Daily Grommet Raises $3.4 Million for Gift Idea Marketplace

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Mark Hefflinger
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Lexington,
Mass. – Daily Grommet, a company
that operates an online marketplace and video review site, has raised $3.4
million in its first round of venture capital.

Investors in the deal include
Launch Capital, Jean Hammond, an investor and member of Hub Angels and
Launchpad Venture Group; John Landry, an angel investor at Lead Dog Ventures;
Nancy Peretsman, and Jill Preotle, the co-founder of the Boston Golden Seeds
forum and a private equity investor; and Gerry Laybourne, the founder of
Nickelodeon and Oxygen Media.

Lexington, Mass.-based Daily Grommet gives
businesses a social-media based distribution channel for launching products,
and allows users to suggest, support and buy new product ideas.

The company said
it will use the financing to support customer acquisition, scale up operations
and add to its team.

 

Related Links:
http://www.dailygrommet.com

CNN iReport

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Mark Hefflinger
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CNN Sues iReport Citizen Journo for Saying He Works at CNN

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Mark Hefflinger
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Atlanta
– Time Warner’s (NYSE:  TWX) CNN has filed suit against one of its iReport citizen
journalists who allegedly falsely claimed to be an accredited journalist with the
network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The suit claims that Robert
Paisola has identified himself online as a "senior iReporter for CNN"
and "regular contributor to…CNN," and tried to pass himself off as
representing the network in a manner he was not authorized to do in order to
gain access to news events.

It alleges trademark infringement, breach of
contract and unfair competition, as well as breach of a prior related
settlement.

For his part, Paisola posted a rambling video to YouTube defending
his work, and warning that other CNN iReporters who invest money in equipment
and time to pursue the opportunities becoming available to citizen journalists could
face similar charges.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vicz6
(Hollywood Reporter)

http://twitter.com/ROBERTPAISOLA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S79SuO1E8zM

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Mark Hefflinger
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Study: Young People Do Care About Online Privacy

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Contrary to
conventional wisdom, young people are concerned about online privacy issues,
according to a new survey conducted by researchers at the University
of California, Berkeley
and the University
of Pennsylvania, the
Associated Press reported. Eighty-eight percent of all those surveyed, and 82%
of young adults, said they have refused to give out information to a business
when they deemed it too revealing or unnecessary.

Most believe that uploaders
should get permission from the subject of a photo or video before posting it
online — 86% of the total survey, and 84% of young adults ages 18 to 24
agreed.

About 40% of the 18 to 24 and 35 to 44 demographics alike also said
they believe executives whose companies use personal information without
permission should face jail time.

"Yes, there are some young people who
are posting racy photographs and personal information. But those anecdotes
might not represent what the average young person is doing online," Chris
Hoofnagle, co-author of the study and director of information privacy programs
at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, told AP.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vibqo
(AP)

Citing Wireless Interference, Israel Bans Import of iPad

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Mark Hefflinger
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Jerusalem – Israel has
banned the import of Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) iPad into the country, saying the device’s
wireless connectivity features are incompatible with its national standards and
could potentially interfere with existing devices, the Associated Press
reported.

The ban even prevents tourists from bringing their iPads into the
country; the AP cited customs officials saying 10 iPads had already been
confiscated.

The AP noted that the U.S.
allows Wi-Fi broadcasting at higher power levels than are permitted in Europe
and Israel
— though no European nations have thus far talked about an import ban.

"If
you operate equipment in a frequency band which is different from the others
that operate on that frequency band, then there will be interference," Nati
Schubert, a senior deputy director for Israel’s Communications Ministry,
told AP.

"We don’t care where people buy their equipment … but without
regulation, you would have chaos."

Schubert added that he expects Apple to
remedy the issue before the iPad’s international release in May.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vibqz
(AP)

MySpace Introduces New Events, Ticketing Platform

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles
– News Corp.’s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace online social network has launched a new Events and
ticketing platform.

A new Events tab on the MySpace home page will include
features like a Calendar that integrates a user’s own events, friends’ events,
evens like tour dates from artists they follow, Facebook events, and sponsored
events from advertisers.

The music-related elements of Events will borrow from
its iLike subsidiary, allowing users to see which other users plan to attend
particular concerts.

Unlike previously, artists will be now able to sell concert
tickets directly from their profile pages.

MySpace director of events and
ticketing Marcus Womack told Billboard the Events platform was designed with
event promotion and ticketing equally in mind.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vibgn
(Billboard)

PubMatic Gets $7.5 Million for Publisher Ad Services

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Mark Hefflinger
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Palo Alto,
Calif. – PubMatic, a provider of online
advertising tools for publishers, announced on Thursday that it has closed a
$7.5 million third round of financing, led by Helion Venture Partners.

Previous
backers Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Nexus Venture Partners also participated.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based PubMatic operates a sell-side ad
platform for premium publishers, used by customers including IAC, The
Huffington Post, eBay and TV Guide.

The company, which has now raised a total
of $18 million since its launch three years ago, will use the new funds to accelerate
the adoption of its recently announced set of new offerings.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/viasp

http://www.pubmatic.com

Microsoft Adds Twitter Feed to Main Bing Page

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Mark Hefflinger
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Redmond,
Wash. – Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) on Wednesday
incorporated real-time Twitter data into its main Bing search engine results.
The company had since last fall been providing tweets on a separate, beta page
on Bing, but now real-time results from Twitter will appear on the main Bing
page.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vhlwr
(Bing blog)

Nokia: Ovi Store Serving 1.6 Million Downloads Per Day

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Mark Hefflinger
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Espoo, Finland – Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) Ovi Store is now
serving up over 1.6 million downloads per day, across mobile applications,
content and ringtones, Mobile Entertainment reports. The average user makes 8.5
downloads per month. The most active countries downloading content from the Ovi
Store include China, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the U.K.
and Vietnam.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/vhm6x

https://store.ovi.com

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