The Android OS is growing in popoularity, according to a report released Wednesday from Nielsen. In an October survey, Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android OS were tied for the title of “most desired operating system”.
Zynga released Wednesday a localized a version of its FarmVille game in Japan. The Japanese version, called Farm Village, will be available early in December on Mixi, a Japaneese social network.
Cisco said it would like to buy LineSider Technologies. LineSider Technologies makes network management software. Cisco’s target date for acquisition is Q2 of 2011.
StatCounter, a Web analytics company, sent out a release, citing data, collected in-house, tha claims BlackBerry had a higher percentage then Apple’s iOS of mobile Internet usage in November.
The bidding on Twitter has raised its valuation to above the $3 billion mark, and possibly close to $4 billion. Russian firm, DST, has submitted an offer based on valuing the company at more then $3 billion, say multiple sources.
Heartland Robotics raised $20 million to make low-cost robots for manufacturing. The round was the company’s Series B round of funding.
RingRevenue raised $4 million for a pay-per-call marketing service. The company has more then than 25,000 publishers, and allows clients to add phone-based campaigns to their marketing efforts.
Yammer, an enterprise social networking site , raised $25 million in Series C round funding. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners, with funds also coming from Emergence Capital, Charles River Ventures, and Founders Fund.
American Express and Zynga announced that customers with Membership Rewards points, an American Express cardholder benefit, can now use them to pay for limited edition virtual goods, in Zynga’s games.
Cyber Monday sales were estimated to be, at minimum, 20% higher than last year. Cyber Monday sales online have risen every year for the past five, according to data released by comScore.
