Two small—but noteworthy—acquisitions for Thing Labs, the company behind Facebook and Twitter web client Brizzly: Thing Labs has purchased Wikirank, a tool that let users visualize and compare the most popular topics on Wikipedia, and is also announcing the purchase of Twitter iPhone client Birdfeed. Thing Labs has added some…

Eyeblaster, which filed for an IPO in October 2008 only to withdraw it three months later citing “market conditions,” is trying to go public again. The online ad campaign management firm notified the SEC today it hopes to raise $115 million by selling stock—the same amount it was hoping to…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG)—which has spent much of the last year talking about how it is making more money off of YouTube—is now beginning to monetize the mobile version of the video site. In a blog post, the company says banner ads—sold on a “full-day basis”—will soon appear on the home,…

Smartphone ad network Todacell has added another $1 million in funding to an existing $1 million round the Tel Aviv-based company raised back in June. Israeli VC AfterDox, which provided the last $1 million, also ponied up the same amount this time as well. In addition to the $2 million…

Motricity increased revenues, narrowed its losses and even generated cash in 2009, according to new documents filed today as part of the company’s IPO ambitions. When the company first filed paperwork in January, it reported results for the first nine months of the year. Today, in an updated registration statement…

Plancast, a startup which lets users share their plans, has raised $800,000 from SoftTechVC, True Ventures, Founders Fund Angel, Zelkova Ventures, as well as a number of angel investors. On Plancast, users post what they plan on doing later; users can track each others’ accounts and also indicate publicly that…

Although TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) saw a healthy gain in revenues in Q4, the DVR company was unable to balance its growing costs and reduced subscriber additions. Nevertheless, TiVo has been riding high on some good news in the form of last week’s favorable legal decision, when two members of a…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q408	Net Inc. vs Q408
TiVo	Release		15.7%	188%

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B2b publisher TechTarget has bought business data site ebizQ.net. Terms weren’t disclose. This is Newton, MA-based TechTarget’s second acquisition in little more than a month. A few weeks ago, Mike Laverick sold his virtual server training blog RTFM-ed.co.uk to TechTarget.

Big In Japan, the company responsible for the popular ShopSavvy barcode-scanning app for Android and iPhone, has acquired Snappr. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition revives Snappr after it shut down in late 2009, reports TechCrunch, which broke the news of the acquisition. Big in Japan has…

PlumWillow, a to-be-launched social shopping site betting that teens will skip the mall for online—as long as online shopping is social enough—has raised a seed round led by Crossbar Capital. The site promises to “empower its members to shop together with friends, make wardrobe choices from multiple brands, design their…

Online ad manager DoubleVerify has raised a $10 million second round funding. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners. Previous investors Blumberg Capital, First Round Capital, Genacast Ventures and private backers also returned to provide the larger funding. The company, which is based in New York and has offices…

Online ad exchange DataXu has raised an $11 million second round led by Menlo Ventures. Atlas Venture and Flybridge Capital Partners, who backed DataXu’s $6 million first round in April 2009, also participated this time out. The proceeds will be used to fund new product development, sales and marketing, and…

IAC-owned local guide network Citysearch is expanding its local listings ad service CityGrid through a partnership with search marketer OrangeSoda. Citysearch is also providing an investment in Utah-based OrangeSoda, the amount of which is undisclosed. The move is part of a more aggressive effort by Citysearch to attract more ad…

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) celebrated its 15th birthday this week with cupcakes for reporters, a Collective Soul concert for its staff, and several high-profile media and tech conference appearances for its CEO. But the company also hinted about some things it might buy for itself. At least twice this week, CEO…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is doling out about $8 million in bonuses to several top employees “in recognition of executive officers’ contributions to performance,” according to an SEC filing just filed. All of the payments are up considerably from last year. The details: CFO Patrick Pichette, SVP Alan Eustace, and SVP…

Posterous, the popular quick blogging platform, has raised $4.4 million in additional funding, CEO Sachin Agarwal tells us. The site—which is likely best known for letting users blog simply by e-mailing text, photos, or files to a default Posterous account—has grand ambitions for its service; it says it “wants to…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its tenth acquisition in eight months, buying up DocVerse, a startup that lets users collaborate on Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Office documents online. The WSJ puts the purchase price at $25 million. DocVerse’s plug-in adds features standard to Google’s own Docs to Office—like real-time editing and…

The bankruptcy court overseeing b2b publisher Penton’s Chapter 11 filing has approved the company’s “pre-packaged” reorg plan, less than a month after it sought protection from creditors. Penton says that the court’s approval has paved the way for the publisher to emerge from bankruptcy “within days.” One advantage Penton had…

WPP has pledged that new media services will make up two-thirds its revenues in “three or four years” and that it expects 2010 to be a stable year, as it reported an 11 percent drop in profits to £663 million ($1 billion) after a “brutal” 2009 and a particularly low…

		EPS*	Rev. vs Q408	Net Inc. vs Q408
WPP	Release	N/A	16.1%	N/A

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