In direct contrast to Pandora’s approach, new tech just launched from Orpheus Media Research (OMR), a Brooklyn-based music Read More
What you need to know – 05/18/11
If you’re even a little tech-savvy, you’ve probably heard of the Music Genome Project, the technology that powers Read More
Datameer, provider of business user-facing analytics solutions built on Apache Hadoop, announced Tuesday that it has secured $9.25 Read More
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Social media dominates SecondMarket trading
SecondMarket, an online marketplace for alternative investments, reported Tuesday that it completed $115.4 million in private company stock Read More
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What you need to know – 05/17/11
Bee TV raised $1.5 million from Italian venture capital firm Innogest to fund its new social TV watching Read More
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Sequoia leads $4.5 million in Humble Bundle
Sequoia Capital confirmed Monday its latest early-stage Internet investment in the U.S: Humble Bundle, a distributor of digital Read More
LinkedIn, nearly four months after filing its S-1 form, has planned its IPO debut for this Thursday. Last Read More
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What you need to know – 05/16/11
Mobile payments startup Billing Revolution raised $6.6 million in Series B funding led by DCM and SK Telecom Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 05/13/11
Seed-stage Gobble, an online marketplace for local fresh meals, raised $1.2 million in seed financing from a select Read More
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$1B spent on Twitter ecosystem acquisitions
Twitter last night hosted a developer-centric event in San Francisco called #devnest, and it did a good job Read More
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We R Interactive raises $5M for future gaming
Online games publisher We R Interactive announced Friday that it has raised a $5 million second round of Read More
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What you need to know – 05/13/11
Investment bank Caris & Co. estimates that, in 2011, Kindle revenues will reach $5.42 billion, and by 2012, Read More
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The Taliban tweets about “US invaders killed”
When the Taliban, one of al Qaeda’s most important allies, confirmed that Osama bin Laden had been killed Read More
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Fewer than 1 in 5 smartphone users check in
Location-based services like Facebook Places, Foursquare and Gowalla might be less used than we thought. Only 16.7 million Read More
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Buddy Media “closes the loop,” buys Spinback
Social media marketing company Buddy Media announced Thursday that it has acquired Spinback, creator of a social plugin Read More