Amit Chowdhry | June 14, 2010 | 634 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 888 Holdings, Benhamou Global Ventures, Myotopia, SK Telecom Ventures

888 Holdings has acquired social gaming company Myotopia for $18 million. Myotopia has developed several successful Facebook games such as Bingo Island 2 and Pacific Poker. Myotopia also developed games for mobile platforms such as the iPhone and Android. If Myotopia hits several milestones by 2011, the acquisition price could hit $48 million. Myotopia previously raised money from SK Telecom Ventures and Benhamou Global Ventures. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | June 14, 2010 | 968 views | 2 Comments
Categorized under America Online, AOL, AT&T, AT&T Inc., Howard Schultz, Starbucks Corporation, Yahoo!

Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) will have free WiFi starting July 1st according to CEO Howard Schultz. He announced the news at the Wired Conference in New York. Yahoo! is working with Starbucks on the free WiFi offer.

Amit Chowdhry | June 14, 2010 | 607 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Humyo, Trend Micro

Trend Micro has signed a deal to acquire Humyo, a cloud storage company. Humyo also does file synchronization. Trend Micro is a security company that plans to integrate Humyo into their own line of services. Humyo is based in Leeds, England that has over 20 employees and services over 700,000 people. [CNET]
Amit Chowdhry | June 14, 2010 | 870 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Fred Wilson, Jeff Leventhal, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures, Work Market

Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital has invested in Work Market. Work Market is a company in stealth mode that helps businesses manage their services. Work Market was founded by Jeff Leventhal. Fred Wilson is joining the Work Market board of directors. [VentureBeat]
Amit Chowdhry | June 14, 2010 | 764 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Carla Ziber-Smith

Carla Ziber-Smith was born in 1962 and passed away this past May. She was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gherig’s disease in December 2007. About a year ago she made a clever goodbye video about what it is like to be in heaven. She also has a blog: carlamuses.blogspot.com. Ziber-Smith, a comedian will soon be releasing a documentary called Leave Them Laughing: A Musical Comedy About Dying.

Amit Chowdhry | June 13, 2010 | 828 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Berkshire Hathaway, eBay, Glide Foundation, Warren Buffett

A lunch with Warren Buffett has sold for $2.6 million on eBay this past week. This broke the previous record for a charity auction on eBay: $2.11 million for a lunch with Buffett in 2008. The proceeds from the auction will benefit the Glide Foundation. Glide provides social services for poor people in San Francisco. Buffett is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett’s net worth is estimated to be $47 billion.
Amit Chowdhry | June 13, 2010 | 834 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under YouTube

In this video, YouTube user Andrewid1976 was flying his RC airplane (Speedo Thermo) when it was attacked by a very persistent raven bird. It took almost 4 minutes for the bird to take it down while the plane was flying around. The bird bit the wings and tried landing directly on top of it. Check out the video after the jump.

Amit Chowdhry | June 13, 2010 | 738 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under 3M Company

Minnesota based electronics company 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) put a new monitor technology on display. This monitor is being powered by USB 3.0. This means the monitor gets the display signal from USB 3.0 and is also being powered by it at the same time.
