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Apple Cards details revealed

by Krystal Peak, October 7, 2011 | Comments

	Apple bets that you'll want to send real cards right from your iPhone We've come a long way from camping in the greeting card aisle for hours as we pull options out of each scattered pocket of mismatched cards and envelopes. I remember the excitment I had when software on my PC let me build a rudimentary card and print it on my trusty HP and I would fold along the lines and ...
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Zillow incorporates mortgage tool on mobile app

by Krystal Peak, October 6, 2011 | Comments

Real estate search engine makes finding the perfect mortgage as easy as finding your next home

House hunting has been growing strong in the virtual space over the last few years, with more search engines and mobile applications to aid prospective homebuyers -- and now Zillow wants to seamlessly incorporate mortgage hunting into that process. The Seattle-based Zillow (NASDAQ: Z), founded in 2006, has upgraded its mobile residential real estate search application by adding the Zillow ...

Teradyne acquires LightPoint Corporation for $510M

by Krystal Peak, October 6, 2011 | Comments

Semiconductor testing giant folds in mobile wireless tech company to power growth

The automatic test equipment behemoth Teradyne, Inc. acquired wireless technology testing company LightPoint Corporation. Teradyne (NYSE: TER), based in North Reading, Mass., spent the last month tooling the acquisition of Sunnyvale, Calif.'s LightPoint Corporation for $510 million net and a negotiated additional $70 million if laid-out 2012 targets are met, according to Teradyne's representative Andy Blanchard. LitePoint designs and develops ...

Pandora brings gift cards to Target

by Krystal Peak, October 5, 2011 | Comments

Holiday shoppers can pick up a Pandora One subscription on their next trip to the store

Giving the gift of good tunes is getting easier now that Pandora has rolled out its first line of physical gift cards in retail stores across the U.S. The Oakland-based online radio service announced Wednesday that it is partnering with Target to offer Pandora One subscription gift cards in retail stores for the first time ever. Amanda Conti, a ...

Keek.com gains $5.5 million in funding

by Krystal Peak, October 5, 2011 | Comments

Microvideo-sharing site receives millions from AlphaNorth and PlazaCorp

A young Toronto-based video blogging startup, Keek.com, announced Wednesday that it's secured $5.5 million in funding from a group of investors led by AlphaNorth Asset Management and Plazacorp Ventures. The microvideo sharing website launched less than two weeks ago and is currently an advertising free service with the capability of sharing uploaded video content directly on Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook. ...

True Fit works with Macy's to help your jeans fit

by Krystal Peak, October 4, 2011 | Comments

New mobile technology may help online shoppers buy better fitting clothes and shoes

As online shopping becomes quicker, more cost-effective and easier, the only thing holding so many women from buying their whole wardrobe on the web is the dreaded concern that it just won’t fit right.The Boston-based software company True Fit has been tooling a fix for just that problem and announced Tuesday that it will launch its product online, ...

Cloudbot app nabs $1 million in funding social tech

by Krystal Peak, October 4, 2011 | Comments

Lightbank funding could make contacting your friends on any platform easier

Slipping in just hours before the anticipated announcement of Apple’s iCloud, Cloudbot has secured just about $1 million in funding from Lightbank, with participation from Draper Associates and Hyde Park Angels. The Chicago-based cloud technology company specializes in pulling together all mobile and Web activity from a user to manage their profile in one place. Essentially, no matter how ...

Online advertising falls short on effectiveness

by Krystal Peak, October 3, 2011 | Comments

Nielsen finds that more impressions aren't always better

Two Nielsen studies, released Monday, are showing that higher clicks don’t directly equate to more dollars online advertising effectiveness has a long way to go. As more advertising dollars move online, it is clear that some marketing teams are poised for more success in the space than others. Nielsen found that certain websites with “accurate user data and a high level ...

Faceboook brings in outside security

by Krystal Peak, October 3, 2011 | Comments

Websense partners with Facebook to beef up security

Facebook is starting off the week on a pro-security note by announcing its partnership with a content risk identifying company, Websense. The San Diego-based online security company will be working with the social media giant to scan the links that are often posted to users’ walls and provide warnings for links that are deemed risky and possibly malicious. While Facebook ...

Lawmakers targeting Facebook for FTC probe

by Krystal Peak, September 30, 2011 | Comments

Facebook accused of 'unfair and deceptive acts or practices'

No one boasts about the amazing commitment to privacy that Facebook has and now Reps. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Tex.) have written a letter to the Federal Trade Commission urging that the regulatory organization investigate the social giant. These most recent concerns arose when the two politicians, that co-chair the House privacy caucus, were alerted, by constituents and an Austrailian blogger, that ...

Twitvid gets $6.5 million from Azure and DFJ

by Krystal Peak, September 30, 2011 | Comments

Video-sharing service prepares to beef up infrastructure

Twitter revenue to skyrocket to $260M in 2012

by Krystal Peak, September 29, 2011 | Comments

Projections have Twitter sales propelling to $400 million in two years

As Twitter continues to tinker with its formula of being fun, functional and informative, it looks as if its advertising model is poised to generate a mint of revenue this year. The San Francisco micro-blogging site is positioned to generate $260 million in sales next year. That's up 87 percent from a projection of $139 million in 2011, according to ...

SweetLabs lands $13M from Intel, Google, Bessemer

by Krystal Peak, September 29, 2011 | Comments

PC-focus desktop apps poised for growth

The parent company of Pokki, a personalizing desktop application platform, SweetLabs secured $13 million in Series C funding on Thursday. Intel Capital led the Series C round of funding with investments also coming from previous investors Google Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. The three-month-old platform has received a fair amount of buzz from the tech world as the demand for ...

Tumblr secures $85 million in funding

by Krystal Peak, September 26, 2011 | Comments

Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners lead round

Tumblr announced Monday morning that it’s secured an $85 million round of financing. Greylock Partners and Insight Venture Partners led the financing round for the New York-based free microblogging website.The Virgin Group’s chief Richard Branson, Spark Capital and Sequoia Capital, also contributed to the round, which dwarfs the previous $40 million garnered in several different rounds of financing. Silicon Valley ...

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