Pulse 2.0 Archive

PicksPal Raises $3 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2007

Fantasy sports company PicksPal has raised $3 million in Series C.

Real Estate Blog Network Curbed Raises $1.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2007

Curbed, a real estate blog network company, has raised $1.5 million in funding.

Mydeo Is Now Powering Best Buy’s Video Sharing Service

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2007

Mydeo is now powering Best Buy's video-sharing service.

Champion Sound Opens In Limited Beta

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 30, 2007

Digital Telepathy's Champion Sound is now open in limited beta.

Hulu Enters Private Beta And It Has An Amazing Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2007

Hulu is now in private beta and the platform has proved all the nay-sayers wrong.

Yahoo’s MyBlogLog Adds E-Mail Signature Generator

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 29, 2007

Yahoo! MyBlogLog has now added an email signature feature.

A Flixster Acquisition May Not Be Too Far Away

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2007

Flixster may soon get acquired, according to a TechCrunch report. InterActivCorp may be the company that buys out Flixster.

Why It Is A Good Thing That Facebook Monitors Whose Profile You Look At

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 28, 2007

Why it could be a good thing that Facebook monitors the profiles that you look at.

NBA Team Phoenix Suns Start Social Network Planet Orange

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 27, 2007

The NBA team Phoenix Suns has started a social network called Planet Orange

‘Don’t Tase Me Bro’ Police Officers Reinstated At U of F

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2007

The 'don't tase me, bro' police officers were reinstated at the University of Florida.

YourSports Launches Social Network For High School Athletes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2007

YourSports has launched a social network for high school athletes.

CNET Sells Webshots To American Greetings For $45 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2007

CNET is selling Webshots to Ameican Greetings for $45 million

Two Former Jobster Executives Create Stealth Startup MergeLab

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 25, 2007

Two former Jobster executives left the company to launch a new stealth startup called MergeLab

WPP Group Acquiring Another Digital Advertising Company, Blast Radius

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 24, 2007

WPP Group has acquired Blast Radius, a strategic interactive agency.

JibJab Raises $3 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 24, 2007

JibJab has raised $3 million in Series B funding.

Microsoft Invests $240 Million Into Facebook For 1.6% Equity And Exclusive Ad Partnership Till 2011

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 24, 2007

Microsoft has invested $240 million in Facebook for a 1.6% stake. And Microsoft will have an exclusive ad partnership with Facebook as part of the investment.

Online Advertising Company Linkstorm Raises $4.2 Million Series C

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2007

Linkstorm, an online ad company, has raised $4.2 million in Series C funding.

Gmail Is Testing Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2007

The Gmail team is currently testing Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

Zango Acquires Smart Shopper For $9 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 23, 2007

Online advertisement distribution company Zango has acquired Smart Shopper for $9 million

Payoneer Raises $3 Million In Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 22, 2007

Payoneer has raised $3 million in funding

A Few Flickr Updates: GeoTagging, Personal Places, And Microsoft Partnership

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 19, 2007

Flickr has announced several new features including geotagging, personal places, and a partnership with Microsoft.

Winamp 5.5: The 10th Anniversary Edition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2007

Here is the Pulse 2.0 review of Winamp 5.5

Platial Acquires Frappr!

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2007

Platial has acquired Frappr!, a website that allows users to build maps of their own town.

Microsoft Unveils Popfly At The Web 2.0 Conference

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2007

At the Web 2.0 conference, Microsoft unveiled the Popfly software application.

Third Party Apps Coming Back To The iPhone In February, But Are Limited In Nature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2007

Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that a software development kit will be released for the iPhone in February 2008.

Automattic Buys And Integrates Gravatar Into WordPress.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 18, 2007

Automattic has acquired Gravatar and started integrating it into WordPress immediately.

Google Analytics Unleashes Media & AJAX Hit Tracking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2007

Microsoft Signs Deals With NewsGator And Atlassian

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2007

Microsoft has signed a deal with NewsGator and Atlassian Software to bring some Web 2.0 flair to Sharepoint.

Mobile Social Network Treemo Has Raised $2.55 Million Series A-1

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2007

Treemo, a mobile social network, has raised $2.55 million in Series A-1 funding.

Read-Only Google Docs Application Now Available On Mobile Devices

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 17, 2007

Google has added a read-only option for Google Docs for mobile devices.