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WeVideo aims for local TV creators, raises $19.1 million
Cloud-based collaborative video editing platform WeVideo has closed a $19.1 million investment round and unveiled new capabilities aimed at the needs of local TV.
Zimbio raises $8.9 million for entertainment-centric content
Zimbio Inc. has raised $8.9 million for its popular entertainment website Zimbio.com and beauty do’s and don’ts site StyleBistro.com, led by Menlo Ventures.
Evernote secures a memorable $50 million to be a 'second brain'
Evernote won’t need its own service to remember today’s announcement that it has received a $50 million round of funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Morgenthaler Ventures.
Mountain View-Based Evernote Raises $50 Million in New Funding
Mountain View, Calif. - Evernote, the Mountain View-based developer of a multi-platform tool designed to let users capture information in nearly any environment,...
Guest Article: Success in SVOD Starts with Subscription Billing
The market for streaming video on demand (SVOD) is growing fast. A new report from Research and Markets predicted 306 million homes will use SVOD by 2020, up from an anticipated 161 million by the end of 2015. Moreover, by 2020, global SVOD revenue will reach $26,794 million, which is more than twice the total revenue expected in 2015. Many companies will successfully take advantage of this growing market, but others won’t make the cut. What makes a SVOD business successful?
Habbo Hotel labeled 'pedophile haven,' loses key investor
Balderton Capital has checked out of Habbo Hotel following a scathing exposé of the virtual world’s failure to protect its young users against sexual material.
Two of the three most-funded Kickstarter projects use Moai[with video]
The three most-funded Kickstarter projects are games, and two of them were developed using Moai Platform from Zipline Games.
Guest Report on MIT's Business in Games Conference
Guest reporter Dan Scherlis reports on developments at the fifth MIT Business in Games conference, which was held in MIT’s Media Lab, on the eve of the PAX East gamer expo and crowd-control proving grounds.
Zombies! George A. Romero! Kickstarter! [with teaser game trailer]
There are over 250 game projects seeking funding on Kickstarter at the moment, but only one of them features the Godfather of Zombies, George A. Romero.
How many Kickstarter projects get funded? 63% [with stats and charts]
Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has responded to popular demand by launching Kickstarter Stats, a page of data about what's going on with its hundreds of fundraising campaigns.
