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Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 07 Oct 2008 09:15 AM PST
After the poring over the series of revisions that have gone into the latest ad forecasts this morning, the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s review of ad spending during the first six…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 07 Oct 2008 06:10 AM PST
VeriSign’s (NSDQ: VRSN) effort to capitalize on mobile through its acquisition of Jamba is officially over. VeriSign tried to keep skin in the game through a JV with News Corp…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 06 Oct 2008 08:00 PM PST
We’ve now opened sales of new ticket packages for our trifecta of conferences this month: Future of Business Media, EconSports and EconWomen. EconSports/EconWomen combos are available for $500 and ticket…
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 07 Oct 2008 01:47 PM PST
There’s a ton of attention on mobile browsers right now, as companies try and figure out the best way to render full web sites on small screens. Opera, Google (NSDQ:…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 07 Oct 2008 01:43 PM PST
YouTube’s VC backers are being asked to explain to a federal court why they invested in the video venture—and why they sold to Google (NSDQ: GOOG). As part of the…
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 07 Oct 2008 01:38 PM PST
Veoh founder Dmitry Shapiro climbed on stage at a small theater in Manhattan to introduce a discussion on the changes online video has been experiencing. For its mini-conference, the Veoh…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 07 Oct 2008 12:15 PM PST
Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Media Center, the video delivery unit of Comcast Cable, has bought out all of the assets of Radiance Technologies, a provider of asset-delivery systems for distributing and…
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 07 Oct 2008 11:51 AM PST
* Apple*co-founder Steve Wozniak, who has been retired from the company since 1987, still has a love for gadgets, technology and computers, but in an interview with the Telegraph, he…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 07 Oct 2008 11:43 AM PST
Kineto Wireless has raised $15.5 million in funding to continue working on its unlicensed mobile access (UMA) technology and a new technology for femtocells. The Milpitas, Calif.-based company brought on…
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 07 Oct 2008 11:31 AM PST
* Apple*co-founder Steve Wozniak, who has been retired from the company since 1987, still has a love for gadgets, technology and computers, but in an interview with the Telegraph, he…
Posted By Matt Kapko - Tue 07 Oct 2008 10:57 AM PST
-- Free mobile TV services cutting into broadcast-like services: Mobile broadcast TV services are set to reach $2.7 billion in annual revenues by 2013, a much lower return than previously…
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 07 Oct 2008 10:50 AM PST
There’s growing concern that public opinion polls, which do not include cellphones aren’t accurate because of the rising number of younger people who have dropped their landlines. For instance, polling…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 07 Oct 2008 09:43 AM PST
Pasadena, CA-based myShape secured a round of funding of $12 million, though the round is still in progress, reports VentureBeat. The investment came from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, just weeks…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 07 Oct 2008 09:28 AM PST
KIT Digital, the online video provider formerly known as Roo, has acquired privately-held Visual Connection, a Czech Republic-based digital media and IPTV solutions provider in Europe and the Middle East…
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 07 Oct 2008 09:28 AM PST
Massively multiplayer online gamer MindFuse has secured $1 million in convertible debt from the Keiretsu Forum angel investor group, Venturebeat reports. The Berkeley, CA.-based company expects to raise an undisclosed…
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 07 Oct 2008 07:45 AM PST
Appsavvy, an NYC-based startup focused on selling ads across social media apps, has received $3.1 million in first round funding, led by True Ventures, and additional investment from About.com Founder…
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 07 Oct 2008 07:40 AM PST
PBS may be known for much more than Masterpiece Theatre these days, but the news that it will place parts of its programming on Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) Xbox is still…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 07 Oct 2008 07:18 AM PST
VeriSign’s (NSDQ: VRSN) effort to capitalize on mobile through its acquisition of Jamba is officially over. VeriSign tried to keep skin in the game through a JV with News Corp…
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 07 Oct 2008 06:13 AM PST
SMS GupShup, India’s version of Twitter, has raised $11 million in funding from Charles River Ventures and Helion Ventures. Business Standard reports that the money will be used to grow…
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 07 Oct 2008 05:10 AM PST
For those looking to how online advertising is likely to weather the global financial meltdown, forecasters still seem relatively hopeful—at least compared to traditional advertising. Still, it helps to keep…
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 06 Oct 2008 10:05 PM PST
We’ve now opened sales of new ticket packages for our trifecta of conferences this month: Future of Business Media, EconSports and EconWomen. EconSports/EconWomen combos are available for $500 and ticket…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Oct 2008 08:01 PM PST
*News Corp*-*NBCU* JV Hulu is going live for the first time since its launch last year. The site will stream the remaining presidential debates, which air respectively on NBC Tuesday…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Oct 2008 07:45 PM PST
We’re in e-book leapfrog mode ... the third generation of *Sony’s* Reader Digital Book (PRS-700BC) offers a 6-inch touch screen with built-in LED lighting, a stylus, a virtual keyboard and…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Oct 2008 06:24 PM PST
Blog network Sugar Inc. is opening its ShopStyle API to anyone interested in building apps based on the shopping technology and plans to follow that up with something called ShopSense,…
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 06 Oct 2008 03:42 PM PST
This wouldn’t work in other leagues but, frustrated by a strategic stalemate, D.C. United is setting up its own digital shop, according to the Sports Business Journal. The club, with…
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