What you need to know - Tuesday 10/26/2010

Katie Gatto · October 26, 2010 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/1308

Zuberance raised $6M; Adap.tv gets $4.5 million; Hunch for sale?; OurExplorer sold

Zuberance raised $6 million. The was the second round of funding. Canaan Partners led the round. Other investors include Emergence Capital Partners and Correlation Ventures.

Viator bought Sydney-based OurExplorer.com. The specifics of the deal were not released. Both sites are travel related.

Lunar Technologies raised $1 million, for a project called trend.ly. The company would not say who had invested in it, referring to their donors only as, undisclosed angel investors. The company hopes to raise $3 million more in the next year.

McAfee’s released its fourth annual Mapping the Mal Web report. The report shows that 6.2% (or 1.67 million Internet sites) represent a security threat. The research was based on a survey of 27 million Websites, from a variety of locations.

Adap.tv raised $4.5 million. This was the company's third round of funding. investors included Redpoint Ventures, Gemini Israel Funds and Spark Capital.

Google sites now account for 6.4% of all Internet traffic worldwide. This tally includes all properties, such as the search engine and You Tube. The tally was run by Arbor Networks.

AppMakr raised $1 million. This was the companies seed round of funding. Investors included a mix of venture capitalists and angel investors.

Hunch is looking to sell. The owner posted on his blog, in response to a FormSpring question.

Microsoft released a Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac. The connector is a free download. Users must have at least Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) or higher to run the connector.

Gowalla announced three new features. These features are City Pages, which allows users to find popular locations, Verified Businesses and Venues, which allows users to claim the location where their business is, and Passport Stamp.

Consumers continue to report a low confidence in the economy, according to a study released by Nielsen. The report showed that confidence declined in 19 of 53 global markets, and One in four North Americans and one in five Europeans have no discretionary income to spend.

PayPal made a deal with the USAA Federal Savings Bank. The deal will allow bank members to use a person to person payment solution. The solution is currently in development.