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MSNBC.com Buys BreakingNews.com Domain
New York
- MSNBC.com, the network and website joint venture between Microsoft and NBC,
has purchased the domain BreakingNews.com, PaidContent reported. Last year, the
company took over...
Best Buy Backs Wireless Chipmaker SiBeam
Sunnyvale,
Calif. - SiBeam, a maker of high-speed
wireless communication platforms, said on Tuesday that it has landed an
unspecified equity investment from consumer electronics retailer Best...
News Corp. Sells Off Digital Publishing Group
New York
- News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) has sold its Digital Publishing Group (DPG) unit to venture
capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners for an undisclosed amount,
PaidContent reported.
...
Annual Wikipedia Fundraiser Nets $8 Million
San Francisco
- The Wikimedia Foundation announced on Tuesday that its annual fundraiser this
year raised just over $8 million, exceeding its goal of $7.5 million,...
Providence Backs Baidu's Hulu-like Video Portal Venture
Shanghai - Baidu (NASD: BIDU), the top search engine in China, has partnered with Hulu investor
Providence Equity Partners to create a similar video portal...
Market Research Firm Gartner Buys Burton Group for $56 Million
Stamford,
Conn. - Gartner (NYSE: IT) announced on
Tuesday that it has acquired fellow information technology market research firm
Burton Group for $56 million in cash.
Utah-based Burton Group...
Apple Acquires Mobile Ad Firm Quattro Wireless
Waltham,
Mass. - Quattro Wireless, a
provider of mobile advertising services, announced on Monday in a blog post that
it has been acquired by Apple (NASD: AAPL)....
PowerReviews Secures $4.9 Million for User Product Reviews
San Francisco
- PowerReviews, a site that aggregates user-generated product reviews and makes
them available to online retailers, has raised $4.9 million of an anticipated
$9 million...
LivingSocial Lands $5 Million for Social Media Apps
Washington
- LivingSocial, a developer of social networking applications, has raised $5
million in new funding, PaidContent reported.
Investors included Grotech
Ventures, AOL founder Steve Case and...
Scvngr Nabs $4 Million for Location-based Mobile Games
Boston
- Scvngr, a Boston-based developer of mobile software technology, has raised $4
million in its second round of venture capital, according to a new filing...
