The big fish eats the medium fish and the medium fish swallows the small fish. Three months after Read More
Microsoft-acquired Skype snaps up GroupMe
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Social ad spend rising faster than video in 2011
Though it’s well-established that 2009 and 2010 were monumental years for the social media boom, this year seems Read More
I recently caught up with David Otten, founder and CEO of LongTail Video, a full-service video technology and Read More
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Facebook gets serious about mobile group messaging
SMS is in trouble. Facebook on Wednesday launched a brand new mobile app, for both Android and iPhone, Read More
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Randi Zuckerberg departs Facebook to found media co
Randi Zuckerberg, director of marketing at Facebook and sister to CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, announced Wednesday that Read More
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What you need to know – 07/28/11
To make its video streaming selection less sucktastic, Amazon has just sealed a deal with NBCUniversal to bring Read More
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Tango grabs $42 million to fuel video calling
Tango, provider of free mobile video calling, announced Wednesday that it has raised $42 million in Series B Read More
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What you need to know – 07/20/11
Most founders fundraise twice in their lifetime. I have seen over twenty companies raise funds since I started Read More
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Affectiva gets $5.7M to measure facial expressions
Have you ever found yourself so baffled by what people seem to find funny or entertaining (the “Pirates Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 07/15/11
Seed-stage San Francisco-based Astrid raised a seed round of funding, led by Google Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners. Read More
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Google rules online video, but Hulu shows more ads
You online surfers sure do love your video. In June, 178 million U.S. Internet users accessed online video Read More
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Microsoft working on social network called Tulalip
Oh, God. Please. No. Not another social network. There’s about to be another new (and, unsurprisingly, very late) Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 07/01/11
Seed-stage Coursekit, an education software startup, closed a $1 million seed round of financing from. IA Ventures (Roger Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 06/10/11
Seed-stage EDITD, provider of automated retail monitoring and analytics for the fashion industry, raised a $1.6 million seed Read More
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VideoGenie gets $2M for video testimonials
VideoGenie, a startup that curates customer-generated video, announced Thursday that it has raised a $2 million Series A Read More