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Motorola Acquires App Development Platform 280 North
Schaumberg, Ill. - Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has acquired 280 North, the
developer of a Web application development platform, TechCrunch reported,
citing sources who said the purchase price...
MySpace Buying Assets of Social Messaging Platform Threadbox
Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace online social network will
acquire certain assets of Threadbox, the developer of a social messaging
platform, VentureBeat reported.
Under...
CollegeOnly Raises $1.15 Million for Online Social Network
New York - CollegeOnly, a photo-centric social network only
for college students, has raised $1.15 million in a first round of funding.
Backers include PayPal co-founder...
Report: PE Firm Elevation to Take Large Stake in Pandora
San Francisco - Private equity firm Elevation Partners is
preparing to acquire a large stake in streaming music service Pandora, sources
close to the situation told...
Foodspotting Gets $750K for User-Submitted Food Photos
San Francisco - Foodspotting, a site that lets users share photos of their
meals, has raised $750,000 in seed funding, TechCrunch reported.
Felicis
Ventures led the investment;...
Research in Motion Acquires Mobile Storefront Provider Cellmania
Waterloo, Ontario - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion
(RIM) (NASD: RIMM) has acquired Cellmania, a provider of mobile storefront technology,
TechCrunch reported.
Financial terms of the transaction...
Bankrupt Playlist.com Owes Labels $25M; Plans Equity Financing
Los Angeles - Playlist.com, the music service that filed for
bankruptcy earlier this month, owes the major record labels a combined $25
million, but hopes to...
Monster Acquires HotJobs, Signs Traffic Deal With Yahoo
Maynard, Mass.
Monster, the provider of online job search and employee recruitment
services, has completed its $225 million acquisition of HotJobs from Yahoo (NASD: YHOO).
As
part of...
Brand Affinity Technologies Lands $20 Million
Irvine, Calif. - Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), a
provider of celebrity brand marketing services, announced on Tuesday that it
has raised $20 million in a third...
Google Acquires Comparison Shopping Site Like.com
Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has acquired comparison
shopping site Like.com, in a deal sources told TechCrunch values the company at
around $100 million....
