 stores that is. Let's say you want to go buy a gallon of milk at 7-Eleven - well you'll find a Zynga card for sale ...

Avatar Reality raises $4.2 million

by Chris Caceres, March 24, 2010 | Comments

Startup adds another round of funding for its virtual world platform

Avatar Reality, developer of the virtual world platform Blue Mars, announced it's raised $4.2 million from venture capitalists including Henk Rogers and Kolohala Ventures. The startup says it has raised more than $13 million to date. The startup launched its platform Blue Mars back in 2009. It's a 3D virtual world, also categorized as a massive multiplayer online role playing ...

What about Google Apps in China?

by Chris Caceres, March 24, 2010 | Comments (1)

With the search giant's recent bold decision, access to its Google Apps may be in danger

As you probably know by now, earlier this week, Google made a very bold decision to stop censoring its search services on its Chinese domain. It redirected everybody trying to access www.google.cn to its uncensored Hong Kong version, www.google.com.hk. About a day later, the Chinese government responded by censoring certain search queries, like any info related to the Tiananmen Square ...

Twitter seeing significant reduction in spam

by Chris Caceres, March 23, 2010 | Comments

Micro-blogging platform unveils stats in an attempt to assure its users it's winning the battle

In an attempt to show off its efforts at reducing spam across the micro-blogging platform, Twitter just unveiled new stats that show it's been doing a pretty good job at this. A little over a year ago, about 6% of tweets were spam. That number gradually rose as Twitter continued to gain interest all the way up until August 2009 ...

Offerpal Media acquires Tapjoy

by Chris Caceres, March 23, 2010 | Comments

Offerpal's move shows virtual currency payment alternatives platform looking to go mobile

Offerpal Media, a company which offers virtual currency payment alternatives for social games, announced on Tuesday it's acquired Tapjoy, a provider of monetization and distribution services for the iPhone and Android. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Offerpal has raised around $15 million in total funding from investors including D.E. Shaw Ventures, InterWest Partners and North Bridge ...

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