Pulse 2.0 Archive

Li Ka-shing Invests $60 Million In Facebook

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2007

Li Ka-shing has invested $60 million into Facebook. This brings Facebook's total funding to $340 million so far.

Facebook Is Revamping Beacon Following User Complaints

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 30, 2007

Facebook has announced that it has added some new privacy options for Beacon following a number of complaints from users.

Google Maps Adds A ‘My Location’ Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Google has launched a new "My Location" feature.

Pouchons: A New Hip Hop Social Network Worth Checking Out

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Pouchons is a hip-hop social network worth checking out.

TringMe: A Click-To-Call Widget Worth Checking Out

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

TringMe is a click-to-call widget that you should check out.

Pluck To Connect Traditional Media With Social Media

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Pluck has announced that it will enable traditional media companies to connect with social media.

Snooth Raises $1 Million In A Second Round Of Angel Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Wine database company Snooth has raised $1 million in angel funding.

Photo Storage Service Phanfare Raises $2.5 Million Third Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 28, 2007

Phanfare, a popular photo storage service, has raised $2.5 million in funding.

Intuit Acquires Homestead Technologies For $170 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 26, 2007

Intuit has announced that it has acquired Homestead Technologies for $170 million

Rumor: News Corp May Be Looking To Acquire LinkedIn

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 22, 2007

Rumor has it that News Corp is looking to acquire LinkedIn

South African Website Creation Company Synthasite Raises $5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 21, 2007

Synthasite, a South Africa based website creation service, has raised $5 million in funding.

South Asian Video-on-Demand Company TinselVision Raises $3 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 21, 2007

TinselVision has raised $3 million in Series B funding.

Entertonement Secures $5 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2007

Entertonement (also known as Right Sized Media) has raised $5 million in funding.

Amazon.com Introduces Kindle

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 19, 2007

Amazon.com has introduced a new device called the Kindle

Search Engine ChaCha Raises $10 Million Series B

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 15, 2007

ChaCha has raised $8 million in funding from several investors.

MediaNews Group And The Hearst Corporation Acquire 80% Of Kaango For $20 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 15, 2007

MediaNews Group and Hearst have acquired 80% of Kaango for $20 million.

YouTube: Higher Quality Videos On The Way Within 3 Months

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 15, 2007

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen said that higher quality videos are on the way.

Video Recommendation Company Taboola Is Raising $1.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Video recommendation service Taboola is raising $1.5 million in funding.

Zillow Partnering With Major Newspaper Companies For Shared Ad Space

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Zillow has partnered with several major newspaper companies.

Neighborhood Social Network Fatdoor Raises $5.5 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Neighborhood social network company Fatdoor has raised $5.5 million in funding

Zero Comission Trading Site Zecco Receives $25 Million Series B Investment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 14, 2007

Zecco has raised $25 million from several new and current investors.

TAKKLE Raises $7 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2007

High school sports social network TAKKLE raises $7 million in funding.

Shantanu Narayen Named As Adobe’s CEO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2007

Shantanu Narayen has been named as the CEO of Adobe.

Microsoft Acquiring Musiwave For Mobile Music Entertainment Purposes

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 12, 2007

Microsoft is acquiring Musiwave, a provider of mobile music entertainment services

YouTube Is Now Accepting Multiple 1GB Uploads

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 9, 2007

YouTube now allows users to upload multiple 1GB uploads.

Google Earth Now Has Weather Tracking

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2007

Google Earth now has a weather tracking feature

Photobucket Adds A New Tagging Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 8, 2007

Photobucket has added a new tagging feature.

Google and Gilbarco Veeder-Root Making E-Maps Available At Gas Stations, Convenience Stores, Etc.

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2007

Gilbaro Veeder-Root and Google have partnered to set up Google Maps at gas stations, convenience stores, etc.

Microsoft CIO, Stuart Scott Gets The Blue Screen Of Unemployment

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 7, 2007

Facebook Announces A New Ad Platform

By Amit Chowdhry ● Nov 6, 2007

At an event in New York, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced a new advertising product.