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Location start-up SimpleGeo maps out funding

Caroline McCarthy — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:39:00 PST

CNET News learns that the Series A round, which closed late last week, was led by First Round Capital and includes contributions from prominent Valley angel investors.

Facebook changes stock structure: IPO on the way?

Caroline McCarthy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:59:00 PST

The social network has converted all existing shareholders' stock to the more powerful Class B; it'll go back to Class A if they sell it during an IPO. But the company says it still doesn't have IPO plans set.

Joost: It coulda been a contender, or not

Caroline McCarthy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:33:00 PST

The company that was supposed to kill YouTube is finally dead: some of its assets have been sold off to ad network Adconion Media in what's likely a total fire sale.

LinkedIn's platform loosens up

Caroline McCarthy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:49:00 PST

The professional networking site now lets developers access its API to import LinkedIn features into external sites.

'Technical issue' downs eBay search over weekend

Caroline McCarthy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:03:00 PST

Some power users are none too pleased, though, and are requesting refunds for seller fees if their auctions were disrupted as a result.

'Jurassic Park' kid cast as Facebook co-founder

Caroline McCarthy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:59:00 PST

Actor Joseph Mazzello, best known as a freaked-out 8-year-old chased by dinos, will now play a nerdy Harvard engineer chased by ConnectU lawyers.

Farewell, triangles: AOL preps its post-Time Warner look

Caroline McCarthy — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:26:00 PST

The company enlisted a branding consultancy to revamp its logo and brand attitude for its spinoff as a publicly traded company next month. Here's the first look at it.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media

Brizzly opens up...and translates

Caroline McCarthy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 PST

The Twitter client has built in Google Translate for quick decoding of international tweets--and also, no more invite codes are required.

Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal

Caroline McCarthy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:57:00 PST

Under fire for running misleading ads on social networks, the offers-and-surveys broker now says publishers can choose how "conservative" they want to be with ads.

eBay sets Skype loose at $2.75 billion valuation

Caroline McCarthy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:00 PST

The auction site has sold off its telephony unit, finally, after plans to take it public and a legal dispute with the company's founders.

Originally posted at News - Digital Media