Archive for January, 2008

January 31, 2008

In This Update:
Amazon Buying Audible For $300 Million
Lenovo Sells Handset Unit for $100 Million
Top Google Execs Pledged to Stay 20 Years
Garmin Enters Mobile Handset Market with nuvifone Smartphone
MySpace Names COO
Nokia Faces $18 Billion Patent Lawsuit
Cellphone App Developed that Could Allow For ‘Pocket Supercomputers’
Verizon Exec: We Don’t Want to Police Content
Hoover’s Acquires Professional Social Network Visible Path
File Sharing Site Pirate Bay Hit with Legal Action
GlobalScholar Raises $27 Million B Round To Tackle Online Education
Bay Partners and Nokia Invest $3.3m in Visual Shopping Engine Like
CBS Mobile Chief: Wireless Industry is Overwhelming Consumers
Handmade Goods Commerce Site Etsy Raises $27 Million Round
Study: User Generated Video Expects 34 Billion Views in 2008

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January 30, 2008

In This Update:
MySpace Launches Developer Platform
Sprint, Clearwire in New Talks on WiMAX Partnership
Microsoft to Provide Online Ads for WSJ
Wireless Auction Concerns Rise as Some Airwaves Languish
WSJ’s Web Site Adds Facebook Function
Google Print to Add Bar Codes
EBay Adjusts Pricing to Encourage Low-Cost Sellers
Yahoo Appoints New CTO
EMI Gives Music Away to Newspaper Readers
Mobile Social Network Mig33 Lands $13.5 Million Second Round
Strike Driving $100 Million in Ads From TV to Big Screen
C3L3B Digital Raises $3 Million For Casual MMOs
ShoZu Raises $12 Million for Mobile Social Media Services
U.S. Tops New Tech Usage Ranking

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January 29, 2008

In This Update:
Liberty Media Moves to Take IAC from Diller
Current TV Seeks $100 Million IPO
Harte-Hanks Buys U.K. Lead Gen Firm Mason Zimbler
TicketMaster Acquiring UK Ticket Reseller Get Me In
Japan’s Kyocera to Exit China Mobile Handset Market
Sales of HD DVD Players Plunge After Warner Move
EU Court Says File Sharers Don’t Have to Be Named
Microsoft: Vista Successor May Not Arrive Until 2011
China Mobile Plans Overseas Acquisitions
Cisco CEO Sees Network Upgrades Lasting a Decade
mBlox Raises $22 Million Fifth Round for SMS Payment
Social Network MOLI Raises $29.6 Million
Report: Cell Phones will Morph into Wallets by 2012
Online Ad Services Firm Rubicon Projects Gets $15 Million Second Round

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January 28, 2008

In This Update:
Nokia to Buy Mobile and Embedded Software Firm Trolltech for $155 Million
eBay Acquires Fraud Sciences Through Paypal for $169 Million
Amazon to Begin International Roll-Out of MP3 Store
Imeem Buys Social Music Service Anywhere.FM
Legal P2P Music Service QTrax Debuts
Google Cracks Down on “Domain Tasters”
Investor Group Urges New York Times Buy More Digital Firms
FiOS TV Passes Million Subscriber Mark
Study Shows eBay Buyers Save Billions of Dollars
Lance Armstrong Takes “Significant” Stake in Demand Media
Visible Measures Raises $13.5 Million B Round; Releases Software to Track Video
Ad Effectiveness Firm IMMI Raises $25 Million Series C
Study: 90 Percent of Music Downloads Illegal

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January 25, 2008

In This Update:
Wireless Auction Opens with $2.4 Billion in Top Bids
GSI Commerce Buys E-mail Firm E-Dialog for $157 Million
IAC Buying Major Stake in HealthCentral in $50Million Round
Microsoft Profit Rises 79 pct, Outlook Bullish
eBay Using PayPal Data to Improve Search
THQ to Shutter Studio, Discontinue Some Games
EU Ready To Approve Google-DoubleClick Deal
Nintendo Profit Up 96%; Wii, DS Sales Forecasts Raised
AT&T To Deliver Free Access To Wi-Fi Network
Murdoch: WSJ Website to Remain Subscription-Based
Lead Generation Firm Adchemy Raises $19 Million Series C
Growth of Gaming in 2007 Far Outpaces Movies, Music
PE Firm Buys Two Online Marketing Firms – AdOn Network and Prime Visibility

