Archive for June, 2010

Twitter App On Facebook Nears 7 Million Users

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 631 views | Add a Comment
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Yesterday Facebook fixed a glitch that had an error in the reporting of the “monthly active users” for each application.  Even Twitter benefited from the glitch fix because their “monthly active users” application showed a number increase from about 400,000 to nearly 7 million.  Twitter confirmed the number on their applications own page.  [TechCrunch]

Bing Search Enhanced With Focus On Entertainment

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 700 views | 2 Comments
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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has enhanced the Bing search engine to heavily focus on entertainment.  About 76% of people that use search engines are looking for entertainment options.  Bing Entertainment focuses on Music, Gaming, Movies, and TV.

Transmission 2.0 Has Increased Speed and Stability

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 574 views | Add a Comment
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Transmission 2.0, the BitTorrent client made for Mac and Linux recently launched the an updated version. Transmission 2.0 has a faster startup time, can handle 404 tracker errors better, comes with local peer discovery, optimize download requests, and is more stable. Transmission 2.0 is available as a free download for for Mac and Linux.

Zynga’s FrontierVille Hits 5 Million Daily Users

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 573 views | Add a Comment
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Zynga’s newest game FrontierVille has hit 5 million daily active users and the game launched on June 9th. Zynga’s revenues are expected to hit $600 million this year. [BusinessInsider]

Playdom Raises $33 Million From Multiple Investors

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 969 views | Add a Comment
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Playdom has raised $33 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Steamboat Ventures, and New World Ventures. No word yet on what Playdom plans to do with the funding, but I would not be surprised if it will be used for additional acquisitions. Playdom’s biggest competitor Zynga raised large sums of funding and launched a new game called FrontierVille. [paidContent]

The Verizon DROID X Teaser Is Intense [VIDEO]

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 916 views | 1 Comment
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The Verizon DROIDX teaser shows a person turning from a human into a robot as that person is staring at the phone. Check out the video after the jump.

SGN Raises Funding From Tomorrow Ventures

Amit Chowdhry | June 22, 2010 | 1,003 views | Add a Comment
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Social Gaming Network (SGN) has raised funding from Tomorrow Ventures, a VC company started by Google CEO Eric Schmidt.  SGN focuses on making games for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.   This was SGN’s second round of funding at $2 million.  SGN’s previous round of funding was $15 million. [TechCrunch]

RIM Files Trademark Application For BlackBerry Drive

Amit Chowdhry | June 22, 2010 | 628 views | Add a Comment
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Research In Motion has filed a trademark application for the “BlackBerry Drive.” The BlackBerry Drive is described as “Key fobs; non-electric cables and wires of common metal; small items of metal hardware; goods of common metal not included in other classes.” RIM filed for the trademark on June 11th. [USPTO via GoRumors.com]

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