Aircell, provider of inflight Internet connectivity, closed a $35 million financing with its existing investors and Aircell's management team.
Antenna Software, provider of solutions for mobile Web, apps and content, acquired mobile Internet software company Volantis Systems.
AOL acquired The Huffington Post, a popular news site which now counts nearly 25 million unique monthly visitors, for $315 million.
Dasient, provider of anti-malware solutions for websites and ad networks, received a new round of funding from Google Ventures, which joins previous investors Benhamou Global Ventures, Floodgate and Radar Partners.
VatorNews' Faith Merino takes a closer look at the competition brewing between daily deals sites Groupon and LivingSocial, with a focus on advertising over Super Bowl weekend.
Plastyc, provider of an Internet and mobile money management platform for the underbanked, closed a $2 million investment by Core Innovation Capital, the investment partner of the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI).
Today's featured entrepreneur is Hilary DeCesare, co-founder and CEO of Everloop.
Violin Memory, provider of cloud storage memory arrays, raised a $35 million Series B funding round which includes Toshiba America Electronic Components and Juniper Networks.
A British hacker gained access to administrative accounts at Zynga, allowing him to fiddle with enough virtual money to earn him £53,000 (about $85,000) before being discovered and arrested.
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Everloop provides kids under 13 a free, safe space where they can connect with friends, play games, share pictures and music, send messages, discover new talents and learn. Everloop’s unique patent-pending “looping” technology introduces state-of-the-art privacy protection and monitoring that guards young users against bullying, bad language and sharing private information. Everloop partners with leading innovators to provide both tween-focused entertainment and educational activities. Kids get to be in the loop and parents get peace of mind. For more information visit http://www.everloop.com.
Awards:
-CEO Hilary DeCesare: AlwaysOn’s “2010 Top 25 Women in Tech to Watch”
-2010 DEMOgod Award for Social Media
-AlwaysOnGlobal2010
-AlwaysOnHollywood 100
-Board of Directors of The Max Cure Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Causes
- Board of Advisory for The Max Cure Fund at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
-Speaker at 2011 Youth Mega Mash Up Event
-Invited to Innovator Spotlight at Pii 2010
-CEO Hilary DeCesare invited to speak at President Obama's Cyber Safety Summit
-2010 Winner of Global Entrepreneurship 50
-2010 Winner Best in Class Social Media
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Zynga is the largest social gaming company with 8.5 million daily users and 45 million monthly users. Zynga’s games are available on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Yahoo! and the iPhone, and include Texas Hold’Em Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille, Vampires, Street Racing, Scramble and Word Twist. The company is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Avalon Ventures, Pilot Group, Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel. Zynga is headquartered at the Chip Factory in San Francisco. For more information, please visit www.zynga.com.
