Would you pay $10 billion for a website that hosts posts the length of text messages? Executives at both Read More
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Andreessen injects $80 million in Twitter
Major Silicon Valley venture capital group Andreessen Horowitz has invested over $80 million in Twitter by purchasing stock Read More
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Socialware raises $3M for social enterprise
You’d have to be living under a rock to not know this, but Facebook is taking over the Read More
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Needle raises $1.2 million for commerce chat
Needle, a new company that wants to help integrate chat into commerce sites, has raised $1.2 million Read More
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Angels, bubbles and core tech: Splash panel
We decided to mix things up a bit at this year’s Vator Splash, introducing a panel discussion for Read More
China’s largest online TV service, PPLive, confirmed Friday that it has raised $250 million from Softbank Corporation. Read More
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What you need to know – 02/04/11
For Q4 2010 in the U.S., online retail spending reached a record $43.4 billion for the quarter, up Read More
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ngmoco’s Neil Young: “Don’t be a pussy”
To get a feel for Neil Young’s keynote at Vator Splash, here’s the first thing that came out Read More
Pandora founder Tim Westergren just delivered the first keynote speech of the night at Vator Splash at Cafe Read More
Hipmunk, a new flight search service that wants to lessen the pain of traveling, confirmed Thursday that it Read More
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Music service Rdio raises $17.5 million
Rdio, a music subscription service for the United States and Canada, announced Thursday that it has raised a Read More
Storify, a website that allows users to create online narratives out of a compilation of their favorite tweets, Read More
Answers.com, a publicly traded company on NASDAQ, announced Thursday that it has agreed to be acquired by AFCV Read More
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What you need to know – 02/03/11
Q&A site Answers.com, has agreed to be acquired by AFCV Holdings, LLC for a total cash consideration of approximately Read More
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Social media sense: Egypt’s ban did nothing
[Update on Feb. 3 at 11:16 AM PST: I spoke too soon. The Internet shutdown did do something: it Read More