Technologies/Formats

Earnings: Limelight Q1 Revs Up 29 Percent; Still Adding Customers Post-Ruling, But Outlook Flat - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 08 May 2008 01:05 PM PST

Limelight (NSDQ: LLNW), the struggling number two in the CDN space, reported Q1 revenues of $30.2 million, a 29 percent year-over-year increase. But the top-line fell short of consensus estimates…

Sprint-Clearwire: Our Coverage In Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 08 May 2008 07:12 AM PST

From our sister site mocoNews.net… A lot going on since Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) confirmed their agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form…

Sprint-Clearwire: Google’s Role Too Big? Pay-For-Access Deal Raises Net Neutrality-Like Concerns - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 08:45 AM PST

Over the last year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its presence known in the wireless industry, not for its applications, but instead, for its position on open access. The internet…

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It’s Official: Massive WiMax Deal Closes, Merging Clearwire And Sprint With Outside Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 05:53 AM PST

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel confirmed this morning that they have a definitive agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband businesses to form a new company with…

SEM Firm Search Agency Sells Stake To PE Firm JMI Equity - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 02 May 2008 10:31 AM PST

The Santa Monica, CA-based search marketing firm The Search Agency (TSA) has received a strategic investment from private equity firm JMI Equity. The amount was undisclosed. TSA provides search optimization…

Marketing Software Maker Silverpop Raises $15 Million For Acquisitions - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 28 Apr 2008 09:35 AM PST

Silverpop, a maker of on-demand software for marketers, has raised $15 million from DFJ and DE Shaw in order to accelerate R&D and to do acquisitions. The Atlanta-based company, which…

Earnings: Sohu Q1 Revs up 156 Percent; Stock Spikes - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 28 Apr 2008 07:14 AM PST

Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU) last week, and now Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU), it’s a good time to be a Chinese internet firm: the provider of search, games and mobile services reported Q1…

Starbucks, AT&T National Rollout Begins; Free WiFi Access Begins - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 25 Apr 2008 08:25 AM PST

Actually, I had an inkling of this before the press release rolled in just now—when the AT&T (NYSE: T) network took over as soon as my computer started looking for…

Ex-Googler’s Mechanical Zoo To Launch With $750K Convertible Debt - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 24 Apr 2008 11:40 AM PST

Mechanical Zoo, a social start-up started by some ex-Googlers, has raised $750k in convertible debt, as it preps for a beta launch, reported News.com. The unidentified angels (including former colleagues)…

Vysr Raises $2 Million From For New Browsing Method - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 23 Apr 2008 11:32 AM PST

As someone that once had 156 tabs open in a single Firefox window, this sounds appealing: Vysr, a start-up offering a new way to browse that promises fewer tabs, has…

Urban Transit Site HopStop Raises Angel Rounding - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 22 Apr 2008 11:30 AM PST

HopStop, a service that lets users map out the quickest subway route between two points in a city, has raised unspecified angel funding from a group of investors that includes…

TeachStreet Raises $2.25 First Round For Local Teacher Search - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 21 Apr 2008 12:06 PM PST

TeachStreet, a local search start-up that helps users find local instructors, has raised a $2.25 million led by Madrona Ventures, Bezos Expeditions and various individuals, including former Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN)…

Ad Buys Data Processor MediaBanks Secures $30 Million Investment - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 18 Apr 2008 10:04 AM PST

MediaBank, a provider of media buying tracking systems, has raised $30 million from New Enterprise Associates, according to Mediapost. New Enterprise previously raised $10.5 million for the Chicago-based company, which…

Orange Trials Mobile E-Newspaper Reader With Le Monde Et Al - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 18 Apr 2008 05:41 AM PST

Orange in France is testing a concept mobile digital newspaper and ebook reader. Like an Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle minus the keyboard, Read&Go uses touchscreen to navigate a custom UI…

Microsoft Buys Travel Search Engine Farecast For $75-$100 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Apr 2008 05:17 PM PST

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has bought travel search engine Farecast the company told SeattlePI, after the paper reported a few days ago that the site had been sold to an unknown…

Comcast Adds On File- Sharing Tests And ‘P2P Bill Of Rights’ - 2 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 15 Apr 2008 03:51 PM PST

A few weeks after Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) non-deal deal with BitTorrent on making the latter’s P2P apps run more smoothly for the cable operator’s broadband subs, the largest U.S. cable…

Search Start-Up Cuill Raises $25 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 15 Apr 2008 01:17 PM PST

Cuill, a start-up promising “a new approach to search”, has raised a big $25 million second round led by Madrone Capital Partners. It previously raised $8 million from Tugboat Ventures…

Video Ad Customizer Visible World Raises $25 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 14 Apr 2008 10:03 AM PST

Ad targeting solutions provider Visible World has raised a large $25 million hird round , according to Mediapost. Adams Street Partners and AllianceBernstein led the round with their first investments…

Local Searcher Grayboxx Sells To Competitor BayAdvisor - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sun 13 Apr 2008 01:35 PM PST

Grayboxx, a local search start-up, has been sold to Bayadvisor, which also operates in the same area, according to VentureBeat. The Saratoga, CA-based company offers a pretty straightforward service, by…

Israeli Search Marketer Kenshoo Raises Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 10:48 PM PST

Kenshoo, an Israeli search engine marketer, has raised an unspecified second round from VC firm Arts Alliance. The investment follows closely on the heals of its first round, from Sequoia,…

Product Recommender Richrelevence Raises $4.2 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 10:47 PM PST

Richrelevence, a provider of personalized recommendations for e-commerce firms, has raised a $4.2 million second round led by Greylock Partners and Tugboat Ventures. It previously raised an unspecified amount from…

Google-Yahoo Ad Test: A Gimmick To Thwart Microsoft—Or Simply Surrender? - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 09 Apr 2008 08:30 PM PST

A number of online ad industry execs expressed extreme skepticism that Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is serious about pursuing a larger, more long-term outsourcing arrangement with Google on paid search. Yahoo…

IAC Search Site Rushmore Drive Launches; More Organic Sites To Come; FiLife Still Alive - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 08:16 PM PST

RushmoreDrive, the black-oriented search, news and jobs site incubated inside IAC (NSDQ: IACI), makes its debut to the world tomorrow. Tonight, the new site was feted at a stylish event…

Microsoft On Google-Yahoo Tie-Up: Google To Have 90 Percent Of Ad Market; Market Less Competitive - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Apr 2008 01:45 PM PST

Microsoft has weighed in on this evening’s announcement, claiming that the agreement gives Google (NSDQ: GOOG) 90 percent of the online ad market, and thus makes the market “far less…

Adobe Media Player Debuts For Online—And Offline—Viewing; Video From CBS, MTVN, UMG, More - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 08 Apr 2008 10:01 PM PST

A year after Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) announced the third part of its Flash Triple Play, the company has released Adobe Media Player 1.0—the standalone desktop player meant for online and…