Consumer information service companies, those in the exploding social media, gaming and e-commerce markets, raised $875 million for Read More
Funding for social, gaming triples to $875M
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Startups launch location goodies at Where 2.0
Several startups had five minutes apiece today at Where 2.0 in Santa Clara, Calif. to show off the Read More
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UberMedia to slap Twitter back with rival?
UberMedia, developer of several Twitter-based applications and services for both Web and mobile, may be working on a Read More
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Lockerz secures $30 million for social retail
Social shopping service Lockerz confirmed Tuesday that it has closed $30 million of a planned $45 million round, Read More
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Shoutlet 4.0 is the sexiest social CRM yet
Shoutlet, a social media management platform for medium to large-sized businesses, announced Tuesday morning the launch of Shoutlet Read More
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Google wants to be “liked” with +1
“This is pretty cool.” “You should check this out.” These are just a couple examples of what Google Read More
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Adap.tv raises $20 million for ad network
Online video advertising company Adap.tv announced Tuesday that it has closed $20 million in Series C financing led Read More
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Amazon zips your files and songs to the cloud
Amazon on Monday night took the wraps off a compelling new cloud drive available immediately to all Amazon Read More
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Digitally clueless: bands that hand out CDs
A silly thing happened to me at SXSW: a musician (or their best friend) handed me a CD. Read More
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MOG is coming to the BlackBerry, MINI USA
[Corrections made Mar. 14 at 5:02 PM PST regarding Rdio’s mobile offerings.] On-demand music. Actually on demand. Continuing company Read More
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Topsy doubles down on real-time search
Real-time search engine Topsy announced Thursday that it has closed a $15 million Series C round from all Read More
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Boxee raises $16.5 million to beat Apple TV
Boxee, creator of a box that streams videos from the Internet to your TV, announced Tuesday that it Read More
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A look at digital music listening and MOG
Ever since Napster showed up to the party, the music industry just hasn’t been the same. Actually, ever Read More
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People not getting Tibet ad, Groupon pulls it
Earlier this week, Groupon chief executive Andrew Mason took to the Groupon blog to explain the company’s controversial Read More
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Music service Rdio raises $17.5 million
Rdio, a music subscription service for the United States and Canada, announced Thursday that it has raised a Read More