Aggregate Knowledge Raises $9 Million for Recommendations

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Mateo,
Calif. – Aggregate Knowledge, a
provider of content recommendation services, announced on Wednesday that it has
raised $9 million in its third round of financing, led by OVP Venture Partners.

Also participating in the round were Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, DAG
Ventures, and existing angel investors.

San Mateo,
Calif.-based Aggregate Knowledge powers recommendations for major retailers and
publishers, and is now expanding its services to help advertisers manage,
personalize and monetize their desired audiences.

The company will use the
funds to hire additional staff as it expands its business into new markets.  

 

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

DataSphere Gets $10.8 Million to Build Hyperlocal News Sites

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Mark Hefflinger
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Bellevue,
Wash. – DataSphere, a provider of
hyperlocal news sites for news companies, has raised $10.8 million in a new
round of venture capital financing, led by Ignition Partners with participation
from two unnamed investors, PaidContent reported.

Bellevue,
Wash.-based DataSphere helps publishers further monetize their content by
repackaging their existing content to create hyperlocal news sites.

Customers
include TV station owners Fisher Communications and Cowles California Media, as
well as Reader’s Digest and Golf.com.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/tzefl
(PaidContent)

http://www.datasphere.com

Stealth Social Gaming Start-up DNA Games Nabs $2 Million

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– DNA Games, a stealth-mode developer of social games, has raised $2 million in
new funding, PaidContent reported, citing a regulatory filing.

The company was founded in 2009
by a team of former executives from Bazaar Advertising.

San Francisco-based DNA
Games has yet to launch a formal website for the company.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/tze9p
(PaidContent)

The Echo Nest Lands $1.3 Million for Music Recommendations

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Mark Hefflinger
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Somerville,
Mass. – The Echo Nest, the
provider of a music recommendation and search platform, has raised $1.3 million
in new funding from 14 unnamed investors, according to a regulatory filing.

Somerville, Mass.-based Echo Nest’s "machine
learning" platform was developed by MIT PhDs, and aims to improve the
relevance of music search and recommendations.

The company’s technology is
being used by streaming music service Spotify, and was recently integrated into
music blog network MOG’s new subscription-based streaming music service.

 

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

Skype Coming to Panasonic, LG Web-connected Televisions

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Mark Hefflinger
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Las Vegas – Skype, the Internet telephone service, on
Tuesday announced partnerships with consumer electronics firms Panasonic and
LG, to integrate voice and video calling via Skype into the companies’
respective Internet-connected HDTV sets. Set to become available in the spring,
the setup will require a new TV-ready webcam with a microphone designed to
"easily pick up sound from couch-distance."


 

Related Links:
http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2010/01/skype_on_your_tv.html

Spring Design Adds Google Books Access to Alex eReader

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Mark Hefflinger
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Fremont,
Calif. – Spring Design, maker of
the dual-screen Alex eReader e-book reader device, announced on Tuesday that it
has signed a deal with Google (NASD: GOOG), giving Alex users access to more than one
million public domain books from Google Books. The titles will be available via
the Alex’s integrated Android browser and search applications.


 

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http://www.springdesign.com

MSNBC.com Buys BreakingNews.com Domain

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York
– MSNBC.com, the network and website joint venture between Microsoft and NBC,
has purchased the domain BreakingNews.com, PaidContent reported. Last year, the
company took over a Twitter account called @BreakingNews from BNO News. The
BreakingNews.com website currently features the same scrolling feed of
headlines posted to the Twitter account.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/tz3sr
(PaidContent)

http://www.msnbc.com

http://breakingnews.com

Finnish Label to Halt New Signings Until P2P Sites Stopped

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – A Finland-based record label has announced that
it will cease signing new artists until "our politicians have stopped the
P2P sites," TorrentFreak reported. "We are NOT able to sign more
artists. No demos or masters you send us will be considered for release,"
reads a note on Lion Music’s website. "The illegal file sharing on the net
is killing independent music…Our demo policy will not change before our
politicians have stopped the P2P sites. Illegal file sharing is not just about
stealing from rich major companies. It is about killing independent music and
making it impossible for many great musicians to have a chance to release
albums and have a musical career even as a part time job."


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/tz3r8
(TorrentFreak)

http://www.lionmusic.com

Ray Kurzweil to Unveil Blio eReader Software at CES

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Mark Hefflinger
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Las Vegas – Technologist and
inventor Ray Kurzweil plans to introduce the Blio, a free eReader application
from his knfb Reader Technology firm, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.
Kurzweil bills Blio, set for release in late January, as "the first
eReader eReader to preserve the image-rich format of books and magazines,
including their layout, typesetting, images, color and graphics, while also
supporting full media functionality, including video, graphics, and web
links."


 

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http://www.blioreader.com

Next3D to Debut Broadband 3D HD Video Service

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Mark Hefflinger
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Atlanta
– Next3D, a developer of stereoscopic 3D technology, announced on Tuesday that
it will introduce a broadband-delivered 3D, HD home video service in the first
quarter of 2010. The Next3DTV service will offer content including theatrical
3D movies, films originally created for 3D IMAX theaters, trailers, sports, and
live 3D weather maps. The service will initially be available for PCs that
support 3D display technology.


 

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http://snipurl.com/tz3wq

http://next3dtv.com

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