Mobile Content Bits: VZ’s Corporate Email; Minyanville Mobile Videos; HTC-Sony Ericsson Rumors
– Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) said it’s offering a service for $10 a month called RemoSync, which syncs Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Exchange Ser… Read more »
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Second Life Comes To Mobile
By Tricia Duryee
Now people living in the Second Life can feel free to leave the house. Even though it would seem like an impossible feat to scale down the p… Read more »
Video Network Veoh Raises $30 Million Led By Intel Capital, Adobe, Gordon Crawford
By Joseph Weisenthal
Just this weekend it was reported that video network Veoh was out for a new round and here it is: The LA-based company has raised a $30 mill… Read more »
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Industry Moves: RTC; Jumpstart; Credit Suisse; Comcast SportsNet
– Real Time Content: RTC has tapped Craig Calder as its chief marketing officer to oversee global marketing and US sales initiatives. Joini… Read more »
Azuki Systems Comes Out Of Stealth To Launch Mobile TV Snackable Bites
By Tricia Duryee
Azuki Systems is unveiling today a mobile media platform that categorizes and breaks-up small bits of mobile TV that the company’s founders… Read more »
Wakoopa Raises EUR 640k For Software Social Net
By Joseph Weisenthal
There are all kinds of social filtering services for media. Here’s one for software. Wakoopa, a site that lets users find and share their fa… Read more »
CBS Interactive Promises “HD” Look To Video Player Content
By David Kaplan
CBS Interactive has upgraded its video player, though the full effects won’t be immediately available, the company said in an email press re… Read more »
Grockit Raises $8 Million Second Round For Educational MMO
By Joseph Weisenthal
Grockit, a stealth startup developing an MMO for online learning, has raised an $8 million second round led by Integral Capital Partners and… Read more »
Video Sharer EatLime Gets Funding From DFJ
By Joseph Weisenthal
You probably thought the world had enough video sharing sites, but you’d be wrong… EatLime, based in Sunnyvale, CA, has raised unspecified… Read more »
NTT DoCoMo Plans 30 Percent Stake In Japanese Internet Company
By Tricia Duryee
NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) is planning to invest about 10 billion yen ($94.8 million) in NTT Resonant, an Internet company that supports a Web p… Read more »
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Ad Industry Roundup: Facebook; Google; IDC; European Interactive Advertising Association
By David Kaplan
– Ad net exec on how to attain ROI on Facebook: Seth Goldstein, co-founder and CEO of ad net firm SocialMedia Networks, offered ad execs so… Read more »
Debate Site Opposing Views Raises Another $1.25 Million
By Joseph Weisenthal
Opposing Views, a site for people to debate weighty issues, has raised a $1.25 million first round led by Frontera Group, Gil Elbaz, (co-fou… Read more »
Spinnaker Media Acquires Christian Music Discovery Site HearItFirst.com From EMI
By Joseph Weisenthal
Spinnaker Media, a holding company for family-friendly media content, has acquired HearItFirst.com, a Christian music discovery site from EM… Read more »
Tata Comm Goes Live With Content Delivery Network
By Cerius Shah
While there is no official announcement yet, this is big news for the video market. We had earlier reported Tata Comm and BitGravity, a CDN… Read more »
Rival Chipmakers Giving Intel’s Mobile Hope Competition
By Dianne See Morrison
Two months after Intel (NSDQ: INTC) formally unveiled its Atom line of chips at its developer event in Shanghai, its been pounding away at p… Read more »
Mobile Messenger Zannel Raises $10 Million Second Round
By Joseph Weisenthal
Zannel, a service for sharing content via mobile, has raised a $10 million second round from Alloy Venture and past backers U.S. Venture Par… Read more »
Nokia In Revenue Sharing Deal With Buongiorno
By Dianne See Morrison
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has struck a revenue sharing deal with Buongiorno that will see the Finnish handset maker preload the Italian content prov… Read more »
Video Service Veoh Turns Off Part of International Visitors; Out For Another Round
By Rafat Ali
Veoh, the online video service backed by Michael Eisner, has turned off access to some part of its international users, in an effort to “ref… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: MOKO Online;Sega’s Sonic; Sprint’s Samsung Instinct; Buzzwire And RooftopComedy
By Tricia Duryee
– MOKO Online: Australian company Loop Mobile (ASX: LPM) has launched an online version of its MOKO Mobile community, giving its users acce… Read more »
Pass Out The Cigars, People.com Buys CelebrityBabyBlog
