Bee TV raised $1.5 million from Italian venture capital firm Innogest to fund its new social TV watching Read More
What you need to know – 05/17/11
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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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What you need to know – 05/12/11
Social intelligence company Claritics received $1.5 million in Series A financing lead by Cervin Ventures and TiE Angels. Read More
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How Zite is bouncing back from its legal woes
Back in March, iPad news aggregator Zite got hit with a pretty nasty cease and desist letter from Read More
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Smule’s Magic Piano now free on the iPhone
Magic Piano, Smule’s anyone-can-play-piano app, launched Wednesday on the iPhone for the first time. Similar to other Smule Read More
Electronic Arts announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Melbourne-based mobile design studio Firemint, which is known Read More
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What you need to know – 05/02/11
Dish Network named Michael Kelly president of its new subsidiary, Blockbuster. Facebook is on track to surpass $2 Read More
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RIM stock dives 10% after forecast revision
In response to slowing BlackBerry sales, RIM on Thursday lowered financial forecasts for the first quarter, ending May Read More
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PapayaMobile raises $18M for Android network
Android gaming network PapayaMobile announced Wednesday that it has raised $18 million in Series B funding led by Read More
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Pixable picks up $3.6 million for photo apps
Pixable, developer of an application for discovering and categorizing photos, announced Friday that it has closed $3.6 million Read More
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GREE pays $104 million for OpenFeint network
GREE Inc., operator of Japan’s largest mobile gaming social network, announced Thursday that it has paid $104 million Read More
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DCM seals $100 million for Android “A-Fund”
When it comes to the overall mobile market, Android might not have much compared to Apple. That said, Read More
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Moment of truth: Apple’s Q2 sans Steve Jobs
In Apple’s first quarter since Steve Jobs bowed out for his medical leave of absence, how did the Read More
Flipboard is making friends in high places. The company announced Thursday that it is partnering with none other Read More
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Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 gets geolocation
Development on Twitter’s mobile apps has been speeding right along lately. Twitter for BlackBerry v1.1 just launched with Read More