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January 24, 2008

In This Update:
Bidding Set to Begin for Wireless Spectrum
AT&T Boosts DSL Speeds
Yahoo Eyeing Online Music Service
Southwest and American Test In-Flight Wi-Fi
Symantec Says More Acquisitions Possible as Companies Defend Turf
Vista SP1 Due Out in Next Few Weeks
CBS to Make Internet Music Unit Last.fm More Like Radio
Nanochip Tech Promises 100GB Chips in 2009
YouTube to Feature on Wider Range of Mobile Phones
P2P Tech Firm CacheLogic Raises $25 Million Fourth Round
HP Signs Up Sony Pictures for Made-on-Demand DVDs
Nokia Files Patent for Virtual Keyboard
Vudu Drops Price to Fend Off Resurgent Apple TV
Custom Retail Goods Site Zazzle Acquires Goodstorm
Blog Ad Network Federated Media Hires Banker To Vet
Digital Music Growth Slows As Global Sales Drop 10%

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January 23, 2008

In This Update:
Publicis, Google Reveal Digital advertising Cooperation
FCC Announces Further Testing of White Spaces Devices
Spot Runner Acquires Production Network GlobeShooter
IBM Buying Business Software Firm AptSoft
Microsoft Steps Up Windows Mobile Consumer Push
WordPress.com Creator Automattic Raises $29.5 Million Series B
HBO to Offer Programs for Free Online to Subscribers
Intel and SAP Put $15 Million Into Enterprise-Search Company Endeca
YuMe Powers Video Advertising for NBC Direct
WPP’s Wunderman Buys Asian Interactive Marketer Agenda
Quantcast Raises $20 Million Series B for Digital Audience Measurement
Glu Mobile Bids $36 Million for Rival Games Firm, Superscape

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January 22, 2008

In This Update:
Getty Images Up for Sale, Could Fetch $1.5 Billion
EBay Chief Whitman Plans to Retire
Slide Takes $50 Million in Funding for Facebook Widgets
Tivo Launches on Comcast As A Software Upgrade; Limited Rollout and Features
Microsoft Unveils Virtualization Strategy
Yahoo Files Patent for ‘Smart’ Drag and Drop
Brightcove Signs Major Distribution Deal with German Media Company
WPP Acquiring More Digital Media Ad Companies, Possibly VideoEgg
Nokia And Facebook Working On Mobile Deal; Could Involve Investment
EA Pushes Ad-Backed Video Games
New WiMAX Variation May Make It More Alluring to Carriers
Report: Streaming Ads Driving Users Away From Content

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January 18, 2008

In This Update:
US Video Games Sales Hit Record, Up 43% Last Year
Wikipedia to Add Video
Sprint to Cut 4,000 Jobs
NBCU: Strike Has Had “No Noticeable Impact” on Q4
Microsoft Names New IT Chief
Turner to Take Over NBA’s Digital Businesses
Bessemer Invests in $40 Million Round for Russian WiMAX Operator Enforta
Report: Cell Phones and Virtual Worlds Morphing Shopper Ways
Google Expands Lead in Online Video Market Share
Web Ad Buyer: Online Less Robust Than You Think, CPMs Headed Down
Zynga Games Network Raises $10 Million First Round
GetFave Raises $1.6 Million for Local Video Search
Study : Mobile Web Sites’ Growth Spurt to Continue
Granicus Raises $10 Million for Government Webcasting Tools

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January 17, 2008

In This Update:
Time Warner Cable to Test ‘Consumption Based Pricing’ for Internet Service
Amazon’s IMDB Buys Indie Film Site Withoutabox
Yahoo Implements OpenID Standard
US Intel Chief Wants Carte Blanche to Peep All Internet Traffic
IBM Partners with Apple to Add Lotus Notes to iPhone
Pizza Hut Rolls Out Nationwide Mobile Ordering
P2P Movie Site Jaman Signs Deal with TIVO
Salesforce.com to Offer Development-as-a-Service, New Pricing Model
Report: PC Sales Stay Strong
China Flags Crackdown on ‘Undesirable’ Online Games
Online Marketer Mercent Raises $6.5 Million Second Round
eBay Expected To Lower Some Fees
Joost Loses CTO To BBC, Hires Engineering SVP from Comcast
Reprot: China’s Internet Users Pass 200 Million
Pivotal Veracity Announces First Available Mobile Email Optimization Solution

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