By David Kaplan
Apparently SheKnows hasn’t bought every site covering the offspring of the rich and famous…. Time Inc.’s People.com has dove into the acqu… Read more »
Memo To Zuckerberg: Hope You Have Good Lawyers
By Joseph Weisenthal
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not wanting for unsolicited advice. Sell now, wait for an IPO, follow your bliss… it’s all out there. Howe… Read more »
MouthShut Launches City Guide
By Cerius Shah
User review portal MouthShut has gone in for a re-design, adding local listings and reviews to the mix. Currently it lists entries from 20 c… Read more »
Demand For Mobile Social Networks Will Grow; Revenues Will Be More Difficult: Report
By Tricia Duryee
Mobile social networks will experience a steady growth curve, but making money on them will remain difficult, according to a report publishe… Read more »
Ad Industry Roundup: Viacom; Up And Comers; Coors; Nielsen
By David Kaplan
– Viacom warns of slowing ad growth: CEO Philippe Dauman told attendees at the Bernstein Strategic Decisions conference that U.S. ad revenu… Read more »
RedLasso To Networks: Bloggers Love Us; Brings In Ex-CBS Vet As Advisor
By Joseph Weisenthal
It looks like RedLasso, the fast growing video embedding service, is ready to play a game of high-stakes brinksmanship with the networks. La… Read more »
Twitter Closing its $15 Million Round With Spark; Bit Less Than $100M Valuation
By Rafat Ali
As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process o… Read more »
Twitter Closing its $15 Million Round With Spark; Bit Less Than $100M Valuation
By Rafat Ali
As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process o… Read more »
Google Rakes In Campaign Contributions From Obama; Facebook Defeats MySpace!
By David Kaplan
Unlike political candidates, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and other online ad providers can receive an unlimited amount of campaign cash. While they… Read more »
Updated With Video: Glam Media Expands With Video Distribution Across Network; Three Way Rev-Share
By Rafat Ali
Update: video embedded below: Glam Media, the female and lifestyle focused online ad network and media company, has expanded to include vide… Read more »
Blog Commenter SezWho Acq-Hires Tejit
By Joseph Weisenthal
SezWho, a startup that helps blogs and other social sites establish better commenting, has acquired Tejit, a semantic analysis company cover… Read more »
France Issues Mobile Broadcast TV Channels
By James Quintana Pearce
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Mobile Content Bits: Brew Gets Flash; Juicecaster Adds Location; Nokia Goes Live; Guitar Hero Rocks
By Tricia Duryee
– Qualcomm (NSDQ: QCOM) and Adobe Systems (NSDQ: ADBE) announced today at the Brew conference in San Diego that they have upgraded the Brew… Read more »
Ontela Raises $10.3 Million To Expand Its Mobile Photo Technology Abroad
By Tricia Duryee
Seattle-based Ontela, which helps users automatically send photos they’ve taken on their phones to their favorite online storage accounts, s… Read more »
Skyfire Raises $13 Million To Roll-Out Mobile Browser
By Tricia Duryee
Despite the fact that Mountain View, Calif.-based Skyfire has built a mobile browser only for the Windows Mobile platform and is limited to… Read more »
AOL Bringing Men’s, Music Blog Brands To UK
No surprise here, but AOL (NYSE: TWX) is to export its new vertical lifestyle content strategy to Europe, with recently-debuted men’s blog A… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Avot Media; JumpTap’s European Expansion; LiveWire Mobile Gets SPV Content
By Tricia Duryee
– Avot Media launching video service: Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Avot Media said it is launching a mobile video service in about 100 Home Depo… Read more »
24/7 Wall St. Buys Financial Blogs: The BioHealth Investor, Volume Spike
By Joseph Weisenthal
Financial blog 24/7 WallSt. says it has acquired various other financial blogs including The Biohealth Investor and Volume Spike. The deals… Read more »
Nimbus Announces Home Video Rental And Sales Foray With Showtime
By Cerius Shah
Nimbus Communications has officially launched its home video entertainment rental and sale business called Showtime. The stores, which distr… Read more »
Monsoon Launches SlingBox Killer; Lets Users Watch TV On A Phone
By Tricia Duryee
San Mateo, Calif.-based Monsoon Multimedia, which calls itself “the SlingBox-killer,” announced today that it will be providing a beta of it… Read more »
Widget Maker RockYou Buys Time With $1 Million Temporary Funding
By Joseph Weisenthal
RockYou, the big purveyor of social net apps and widgets, has raised a tiny $1 million round from Doll Capital Management to tide itself ove… Read more »
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