Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 764 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Loren Brichter, Tweetie, Twitter

The Twitter application for the iPhone App Store is now available for download. The best part is that it is free. It has been about a month since Twitter acquired the Tweetie iPhone application company. Some of the new features include the ability to browse Twitter without the requirement of having an account. The Suggested User List is connected to the app now too. Loren Brichter created the original Tweetie app. [iTunes Link]
Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 919 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Chris Stone, Court Coursey, Dotgo, EPIC Ventures, Kenneth M. Lanzetta, Stefan Gromoll, TomorrowVentures

DOTGO has received Series A funding from EPIC Ventures and TomorrowVentures. The DOTGO platform allows any website to quickly create a mobile version with a focus on text messaging. Below is the full press release:

Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 602 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Symantec, VeriSign Inc.

Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC) is close finalizing a bid for Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN)? for $1.3 billion according to The Wall Street Journal. VeriSign certifies websites that are legitimate so that consumers can feel safe when making purchases through e-commerce. Symantec is based in Mountain View, California. [WSJ]
Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 649 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Avid Life Media, Nik Richie, Perez Hilton, PerezHilton.com, Zack Taylor

Rumor has it that Avid Life Media and two other prominent celebrity blogs have made an offer to buy out PerezHilton.com for $20 million. Avid Life also owns HotOrNot.com and AshleyMadison.com.

Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 611 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Google, Google Wave

Real time collaboration software Google Wave is now open for everyone. Before it was available through invite-only. Invites started being rolled out this past September. If you have used Google Wave, what do you think of it? Let us know in the comments. [Google Wave]
Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 1,382 views | 4 Comments
Categorized under Tom Corbett, Twitter

Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett has sent a subpoena to Twitter. Corbett is asking Twitter to “testify and give evidence regarding alleged violations of the laws of Pennsylvania”.

Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 847 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Biz Stone, Digital Garage, Open Network Lab, Twitter

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is joining the board of directors at Digital Garage, a Twitter partner in Japan. Digital Garage started in 1995 and has incubated several large web brands. Stone will also be a mentor at Open Network Lab, a Digital Garage subsidiary that is similar to Y-Combinator. Other Digital Garage board members include Shawn Fanning, Tim O’Reilly, and Reid Hoffman. [TechCrunch]
Amit Chowdhry | May 19, 2010 | 702 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Quintura, Yakov Sadchikov

Tag Cloud search engine Quintura has raised $1 million to enhance their mobile search services. The investor is undisclosed.
