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Visual.ly Goes Public with Data Visualization

San Francisco, Calif. — Visual.ly, a platform that enables users to explore the visualization of data, opened their beta version Wednesday to the public. Founders...

UltraViolet Opens for B2B Business

UltraViolet, the multiplatform plan to let consumers watch legitimate content across a wide range of devices, crept another step forward today with the opening...

Badgeville Raises $12 Million to Gamify Business

Menlo Park, Calif. — Badgeville, a start-up company that provides game mechanics to websites, raised $12 million in a Series B funding round led...

Netflix Eliminates Unlimited Streaming Plus DVD Subscriptions

Entertainment rental service Netflix announced price changes Tuesday that will increase the monthly cost to many subscribers who wish to keep their current level...

Intel Invests $2.6 Million in Mobile Entertainment Studio Skyrockit

San Francisco, Calif. — Mobile entertainment agency Skyrockit announced Tuesday that it has raised $2.6 million in a new funding round led by Intel...

Retro Games Part of Marvel's Transmedia Strategy

Marvel.com launched a free videogame as an element in the buildup to the feature film Captain America: The First Avenger, which opens on July...

First Google iBook Device Hits Retail

Palo Alto, Calif. — Google announced on its blog Monday that the first e-reader to be based on Google's eBooks platform will go on...

SpongeBob Tells a Twitter Tale

SpongeBob SquarePants’ next adventure will be shared solely on Twitter, in the latest example of companies finding ways to use the platform to meet...

What You Missed by Not Reading Groupon's TOS

Chicago — Groupon announced changes to their privacy policy on Sunday, saying they will collect more information from users to share with business partners....

Did Turntable.fm Close Any New Financing?

New York — Turntable.fm, the buzz-worthy online music startup, was reported to have raised $7.5 million in a round of funding Friday. But then...