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Sonos Raises $25 Million for Wireless Home Audio

Santa Barbara, Calif. - Sonos, the developer of wireless, multi-room music systems for the home, has raised $25 million in new financing led by Index Ventures. Founded in...

Report: News Corp. Pondering Sale of Mobile Firm Jamba

London - News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) is considering a sale of Jamba, the mobile content publisher and distributor it acquired control of for around $381 million in...

Report: AOL Could Make More Abandoning Bebo Than Selling It

New York - As AOL (NYSE:  AOL) continues to explore the sale of some of its non-core assets, TechCrunch speculated that the company may fair better...

Report: FTC Probing Google Rivals on AdMob Acquisition

Washington - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has solicited sworn declarations from Google's (NASD: GOOG) competitors, on the potential for reduction in competition in the mobile ad...

Evri Acquires Semantic Search Firm Radar Networks

Seattle - Evri, the provider of a search engine that filters the real-time Web for news and conversations, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Radar...

Social Applications Developer LivingSocial Nabs $25 Million

Washington - LivingSocial, the developer of several popular social networking tools and a new social commerce service, said on Thursday that it has raised $25 million...

Chomp Lands $2 Million for iPhone App Recommendations

San Francisco - Chomp, a provider of reviews and recommendations of applications for Apple's iPhone, has raised $2 million in new funding, VentureBeat reported. Investors included Bluerun Ventures,...

Betaworks Gets $20 Million to Fund Online Start-ups

New York - Betaworks, a holding company that invests in and helps develop online start-ups, has raised $20 million in new funding, led by Intel Capital...

Facial Animation Firm Image Metrics Raises $8 Million

Santa Monica, Calif. - Image Metrics, a provider of facial animation software and services for the entertainment industry, announced on Thursday that it has raised $8 million...

Imeem Founder Caldwell Nabs Funding for Mixed Media Labs

Los Angeles - Imeem co-founder and former CEO Dalton Caldwell has raised $370,00 of an expected $600,000 in debt financing for his new start-up Mixed Media...