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Twitter Attracts "Significant" Funding

Twitter confirmed a “significant” round of funding led by venture company DST Global today. In a post on the corporate blog, Twitter said several...

Hearsay Social Lands $18M in Second Round

San Francisco -- Hearsay Social, a San Francisco-based developer of web-based social media tools for brands with local branches and representatives, said on Thursday...

Smartling, Online Translator, Raises $10 Million

New York — Breaking news in another country usually appears first on that country's own media outlets, and if the country isn’t English-speaking that...

Amazon Exceeds Wall Street Expectations

San Francisco, Calif. — Amazon’s earnings and revenue have jumped 51 percent despite reporting an 8 percent decline Tuesday in earnings for second quarter...

Google+ Popularity Adds $45B to Net Market Value

Mountain View, Calif. — Google’s encore decision to dive into the social media market is paying off — big time. In just under one month...

Online Dictionary Wordnik Garners $8M in Funding, Horowitz Joins Board

San Mateo, Calif. — Worknik, a start-up which develops online tools for locating and understanding words, has raised an additional $8 million in a...

WhiteHat Security Lands $8 Million Investment

WhiteHat Security, the Web security company, today announced $8 million in new capital funding from Investor Growth Capital. The company said the funds will...

CloudBees Raises $10.5 Million, Led by Lightspeed Venture

Boston — CloudBees, a cloud computing software start-up, sealed an additional $10.5 million in Series B financing Monday to further the development of their...

Quid Raises $10 M from Conway, Zennstrom & Founders Fund

San Francisco, Calif. — Quid, a quantitative analysis startup, has raised $10 million in a Series C funding round from some well-known names. The funding...

Netflix Revenues Up 52%

Investor’s love of Netflix may not have done the subscription company any favors regarding its second quarter earnings, since the figures reported on today’s...