Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 631 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Facebook, Twitter

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]
Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 700 views | 2 Comments
Categorized under Microsoft Bing, Microsoft Corporation

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.

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 574 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under BitTorrent, Transmission

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.
Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 573 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Zynga

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]
Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 969 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bessemer Venture Partners, Bessemer Ventures, New World Ventures, Playdom, Steamboat Ventures

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]
Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 916 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Android, Google, Google Android, Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Droid X

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.

Amit Chowdhry | June 22, 2010 | 1,003 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Eric Schmidt, SGN, Social Gaming Network, Tomorrow Ventures

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]
Amit Chowdhry | June 22, 2010 | 628 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under BlackBerry, BlackBerry Drive, Research In Motion, RIM

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]