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Game maker ngmoco raises $25M, buys Freeverse

by Matt Bowman, February 22, 2010 | Comments

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Can ngmoco become the Zynga of iPhone games? The two look surprisingly similar.

Can ngmoco become the Zynga of iPhone games? $25 million says yes. That’s how much the company just raised in a round led by Institutional Venture Partners, with existing investors Kleiner Perkins, Norwest Venture Partners and Maples Investments also participating. Ngmoco is the creator of popular iPhone games like Eliminate, We Rule and Touch Pets. The company also announced the ...

Google Buzz feels the sting

by Resource Nation, February 22, 2010 | Comments

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Google sued over Buzz, amid complaints and controversy from Privacy Groups opting to Opt Out.

Gmail, Google’s free email source, recently came out with Buzz – their P2P campaign to match-up with growing online communities like Facebook, Twitter, and the picture-share network Picassa. However, shortly after Buzz came out, complaints about privacy followed, and now Google has been hit with a class-action lawsuit.While Buzz offers the same social networking capabilities as the other power-players in ...

Twitter seeing 50 million tweets per day

by Chris Caceres, February 22, 2010 | Comments

	Twitter slowing down? I don't think so... Twitter may have seen some slowdown in regards to traffic on its site, but when it comes to measuring tweets per day, the micro-blogging startup is seeing phenomenal growth. On Monday, the company revealed it is now seeing 50 million tweets per day. To put this number into perspective, just back in January of 2007, Twitter was seeing a mere ...
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Google updates DoubleClick ad management

by Ronny Kerr, February 22, 2010 | Comments

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DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) launches to help Web site creators administer advertising

Almost two years after acquiring DoubleClick for $3.1 billion in March 2008, Google today announced that the service, which has proved a valuable service for ad-serving, will be receiving a revamp chock full of updates that should help clients better serve ads across their Web properties.Combining the DoubleClick DART for Publishers and Google Ad Manager products, DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) ...

GreenRoad raises $10 million

by Chris Caceres, February 22, 2010 | Comments

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Al Gore's Generation IM Climate Solutions fund wants in on, in-vehicle driving efficiency startup

GreenRoad, the startup which develops a driving system that monitors gas efficiency and safety, announced it has raised $10 million in funding. This new round comes from the Generation IM Climate Solutions fund, which was co-founded by Al Gore. The startup launched back in 2007, but its technology has actually been in development since 2002. It's a proprietary technology which ...

US zeroes in on Chinese hackers

by Matt Bowman, February 22, 2010 | Comments

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A freelance coder in his 30s was pressured by Chinese men-in-black, according to the Financial Times

China looks a little guiltier this morning. According the Financial Times, US government analysts believe they have identified a man with links to the Chinese government who wrote the key part of a spyware program used in the hacking attacks that compromised security at Google and a host of other western companies last year. The FT’s source is an unnamed ...

Google: Buzz isn't competing with Facebook

by Ronny Kerr, February 22, 2010 | Comments

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Vice president of product management says Buzz fills a niche, not competing with Facebook or Twitter

Ever since Google Buzz launched less than two weeks ago, the entire industry's been wondering what it means for the other big names in social media and networking, namely Facebook and Twitter. Well, if Google's word means much to you, they'll have you believe that Buzz has no business with the "status-casting" or "checking in" of those sites.Despite some early ...

Tiger Woods' address draws 683K viewers

by Chris Caceres, February 19, 2010 | Comments

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I guess people really weren't all that interested this morning...

If you were anywhere near the Internet in the past few days, you have to have known Tiger was to address the public this morning in regards to his scandals, or did you?The press conference which ran this morning, was streamed all over the Web. Sites including CNN, YouTube, Livestream, Hulu and Ustream all streamed Tiger's statement. The first to ...

Social media usage won't hurt your grades

by Ronny Kerr, February 19, 2010 | Comments (1)

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University of New Hampshire study says more Facebook use won't negatively affect academics

Rising social media usage has no effect on lower grades, according to a study conducted by the University of New Hampshire. While there have been reports that claim the exact opposite, this is the latest investigation into the relationship between academic output and social networking.The most important finding of the study is that 63% of students categorized as heavy users ...

Vook lands $2.5 million

by Chris Caceres, February 19, 2010 | Comments (1)

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Ron Conway and others investing in the future of the digital book

When we first showcased Vook here on Vator, the company was in early development stages. Brad Inman, founder of the startup, had a vision to create an evolution of the what we know traditionally as, the book. His idea was to make use of touch devices like the iPhone to create interactive books which mixed media like video, audio and ...

College planner tool MyEdu raises $5.5 M

by Matt Bowman, February 19, 2010 | Comments

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Bain Capital leads series B to help site expand university partner network

MyEdu, a service that helps students save money on college and graduate faster, has raised a $5.5 million series B round led by Bain Capital Ventures. The Austin, Texas-based service aims to help college students and their families navigate the path to graduation, from selecting a school through to earning a degree, and suggests ways to save throughout. It claims ...

Google Shopper drops on the Android

by Ronny Kerr, February 19, 2010 | Comments

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Like ShopSavvy, Google Shopper lets you search for an item by photographing it

Google last night announced the launch of Google Shopper, a new app for Android that puts power shopping and searching at the users' fingertips.The biggest draw of Google Shopper is that it lets users search for items to purchase by simply photographing the item. Google says this will work with the covers on books, CDs, DVDs, and video games. Users ...

How unique is a unique visitor?

by Fred Wilson, February 18, 2010 | Comments

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It is possible that your unique visitor counts are two to four times too high

I access the Web each day from at least seven browsers; Chrome on my Macbook pro, Firefox on my Macbook pro, Chrome on my windows desktop in the office, Firefox on our "kitchen laptop", Safari on our "kitchen laptop", The Android browser on my Google phone, The Blackberry browser on my Blackberry 9700.I know that I am not your typical ...

EveryScape raises $6 million

by Chris Caceres, February 18, 2010 | Comments

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Startup building out a 3D local search technology lands Series C round

EveryScape, a startup building out a 3D local search technology, has raised $6 million in Series C financing. SK Telecom Americas led the round while existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Dace Ventures also participated. Thursday's announcement brings the company's total funding to $17.5 million. The mapping technology EveryScape offers functions very similar to Google's Street View, which we've all ...

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