Google Android has taken the lead among smartphone platforms with 31.2 percent market share, after two short months Read More
What you need to know – 03/08/11
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Murdoch bets $77 million to transform music
Beyond Oblivion, a digital music marketplace with grandiose ambitions to disrupt the music industry, has secured a $77 Read More
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SpareFoot picks up $1.5 million for storage
SpareFoot, an online service that helps consumers compare storage facilities in their area, raised $1.5 million in a Read More
Sound the trumpets and release the doves: AOL has completed its $315 million acquisition of The Huffington Post Read More
Kik Interactive, creator of the cross-platform text messaging app Kik Messenger, on Monday announced the close of an Read More
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What you need to know – 03/07/11
AdGrok, a Y Combinator-backed startup looking to simplify Internet advertising, raised $470,000 in angel funding from Chris Sacca, Russ Siegelman, Ben Narasin, TriplePoint Read More
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What the NY Times can learn from Groupon
Days after one of the most unlikely contenders–The New York Times–announced its plans to get into the daily Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 03/04/11
Seed-stage Attachments.me, a service that organizes all your email attachments, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from the Foundry Group. Read More
Two big developments in the online video industry unfolded this week, CBS bought Clicker, while Rovi bought SideReel. Read More
Following on the heels of Rovi’s acquisition of TV-tracking site SideReel earlier this week, another TV-tracking site, Clicker, Read More
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Bessemer closing in on new $1.5 billion fund?
Bessemer Venture Partners, a New York-based investment firm, is raising between $1.2 and $1.5 billion for a new Read More
In a move that is so predictable it makes you wonder what took them so long, the Chinese Read More
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Libya takes lesson from Egypt, goes offline
Amid escalating violence, dwindling food and medical resources in rebel areas, and a mass refugee exodus, Libya has Read More
MyBuys, a personalized advertising company for brands and retailers, on Friday announced the close of a $20 million Read More
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What you need to know – 03/04/11
Lithium ion battery developer Amprius secured a $25 million round of funding led by IPV Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Read More