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Flash sales site Beyond the Rack receives $36.6M

by Alia Knight, November 9, 2011 | Comments

The fashion and accessories e-tailer gets support from Panorama Investment

Beyond the Rack, recently ranked by Internet Retailer as the fastest growing e-tailer in 2011, announced Wednesday that it has concluded a funding round totaling $36.6 million with a roundtable of different donors headed by Panorama Investment, with help from Export Development Canada, Tandem Expansion Fund, Rho Canada, Highland Capital Partners, BDC Venture Capital and Inovia Capital. The new funding will be ...

Google TV gets saucy with its first porn channel

by Alia Knight, November 7, 2011 | Comments

You can't watch much else on Google TV, but at least now you can get porn

While Google TV's anemic content selection leaves much to be desired, at least it can now say that it has the porn market covered. Adult film studio Vivid Entertainment announced Monday that it now has its very own channel on the Google TV. This is new territory for both Google and Vivid as this is Google TV's very first porn channel. ...

Khan Academy raises $5M for YouTube education

by Alia Knight, November 4, 2011 | Comments

The online learning platform gets support from the O'Sullivan Foundation

Online learning platform Khan Academy received a major boost today in its quest to reinvigorate education. The O’Sullivan Foundation, a Long Island based organization that supports causes that focus on children, announced a grant of $5 million to the Khan Academy. The Academy will use this gift to expand its faculty. Until now the lessons have been formulated by one dedicated ...

Gigya helps companies collect customer info

by Alia Knight, November 3, 2011 | Comments

Gigya's new Identity Management Platform lets businesses collect demographic info on customers

It is pretty clear to everyone already, social networking is no longer just a way for college kids to plan a study group or the next frat party. It is now an innovative and comprehensive new channel for professional networking and business advertising. Indeed, there is hardly a business today from the smallest candy shop to the biggest automotive company ...

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