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Viacom Sells Xfire Web Gamer Community to Titan Gaming

New York - Viacom (NYSE: VIA) has sold its Xfire online gamer community unit, which it acquired in 2006 for $102 million, to Titan Gaming. Financial terms of...

Exclaim Mobility Acquires Mobicious

Princeton, N.J. - Exclaim Mobility, a provider of user-generated content sharing and social apps for mobile platforms, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Mobicious, an...

China's UltiZen Nabs $8M for Game Development, Outsourcing

Shanghai - UltiZen Games, a China-based provider of video game development outsourcing services, has raised $8 million in its third round of funding. JAFCO Asia led...

Exelate Gets $15M for Behavioral Targeting Data Marketplace

New York - Exelate, an online marketplace for audience targeting data and provider of data management tools for publishers, announced on Tuesday the closing of a...

YouSendIt Raises $15 Million for Digital Content Delivery

Campbell, Calif. - YouSendIt, a provider of secure digital content delivery services, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $15 million in a fourth round of...

StatusNet Lands Funding for Open Source Microblogging

Montreal - StatusNet, the developer of an open-source microblogging platform, has raised new funding from FirstMark Capital, BOLDstart Ventures, iNovia Capital and Montreal Start Up, TechCrunch...

Reports: Washington Post to Sell Newsweek to Sidney Harman

Washington - According to multiple reports, the Washington Post Co. will announce on Monday a deal to sell its Newsweek magazine to 91-year-old stereo equipment magnate...

Rapportive Gets $1 Million for Contextual Gmail Plugin

Los Angeles - Rapportive, a start-up developing ways to improve Google's Gmail by adding contextual information about contacts, has raised over $1 million in seed financing,...

Facebook to Discontinue fbFund; Program Seeded Start-ups

Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook said that it currently has no plans to continue its fbFund, its three-year-old program with Accel Partners and Founders Fund that...

Study: IPO Pipeline Surges to Near Record Levels in Q2

New York - The number of companies registering to go public surged to near record levels during the second quarter, according to new figures from Ernst...