Cocodot Lands $2 Million for Online Invitations

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles
– Cocodot, an online invitation and greetings service, has raised $2 million in
new financing, VentureBeat reported, citing a regulatory filing.

Investors
included Anthem Venture Partners and Rincon Venture Partners.

Los Angeles-based
Cocodot was founded by Shawn Gold, previously chief marketing officer at
MySpace.

Unlike competitors like Evite, Cocodot charges a yearly subscription
or per-use fee to use its services, which let users customize their ad-free
invites or greetings.

The company previously raised nearly $1 million in
funding.

 

Related Links:
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(VentureBeat)

http://www.cocodot.com

Swedish Court Orders ISP to Identify OpenBitTorrent Operator

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles
– A Swedish court has ordered Internet service provider Portlane to identify
the operator of OpenBitTorrent, which in the wake of The Pirate Bay’s legal
troubles has become likely the world’s largest public tracker, TorrentFreak
reported. Portlane now has 14 days to either appeal the ruling or identify the
customer operating the site to the court and U.S. movie studios who sued
Portlane, or else face a fine of over $63,000.


 

Related Links:
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(TorrentFreak)

Google Activating 100,000 Android Devices Daily

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Google (NASD: GOOG) is now activating more than 100,000 Android-based smartphones daily,
up from 60,000 in February and 30,000 a year ago, Google vice president Vic Gundotra
revealed at the company’s I/O developer conference on Thursday, TechCrunch
reported. There are now more than 60 Android devices on the market, and 50,000
apps available from the Android Market. Gundotra said Android-based phone sales
beat Apple’s iPhone this quarter, and were second only to Research in Motion’s
BlackBerry.


 

Related Links:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/20/android-numbers

Twitter Releases Free Official App for iPhone

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Twitter has released a free, official Twitter for iPhone and iPod touch
application in Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) App Store. The company noted that one need not have a
Twitter account to use the application, which enables browsing trends, reading
Top Tweets, finding popular users, and checking out public tweets that are
geographically near a user’s location. The application was developed by Tweetie
creator Atebits, which Twitter acquired in April.


 

Related Links:
http://blog.twitter.com/2010/05/twitter-for-iphone.html

EFF Seeks Attorneys to Aid 50,000 File-Sharing Defendants

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a
digital civil liberties group, has put out a call for U.S.-licensed attorneys
to help it defend the targets of an expected 50,000 lawsuits related to movie
downloading. A group of independent film producers, as well as the producers of
Oscar-winning "The Hurt Locker," have hired U.S. Copyright Group to
sue and seek monetary settlements from people who are suspected to have
downloaded the films via BitTorrent. The EFF is seeking attorneys to advise the
targets of these lawsuits, and potentially file motions to quash subpoenas
seeking their identities from their Internet service providers.


 

Related Links:
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http://snipurl.com/wkzfi
(DMW previous coverage)

http://snipurl.com/wkzfs
(DMW previous coverage)

Android

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Mark Hefflinger
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Google Demos Android Music Store, Mobile Sync Service

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Google (NASD:  GOOG) on Thursday introduced the latest version of its Android operating
system, 2.2, and along with it a new Web-based Android Market that will let
users purchase music and have songs automatically synced to Android mobile
devices. The new music service, which will also stream a user’s music library
to an Android-powered smartphone, is being created with technology from
Simplify Media, which the company recently acquired.

Google vice president Vic
Gundotra introduced the new music initiative at the company’s I/O developer
conference on Thursday.

Wired.com noted that Gundotra later called the music
store a "demo," and added that Google has not yet signed any deals
with major labels to create a music store.

 

Related Links:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20100520_io-android.html

http://snipurl.com/wkyru
(TechCrunch)

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/05/google-apple-music/

Report: Media Tablet Shipments to Hit 46 Million by 2014

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Mark Hefflinger
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Framingham,
Mass. – An estimated 7.6 million media
tablet computers are expected to ship this year, a number expected to grow to
more than 46 million units by 2014, according to a report from market research
firm IDC.

The numbers correspond to a compound annual growth rate of 57.4% for
the media tablet market.

The firm differentiates a "media tablet"
from a "tablet computer" by noting that a media tablet features a
7-inch to 12-inch display and no hardware keyboard.

"IDC expects consumer
demand for media tablets to be strongly driven by the number and variety of
compatible third-party apps for content and services," said IDC’s Susan
Kevorkian.

"The availability of apps unique to media tablets and that
differentiate the experience of using one compared with a PC or smartphone will
be crucial for driving consumer demand.

"As the category matures and more media
tablet-optimized apps become available, IDC expects that media tablets will
evolve beyond nice-to-have devices and become necessities for many
consumers."

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/wkynt
(IDC)

Google Debuts Google TV Platform

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Google (NASD:  GOOG) on Thursday introduced its Google TV platform, which it says will
"add the power of the Web to the television viewing experience," and
announced support from partners including Intel (NASD:  INTC), Sony (NYSE:  SNE), Logitech (NASD:  LOGI), Best Buy (NYSE:  BBY), DISH
Network (NASD:  DISH) and Adobe (NASD:  ADBE). The Android-based platform runs Google’s Chrome browser, and
lets users access listings for TV content alongside DVR and Web video content —
including Adobe Flash-based video — and streaming content from services like
Netflix and Amazon Video On Demand.

Google TV viewers will also be able to run
apps from the Android Market.

An Intel chip will power devices from Sony and
Logitech, expected to sell later this year from retailers including Best Buy,
that will run Google TV.

Google noted that some features of the service will
only be available with advanced integration from satellite TV provider DISH
Network, with which it collaborated on field testing Google TV.

 

Related Links:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/20100520_googletv.html

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/20100520_googletv-dishnetwork.html

http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/20100520_sony-tv.html

http://snipurl.com/wkw6f
(PaidContent)

Google Acquires Media-Sharing Technology Firm Simplify

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Mark Hefflinger
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Mountain View,
Calif. – Google (NASD: GOOG) said on Thursday
that it has acquired the assets of Simplify Media, the provider of a
media-sharing application.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Simplify
Media’s technology lets users share songs, photos and other media, including
iTunes-based media, across various platforms.

The company recently pulled its
iPhone application from the App Store, and noted it would not be accepting new
accounts.

Google plans to integrate Simplify’s technology into a desktop
application that will allow users to access their media on Android devices
remotely.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/wkwhr
(TechCrunch)

http://www.simplifymedia.com/blog/?p=176

http://www.simplifymedia.com

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