- Monday, March 15, 2010, 17:57
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When
CoTweet sold to ExactTarget a couple weeks ago, the acquisition price was not disclosed. But an
SEC filing put out today suggests that ExactTweet paid at least $8.1 million in stock for CoTweet. That is the value of “securities offered . . . as partial consideration in connection with a merger,” meaning there was likely ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 16:01
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When SXSW sets up its festival, you have to assume they want the best and most engaging keynotes possible. If the public reaction to Umair Haque’s
interview of Twitter co-founder Ev Williams is any indication, they failed. Badly.
I wish I could take credit for the title here, but it is all
Mike ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 14:56
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During his keynote at SXSW this afternoon (live blog
here), Twitter CEO Evan Williams just announced a new “At Anywhere” platform, which allows websites to more deeply integrate the service into their sites. The idea is to offer a more seamless experience to Twitter users navigating third party sites like the Huffington Post and the New York Times, giving ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 13:11
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We’re in the midst of full-on
location war is raging this year at SXSW in Austin, Texas this year. But actually, someone has already won: AT&T.
Yes,
despite my concerns, I’m happy to report that the network has been incredibly stable over the past several days. In fact, it’s the best I’ve ever ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 11:30
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I’m here in Austin, Texas, where
MOG CEO David Hyman is introducing the service’s new mobile functionality. This is a major step for MOG, and may be an inflection point in the success of the service. Up until now, users have been restricted to using MOG’s streaming music service on their computers. That’s fine ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 8:27
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Between the
geolocation wars of Facebook and Twitter and the flux of geolocation-based social networks and mobile apps that have been hitting the market recently, the competition is tough. Today, mobile networking startup
NearVerse, is launching a free iPhone app, called
LoKast, which allows people to share media between iPhones at super-fast speeds. The kicker: the ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 7:22
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Didn’t I
just write that the online video publishing market is heating up quickly? Here’s another testament to that notion:
KIT digital this morning announced that it has
agreed to acquire privately-held competitor
Multicast Media for net consideration of approximately $18 million.
The acquisition sum is comprised of $4.9 million in cash and 1.3 million ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 5:39
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Earlier this morning, social networking giant
Facebook announced
on its blog that, one week after it said it would be opening an office in Austin, Texas, it will set up an additional support center in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh.
In the statement, the company says both offices will ...
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- Monday, March 15, 2010, 1:18
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Hunch confirms that they’ve raised a
new round of financing –
$12 million – led by
Khosla Ventures. Partner
Gideon Yu, who
joined Khosla Ventures last year, was previously the CFO of Facebook. He is now joining Hunch’s board of directors as part of the deal. Hunch was valued at ...
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- Sunday, March 14, 2010, 23:47
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The
battle between Google and Apple continues.
RJ Pittman, a prominent product manager at Google, has left the company to join Apple. We’ve been tipped off to a tweet he sent out two days ago that said “My last day at Google. Incredible experience. Amazing people. Moved mountains. Next chapter. Hello Apple.” Pittman has ...
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