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Mobile media company Affle raises $10M

by Ane Howard, October 4, 2011 | Comments

Funds raised from D2C, Japan’s largest mobile advertising company

Affle, a Singapore-headquartered mobile media and advertising startup, announced Tuesday that it has raised over $10 million from D2 COMMUNICATIONS, Japan’s largest mobile advertising company and a subsidiary of the country’s largest mobile operator, NTT DoCoMo. Also investing is DENTSU, one of the largest Japanese advertising company. Previous investors in Affle include Microsoft, Itochu, Bennett Coleman & Company and Centurion Private ...

What You need to know - 03/10/11

by Ane Howard, October 3, 2011 | Comments

Yahoo! & ABC form alliance;HuffPo acquires Localocracy; sexy chicken gets twitter feed

Yahoo! and ABC News annonced Monday that they have formed a new strategic alliance. ABC News content to be distributed to the Yahoo! News network, and Yahoo! News to give priority to ABC's content. Live webcast with newsmakers will be given a premium place, starting with today's launch of GoodMorningAmerica.com. George Stephanopoulos from ABC News, relying on questions asked by readers of Yahoo and ABCNews.com, ...

Good Morning America and Yahoo form news alliance

by Ane Howard, October 3, 2011 | Comments

Yahoo to distribute ABC news via the Yahoo News network

Yahoo! and ABC News announce Monday, at a press conference, that they have formed a strategic alliance to bring news, including videos, to millions of Americans. Under the agreement, ABC News becomes the premier news provider on Yahoo News, and editing teams from both camps are expected to collaborate and share content. Beginning today, with the launch of GoodMorningAmerica.com, the success of ...

What You need to know - 9/30/11

by Ane Howard, September 30, 2011 | Comments

'Egos need not apply' says HomeAway CEO; 'Sizzling' at CBS Interactive;FrontDoor wins Splash SF

Speaking Thursday night, at Vator Splash, held at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco,the newly public HomeAway CEO, Brian Sharples, spelled out the key to success in entrepreneurship. "Be humble and be flexible," he told a full-room attending the Vator Splash event. "I don't like entrepreneurs with big egos because they get stuck in their ways." The same applies for job seekers ...

What You need to know - 9/29/2011

by Ane Howard, September 29, 2011 | Comments

MadMen's Don Draper pitches Facebook Timeline; Nokia staff get the boot;SweetLabs gets sweet deal

Nokia shuts its door for an additional 3,500 people its Cluj factory in Romania. This cut came soon after 4,000 cuts announced earlier this year, which means Nokia will have lost 7,500 employees altogether by this time next year. This latest round of firing outlines its new strategy going forward. Nokia is being forced to make some drastic changes to ...

What you need to know - 9/28/2011

by Ane Howard, September 28, 2011 | Comments

SlideShare dumps Flash; Klum most dangerous celebs on the web; Amazon launches Kindle Fire

Amazon announced Wednesday morning the launch of the new Kindle Fire 7-inch Tablet at a live event in New York City. And that is all CEO Jeff Bezos had to say about the launch at this time. But he did say that in addition to the Kindle Fire tablet, he also announced the launch of three new Kindle models, all ...

SlideShare dumps Adobe Flash and adopts HTML5

by Ane Howard, September 28, 2011 | Comments

Is this the beginning of the end for Adobe Flash? SlideShare thinks it is

Flash has had its day. But now it's time to move on. "Flash used to be the 'Great Unifier' the common denominator of all browsers and worked quite well," said Jon Boutelle, CTO of SlideShare, in an interview with me at the Twitter Front End Summit." Boutelle was referring to the decision announced by San Francisco-based SlideShare late Tuesday at ...

Gaming meets the wellness movement

by Ane Howard, September 27, 2011 | Comments

Mindbloom new online game helps you define what's important in life and how to get it

Mindbloom, a Seattle-based interactive media company, announced today the launch of its new "Mindbloom Life Game," which promises to improve a gamer's life, not only virtually but in the real world. Mindbloom has so far raised $1.8M from angel funds. Using the gaming experience and the popularity of social network sites to inspire people to take real actions, "Mindbloom Life ...

What you need to know - 9/27/2011

by Ane Howard, September 27, 2011 | Comments

Facebook gets political; CareCloud raises $16.6M; picking a music service is no music to your ears

Canadian-based HomeSav.com raised $1.2M in seed funding for home decor flash sales. Investors include the founders of Shopper’s Drug Mart and the founders of a Canadian high-end home furniture retailer. Social gaming company Peak Games announced Tuesday that it has secured $11.5M from Earlybird Venture Capital, Hummingbird Ventures, and a strategic investor, bringing the company’s total raised to $19 million. Founded in 2010, Peak ...

What you need to know - 9/26/2011

by Ane Howard, September 26, 2011 | Comments

Lion King beats out Brad Pitt's Moneyball; Groupon restates; Netflix and Dreamworks cozy up

A Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project report released Monday revealed that TV is still the news outlet of choice to obtain its news but that the Web wins for those under 40. Samsung Galaxy S sells 10 millions worldwide since its launch in April 2011. It is now the most popular Android phone on the ...

Samsung Galaxy S II hits the 10 million mark

by Ane Howard, September 26, 2011 | Comments

It is now the most popular Android phone in the world, but still trailing the iPhone

Samsung announced Sunday that it has sold 10 Million Galaxy S2 phones worldwide in the last six months, giving Apple's iPhone a run for its money. The sales doesn't include the U.S. market. Samsung started selling its Android 2.3.4 “Gingerbread-based S II" last April in Korea, then expanded its reach to South Korea, Japan and European countries. It just finally ...

Kim Kardashian most annoying celeb, poll reveals

by Ane Howard, September 23, 2011 | Comments

PARADE and Yahoo tell us what we already know

PARADE and Yahoo's entertainment website omg! revealed today the results of its latest "most annoying celebrities" poll. Kim Kardashian takes in first place. Runner-ups to this dubious honor are Charlie Sheen and Snooki. Kardashian secured first place with 29% but was closely followed by Sheen "winning" second place. PARADE magazine told me that over 60,000 Americans were polled, starting in August through September 2011. "It ...

FBI arrests 23-year-old for hacking Sony

by Ane Howard, September 23, 2011 | Comments

Hacker released without bail. Only allowed to use PC or Internet for work or school

The Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday that it arrested Cody Kretsinger, 23, of Phoenix, Arizona, a member of the group known as LulzSec. The LulzSec member was arrested for publishing private user information stolen from Sony but was released without bail yesterday afternoon. A FBI spokeperson told me that under the terms of his condition, "he is only allowed to use a ...

ZocDoc infused with $25M from Goldman Sachs

by Ane Howard, September 22, 2011 | Comments

Healthcare startup plans to use the funds to expand nationwide and globally

New-York-based startup ZocDoc, which helps patients find and book appointements with doctors, announced Thursday that it raised $25M Series C funding from Goldman Sachs. The round of financing comes right after raising $50 million in funding from DST, bringing ZocDoc’s total capital raised to $95 million. Previous investors include Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Marc Benioff and Jeff Bezos. ”ZocDoc's plan is to use ...

Political advertising coming to Twitter

by Ane Howard, September 21, 2011 | Comments

Twitter to launch political ad services: sponsored tweets will be check-marked in purple

Putting to rest some doubts that it will never monetize, Twitter is positioning itself for the 2012 elections. The San Francisco-based company said it's launching a new advertising program specifically targeting politicians, working closely with campaign promoters, in an interview with POLITICO. A top Twitter executive told a reporter that the company will begin to sell political advertising, just in ...

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