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7 Degrees Changes Name to Reachable, Hires New CEO

Palo Alto, Calif. - 7 Degrees, a Palo Alto-based developer of social business tools, said on Monday it has changed its name to Reachable...

Hollywood Suite Opens in Canada

Canadians are getting a new cross-platform movie service called Hollywood Suite, which promises to be available “on TV, on demand, online and on the...

Taptera Gets $2M for Business App Development

San Francisco - Taptera, a San Francisco-based developer of mobile business apps for the iPhone and iPad, said on Wednesday it has landed $2...

Umami Attracts $1.65M for Second Screens

Umami Co., a content companion platform founded by TV technology veterans Scott Rosenberg and Bryan Slavin, received $1.65 million in seed funding from Battery...

Report: Clearwire in Acquisition Talks

Sprint Nextel Corp. is reportedly talking with cable companies about a possible acquisition of Clearwire Corp., according to a Bloomberg story that cited three...

Roku Raises $8 Million

Saratoga, Calif. -- Roku, a Saratoga-based maker of broadband-connected set-top boxes designed to bring web video and other online content to the television, has...

MocoSpace Devotes Another $Million to HTML5

Mobile Internet entertainment destination MocoSpace announced $1 million in additional funding to encourage game developers to create games for Facebook’s Project Spartan using HTML5. MocoSpace, which...

Online Video Giant Tudou Drops Following IPO

China — Tudou Holdings, China’s second-largest online video site, fell 19 percent today in its first day of trading after rising $174 million in...

Are Your Tech Investments Hype or Hope?

This might not be the best time to invest in Internet TV. It could also be time to take a long, cold look before...

Thought Equity Motion Secures $25 Million for Video Archiving

Thought Equity Motion Inc., which provides video platform and footage licensing services, today announced it closed a $25 million investment from Shamrock Capital Advisors....