Ex Apple VP backs payment platform Cleeng to break U.S.
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Another vendor hoping to provide a paid content mechanism to online publishers is raising money from backers including Apple’s former overseas lieutenant. Read more »
PRSS aims to be a low-cost iPad magazine factory in the cloud
Indie travel publisher TRVL didn’t like the software it had to use to make its free, iPad-only magazine – so it built its own. Now TRVL is giving away PRSS, hoping to kickstart other would-be moguls, and make a buck of its own. Read more »
Dutch, Belgian publishers mull a ‘Spotify for newspapers’
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The Netherlands’ main news titles are collaborating on ideas for a joint payment system that would let readers buy access to each. Dutch publishers’ trade association NDP Nieuwsmedia confirmed members are exploring possibilities for a “common platform to meet demand for their content”, involving a shared database. […] Read more »
Apple Gains Patent Ground On Samsung As Sides Square Up On U.S. Soil
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Samsung’s legal setback in Australia — where the courts have now issued a formal, if temporary, injunction on its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet af… Read more »
Samsung: Second Tablet Injunction? Asks 2.4 Percent Chip Royalty From Apple
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New developments today in the fight between Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Samsung over design and patent infringements in the company’s smartphones… Read more »
Update 2: Dutch Court Sides With Apple, Samsung Says It Has A Workaround
Big news from the little country of Holland today. The Dutch court in the Hague that has been hearing the case of Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) versus… Read more »
Advertising M&A Activity Enters The Holiday Season
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There’s been a great deal of M&A deals getting done in the online advertising and analytics space this past year and a number of companies a… Read more »
Layar Raises $14 Million: Augmented Reality, Augmented Again
More fuel getting thrown on the augmented reality flame: mobile augmented reality platform Layar, based in Holland, has raised a Series B ro… Read more »
Euro Video Ad Net Smartclip Buying In To Holland
German video advertising network Smartclip says it’s buying its way in to the Netherlands, acquiring a smaller Dutch vid advertiser Moon Bro… Read more »
Cool-Seeking Newspapers Dream Of iPad
Print publishers can’t wait for iPad to hit the streets next month, perhaps so they can once again start producing info in a similar-looking… Read more »
Another One Bites The Dust: BitTorrent Giant Mininova Forced To Go Legal
It calls itself “the ultimate BitTorrent source”, but P2P tracker Mininova has now removed almost all links to copyrighted content after com… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Bebo’s Freshers Web Series; Sony Bravia IPTV; Ohm:tv’s Mobile VOD Channel
– Bebo TV: More original video content from the social network: its Originals division has launched a second, eight-week series of Meet the… Read more »
Spotify Restricts Access In Some European Countries
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As its hype curve rises and grows around the world, music service Spotify is locking out eager, enterprising users from outside the six coun… Read more »
HIG Capital Acquires VNU Media Stake
Private investment firm HIG Capital has taken a major stake in Dutch B2B publisher VNU Media, alongside majority shareholder, PE firm 3i. Re… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Funny Or Die; MetalHammer App; Nimbuzz Launches Android App
– Funny Or Die: Online TV service Babelgum has got an exclusive, two-year license to distribute the comedy clips series on mobile, includin… Read more »
Industry Moves: News International; TomTom; Kindred
– News International: Still keen to boost physical newspaper sales, News International has created a new head of retail strategy role: Kath… Read more »
Earnings: Better Sales Give Satnav Maker TomTom Profit Boost
Increased sales helped Dutch satnav manufacturer TomTom beat analysts’ expectations to improved earnings figures for Q209 on Wednesday: its… Read more »
Sat-Nav Maker TomTom Raises
Amsterdam-based sat-nav device developer TomTom is seeking Read more »
Dutch News Site Sued For The Way Google Indexed Its Pages
A Google (NSDQ: GOOG) algorithm has managed to get a Dutch community news site successfully sued. Klup.nl, a network of user-edited news por… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: NBCU Greek, Geewa, Ziggo, Virgin 200Mbps
– NBCU in Greece: NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has launched its Universal Channel on Greek telco OTE’s Conn-x IPTV service. Series like Flippin… Read more »
