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WSJ: Low Bids for MySpace Prompt News Corp. to Seek Partnership
Los Angeles - News Corp. has not received any bids for its struggling MySpace social network to its liking, and now appears to be...
Lady Gaga, Google's Schmidt Fund Social Start-up Backplane
New York - Backplane, a start-up co-founded by Lady Gaga business manager Troy Carter that aims to power online communities based around artists, sports...
Twitter Details New Photo Service, Search Upgrade
San Francisco - Confirming earlier media reports, Twitter said on Thursday that it will launch its own photo uploading and sharing service, with images...
Publisher Sites Add Google +1 Content Recommendation Buttons
Mountain View, Calif. - Google has expanded its "+1" content recommendation button and service to publisher websites, which will allow users to click a...
UberMedia Lands $5.6 Million for Social Media Applications
Pasadena, Calif. - UberMedia, a provider of applications for reading and posting to Twitter and other social media platforms, announced on Thursday that it...
Study: More Adults Now Using Twitter, Led by African-Americans
Washington - Significantly more U.S. adults are now using microblogging service Twitter compared with late last year, according to a new report from the...
RockYou Acquires Aussie Social Games Studio 3 Blokes
Redwood City, Calif. - Social games publisher RockYou announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Brisbane, Australia-based developer 3 Blokes.
Financial terms of the transaction...
Portalarium Nabs Funding for Social, Mobile Games
Austin - Social and mobile games publisher Portalarium announced on Wednesday that it has closed a second round of bridge financing, bringing its total...
PunchTab Gets $850,000 for Online Loyalty Programs
Menlo Park, Calif. - PunchTab, the developer of a service that helps businesses and website owners create loyalty programs, has raised $850,000 in seed...
Twitter Acquires Team Behind Search Marketer AdGrok
San Francisco - Twitter has acquired the team that developed search engine advertising firm AdGrok.
The deal, financial terms of which were not disclosed, apparently...
