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Live streaming comes to iPhone

by Chris Caceres, December 9, 2009 | Comments

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Ustream.tv launches "Live Broadcaster," first live streaming app for the iPhone

The iPhone has always had video playback capabilities. First, we were able to watch video via the YouTube application and eventually plenty of other services services began to offer video streaming or downloads. Eventually the 3GS came out, letting users record a video and then upload it, but never stream it live. That's finally changed for the better. Ustream has ...

Building for the buyer

by Matt Bowman, December 9, 2009 | Comments

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Should startup CEOs build their companies with specific acquirers in mind? Several VCs say yes.

“We’re just focused on building a great company.” That’s a typical CEO response when a reporter asks about exit possibilities. But VCs, who are looking to pull out of a company within ten years, want something a little more concrete. Speaking on a panel at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit Tuesday, Prism’s Woody Benson encouraged CEOs to position themselves early for ...

Speed Tracer: Chrome extension for developers

by Ronny Kerr, December 9, 2009 | Comments

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Google Campfire One release to aid developers pinpoint source of sluggishness in Web applications

Tuesday night at Google Campfire One, a Google-sponsored event targeted specifically at the developer community, the much-more-than-your-average-search-engine company announced yet another awesome new addition to the tech world: Speed Tracer. Fitting the air of the evening perfectly, Speed Tracer is designed specifically with the needs of Web developers in mind, particularly those involved in programming and testing heavy-duty Web applications ...

Beyond the hype

by Pascal Bensoussan, December 9, 2009 | Comments

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Why real-time bidding on ad exchanges is challenged

As the "AdWords-ish-ness" of DoubleClick's AdX 2.0 interface makes obvious, the goal of today's exchanges is to bring greater scale and efficiency to the display space. There have been several reactions to this by the advertiser: Reaction A: "Great! Media buyers' ability to cherry pick impressions and effectively price each one will usher in a new era of performance-based marketing."Reaction ...

Google unveils a host of new features

by Yield Software, December 8, 2009 | Comments (1)

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…and innovations galore!

At Google's Search Event in Mountain View, earlier this week, the company unveiled a number of impressive innovations — further evidence, if any was needed, that Google is not content to rest on its laurels. In the “gee-whiz” category is the all-new “Google Goggles” feature, available via its Android operating platform for mobile devices. Google Goggles lets Android-powered phones with ...

Boxee unveils Beta and Box

by Chris Caceres, December 8, 2009 | Comments

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Look out cable TV providers, here comes the next wave of Boxee technology

New York-based startup, Boxee has grown quite a bit since its inception back in 2008. A quick summary of Boxee's journey: the company which offers a free media center for your computer, has raised a total of $10 million in VC funding, gone through legal issues being forced to remove Hulu earlier this year, and reached over 500,000 users for ...

imeem integrates into MySpace Music

by Ronny Kerr, December 8, 2009 | Comments

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MySpace finalizes acquisition of imeem, redirects all users to MySpace Music

Almost a month ago, news broke that MySpace Music had reached the final stages of its acquisition of imeem, a social media music service which allowed users to share, stream, and upload music and and music videos. For just under a million dollars in cash, MySpace Music acquired the assets, brand name, and, most importantly, the user base of imeem.Already, ...

2010 VC outlook: exits up, fundraising down

by Matt Bowman, December 8, 2009 | Comments

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VCs predict 50 or more IPOs and a big uptick in acquisitions, even as many VC firms bite the dust.

A panel of top VCs at the AlwaysOn Venture Summit in Menlo Park Tuesday morning said both IPO and M&A activity would bounce back in 2010, but that venture firms themselves should not expect an easier fundraising environment, as LPs will hold steady with a pullback from venture capital. DCM’s Dixon Doll suggested 40 to 50 venture-backed companies would IPO ...

Tonchidot raises $4 million

by Chris Caceres, December 8, 2009 | Comments

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Japanese augmented reality started looking to expand globally

Tonchidot, developer of the iPhone app Sekai Camera, on Tuesday raised $4 million in VC funding. New investor DCM led the round with participation from existing investor ITOCHU Technology Ventures.The Japanese startup develops an iPhone application, not available in the US at the moment, called Sekai Camera. The company refers to the app as a "social tagging device." It falls ...

Google goes after "Google Money" scammers

by Ronny Kerr, December 8, 2009 | Comments (2)

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Google gets fed up with get-rich-quick schemes leeching off of company image, takes action

In the poor economic climate of 2009, more and more of the cash-strapped jobless can, unfortunately, fall prey to even the most far-fetched offers for quick and easy money. Enticing job-hungry eyes with irresistible hooks like "Use Google to Make 1000s of Dollars!" or "Easy Cash with Google: You Could be Making up to $978 a Day Working from Home!" ...

Elluminate: your grandkid's classroom

by Matt Bowman, December 7, 2009 | Comments

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Collaborative learning conference and education tool reaches 25,000 users

Wondering what school will be like for the next generation? Check out Elluminate. It gives an instructor the ability to hold a web conference with up to 300 participants, host interactive displays, video streaming, private-but-moderated chats between participants and just about every function a teacher could want in an online classroom. Last week, the company announced it’s social network, LearnCentral, ...

AT&T releases iPhone app, "Mark the Spot"

by Chris Caceres, December 7, 2009 | Comments

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Hopefully this application will help fix all those dropped calls and lack of coverage

Well, after countless amounts of negative reviews about AT&T's awful service, the company decided to launch an iPhone app to address this issue. Mark the Spot functions solely to help AT&T and its subscribers find problems with network coverage. The application captures local GPS coordinates and then lets the user pick what kind of issue they were having from a multiple ...

Google realtime search to go live within days

by Ronny Kerr, December 7, 2009 | Comments

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The most popular search engine wants to deliver information at the speed of light

Among a number of surprises made today at its Mountain View, CA search event, Google announced that, within days, it will be implementing real-time search returns into search results pages. Much in the same way that movie showtimes or related news results appear in small widgets separate from the regular links results, real-time results will also appear in a separate ...

Whitman takes stand in eBay-Craigslist suit

by Matt Bowman, December 7, 2009 | Comments

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Legal smackdown kicks off Monday. EBay founder Omidyar to testify after the gubernatorial candidate.

Two Internet giants are squaring off in a Delaware court Monday, dragging in one of California’s foremost gubernatorial candidates as the first witness. EBay and Craigslist have filed suits against each other in a dispute over the size of eBay’s minority stake in Craigslist. Meg Whitman, who was CEO of eBay when it invested in the online classifieds company in ...

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