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“Hello America. Spotify Here.”

Spotify disclosed further details about its U.S. service today, as it had promised to do in Wednesday’s brief confirmation of today’s launch. The streaming music...

Flingo Launches Smart TV App Publisher

San Francisco-based startup Flingo today launched a suite of white-label applications to integrate Web and television into an intelligent type of interactivity. Flingo enables broadcasters,...

News Corp. Drops $12.5 Billion BSkyB Bid as Scandal Grows

New York — News Corp., which has a 39 percent shareholding in BSkyB, announced Wednesday its decision to withdraw its $12.5 billion acquisition bid...

Badgeville Raises $12 Million to Gamify Business

Menlo Park, Calif. — Badgeville, a start-up company that provides game mechanics to websites, raised $12 million in a Series B funding round led...

CDN Startup CloudFlare Raises Additional $20 Million

San Francisco, Calif. — CloudFlare has raised $20 million in a new round of investment funding led by New Enterprise Associates. Founded in 2009,...

Intel Invests $2.6 Million in Mobile Entertainment Studio Skyrockit

San Francisco, Calif. — Mobile entertainment agency Skyrockit announced Tuesday that it has raised $2.6 million in a new funding round led by Intel...

Clear Channel Launches Interactive Radio with Two-Day Concert

Clear Channel Radio is using a two-day live music event in Las Vegas to kick off its relaunch of iHeartRadio as a competitor to...

Retro Games Part of Marvel's Transmedia Strategy

Marvel.com launched a free videogame as an element in the buildup to the feature film Captain America: The First Avenger, which opens on July...

SpongeBob Tells a Twitter Tale

SpongeBob SquarePants’ next adventure will be shared solely on Twitter, in the latest example of companies finding ways to use the platform to meet...

What You Missed by Not Reading Groupon's TOS

Chicago — Groupon announced changes to their privacy policy on Sunday, saying they will collect more information from users to share with business partners....