Technologies/Formats

Borders Opens Online Store; Won’t ‘Out-Amazon’ Former Partner - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 27 May 2008 05:35 AM PST

As Borders finally takes control of its online store from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), the books retailer has a lot of uncertainties ahead of it. AP provides an overview of Borders’…

Microsoft Hopes To Lure Searchers By Paying Them - 3 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 21 May 2008 04:51 AM PST

Paying folks to use its search engine is an idea Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has flirted with for a long time. See this InfoWorld piece on it from back in 2005.…

Sugar Publishing Acquires TV Shopper Starbrand Media - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 20 May 2008 08:40 PM PST

Sugar Inc, the NBCU-backed blog network, is acquiring Starbrand Media, a company that creates shopping tie-ins with TV shows. So if you’re into Gossip Girl for example, Starbrand offers a…

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Russian Portal Yandex To Do US IPO, Seeking $1.5-$2 Billion: Report - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 20 May 2008 04:12 PM PST

This should make for some fun S-1 reading when it comes out: Yandex, the dominant Russian portal/search engine plans to do a US IPO, according to Reuters. The report says…

Microsoft’s Fast Search Deal: Did It Do Enough Diligence on It? - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 19 May 2008 12:20 PM PST

Our deals columnist Steve Rosenbush has written an interesting story for Portfolio.com, digging deeper into Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) $1.23 billion acquisition earlier this year of Norwegian enterprise search firm Fast…

Lexico, Dictionary.com Being Acquired By Ask.com; Price In $100 Million Range - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 14 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Turns out Ask.com has the answers for Lexico Publishing, the owner of Dictionary.com which earlier agreed to be acquired by Answers.com (NSDQ: ANSW) in a doomed effort. The IAC (NSDQ:…

Comcast And Plaxo Invite You To The Marriage Of Set-top Box & Social Software - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 14 May 2008 04:30 PM PST

Just got off the phone from a tandem interview with Plaxo CEO Ben Golub and Comcast Interactive Media‘s Sam Schwartz. They weren’t willing to talk money but answered just about…

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…

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 - 3 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 Alliance Bernstein led the round with their first…