– *AT&T* Navigator available worldwide: AT&T (NYSE: T) has extended its GPS navigation service outside the U.S. borders to more than 20 cou… Read more »
Mitch Rotter has been promoted to senior VP of content acquisition and strategy at Thumbplay, the company announced today. Rotter brings mor… Read more »
Only 24 percent of Internet users access social networking sites with a mobile phone, according to a new survey (pdf) done in the U.K. last… Read more »
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NYTimes.com is working with LinkedIn on targeting news stories and ads at their respective readers and members, the two said in a joint anno… Read more »
MyToons, a community and distribution platform for online animation, has raised an unspecified second round of funding from Syncom Venture P… Read more »
Why buy mobile content when you can just rip it off from the Web? This is a pretty good idea that targets the mindset of a teenager, who wan… Read more »
There have been numerous attempts at so-called “citizen journalism” news models.. The most successful model has been, well, blogs in general… Read more »
For awhile, there was nothing Twitter could do right. Frequent crashes would prompt a slew of angry bloggers to rant about the service in le… Read more »
Apparently there’s still more money towards different ways to share web content… Slingpage, a service for letting users share webpages the… Read more »
Foster City, Calif.-based Qik announced today that it’s opening up its mobile-broadcasting service, which lets people stream live from their… Read more »
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The slew of big Chinese digital media fundings continue: Ku6, the online video sharing site based in Beijing, has received “tens of million”… Read more »
Who said anything about VCs no longer funding Facebook apps? LivingSocial, a developer of apps that help friends share recommendations for s… Read more »
Now you see it, now you don’t … screenshots and descriptions of the Facebook facelift slated to go live Monday are flying around but the u… Read more »
When it comes to the iPhone, large entertainment companies are sitting on the sidelines. NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) can’t justify investing in… Read more »
Updated below: Facebook has finally started taking action against its knockoff sites, and has first sued the one most easily accessible in t… Read more »
Facebook has finally started taking action against its knockoff sites, and has first sued the one most easily accessible in terms of regulat… Read more »
MySpace is close to redesigning its social-networking mobile site to make it look more like the recent online redesign and more like the iPh… Read more »
In Japan, like elsewhere, gadget fans lined up to be some of the first to buy the new iPhone last week. However, after the initial rush, it… Read more »
AT&T (NYSE: T) has used its clout as an Olympics sponsor and official telecommunications provider to the U.S team to nail an exclusive 24/7… Read more »
Anyone with a clue about Ted Leonsis’s activities these past few years won’t be too surprised to hear that his latest venture combines docum… Read more »
Zumobi, which has created an ad-supported user interface using widgets, said its BlackBerry application is now officially available. In addi… Read more »
thePlatform, the broadband and mobile video services provider that is now part of Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), has acquired assets from San Franci… Read more »
Social bookmarking isn’t a space you hear so much about these, at least compared to a couple years ago. It looks like a pair of lesser known… Read more »
BlogHer, the womens ad network, blogging community site and conference organizer, has raised a $5 million second round lead by the Peacock E… Read more »
SendMe Mobile, an off-deck provider of ringtones, wallpapers and other mobile content, expects to announce today that it has signed an agree… Read more »
LinkedIn clone Viadeo has acquired Spain’s ICTnet, a business-oriented community site listing 55 such communities. Viadeo’s Spain country ma… Read more »
MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA), now better known for creating series like The Hills than bringing the world the next Thriller video, is launching… Read more »
While the story of marketers shifting their ad spend from traditional media to digital media has been fairly constant, not all ad categories… Read more »
Future US, the once-parent of Business 2.0 and part of Future plc (LSE: FUTR), the UK based trade media company, has bought out BallHype, a… Read more »
Twitter announced today that it has officially acquired Summize, according to a post written by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. All five of Su… Read more »
Twitter announced today that it has officially acquired Summize, according to a post written by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone. All five of Su… Read more »
A company called Chatterous has raised less than $500,000 in angel funding to help users create private groups that they can chat with using… Read more »
– Jaman announces distribution deal with Paramount: Jaman.com has just inked a deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment, in which many of… Read more »
Motricity, the mobile infrastructure company that acquired InfoSpace (NSDQ: INSP) Mobile for $135 million in October, has been relatively q… Read more »
Spanish ad holding company Havas recently created a digital media R&D division called Havas Media Lab, headed by our London-based friend Uma… Read more »
Shopflick, a site where merchants can show off their wares through video, has raised a $7 million first round from Panorama Capital and Venr… Read more »
Two companies I had not heard of before, but I guess they exist: BigString, an OTC-traded provider of social networking messaging apps, has… Read more »
– Treo With Windows Mobile On Sprint: The new Treo 800w has launched with Sprint (NYSE: S), marking the first device to be shipped with Win… Read more »
Atomic Moguls, the online sports gamer led by ex-NBA official Brenda Spoonemore, has raised another $1 million from past backer Second Avenu… Read more »
Webjam, a startup that lets any organization set up their own social network (that sounds pretty familiar), has raised a £1 million ($1.9 m… Read more »
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