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LivingSocial Expands with Strategic Investment, Raises $130K with Holiday Promo
LivingSocial cut all of its ties with daily deal aggregators last week, but its expansion remains rapid. The Groupon competitor announced it has acquired a majority stake in Let’s Bounce, a European group buying site. This acquisition introduces LivingSocial to 25 new European markets across Spain, Italy, Portugal, as well as to Argentina and Mexico ...
Menuism Feeds the Hungry in North America
Foodie social network Menuism announced in a press release its Feeding Hunger campaign in conjunction with the San Francisco Food Bank. Menuism will donate $1 to the San Francisco Food Bank for every new Facebook fan added to its list until February 28th, and the San Francisco Food Bank will provide $6 worth of food ...
Rackspace and Akamai Join Forces, Expands Product Portfolio
Rackspace announced it is joining forces with cloud optimizer Akamai as a part of its cloud and dedicated hosting portfolio. With an aim to create a ‘one-stop shop’ for hosting, cloud, and acceleration services, Akamai features including CNAMEs, SSL and CDN delivery will be integrated with Rackspace’s Cloud Files service. The hosting company will also ...
So Who Actually Owns Facebook? The Breakdown.
After Facebook’s recent $50 billion valuation, getting to know exactly who owns what and how much of the largest social-networking site on the globe is not a bad idea at all. This infographic reveals just that in a very colorful form, summing up the stakeholder balance of powers within the privately held company. “Stakeholders shown ...
Social Gaming on the Rise from Every Angle, $1 Billion Industry
There have been a lot of industry developments lately which indicate that social games are truly on the rise, starting with a recent eMarketer report. The report predicts social gaming will exceed the $1 billion revenue mark this year, and its U.S audience will experience a 27% growth with 62 million US users playing social ...
Holiday Hotspots Reveal iPad, Android Behavior
A report by mobile Wi-Fi hotspots provider JiWire reveals some holiday Android statistics from its various locations, ranging from Dec. 25th to Dec. 31st. According to the data points provided by the company the amount of Android users in public Wi-Fi hotspots was up by 47.9% post-holiday, and the top Android locations the day after ...
Formspring Raises $11.5M. What is Redpoint Ventures Thinking?
Personal questions and answers service Formspring had raised $11.5 million in Series A financing, which is a pretty good feat for any company, especially one who admittedly doesn’t have an applicable business model. This round brings the Formspring’s total funding to $14 million. “Since Formspring was first introduced roughly a year ago, its popularity has ...
GigaSpaces Partners with CloudTran, Growing Virtualized Platforms
Virtualization vendor GigaSpaces announced today it has partnered up with cloud-based transaction management software developer CloudTran. Partnerships are still a very applicable strategy structure for cloud companies, and CloudTran is only the latest one for GigaSpaces. Its previous partnerships include Protogen and Yazino, as well as the more prominent team-up with Citrix, which we covered ...
Criteo Re-targeting Sees Tremendous Growth in 2010
PCC re-targeting company Criteo just released a report on its remarkable expansion and growth throughout the past year, both in the U.S and on the global scene. According to the release, Criteo served more than 50 billion ads in 2010 and tripled its client base, among others. “Now, nearly two-dozen of the Top 100 U.S. ...
FalconStor Names James McNiel as Official President and CEO
Cloud data protection solutions provider FalconStor today announced it has named former interim president and interim CEO as president and CEO of the company. McNeil joined FalconStor in 2009 as chief strategy officer from his previous position as executive VP at Cheyenne Software which was acquired by CA Technologies. “This is an auspicious time for ...
