Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 1,202 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under David Karp, Tumblr

Tumblr is growing at a rapid pace. They hit 6 million users and just hit about 1.5 billion pageviews per month (Quantcast). About a year ago, Tumblr saw about 255 million pageviews. In November of last year, it was up to 420 million pageviews.

Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 899 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bit.ly, Om Malik, Ron Conway, Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is rumored to have an interest in buying New York based URL shortening and tracking company Bit.ly. The talks are still in early stages. However if Bit.ly plans to sell, we could expect it to go for over $10 million given that they raised $3.5 million in VC funding from Ron Conway and other angel investors.

Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 1,130 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Kid CuDi, YouTube

Hello “Happiest DJ In The World,” Christopher Lloyd called, he wants his look back. I kid. I kid. The Happiest DJ In The World video is spreading virally. Watch him as he goes nuts when he puts on “Memories” by Kid CuDi (below after the jump).

Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 1,134 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Benchmark Capital, Danny Hillis, Freebase, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Goldman-Sachs, Google, Metaweb, Millenium Technology Ventures, Omidyar Network, Robert Cook

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has acquired Metaweb, a company that develops the open, shared database platform called Freebase. Metaweb was founded by Danny Hillis and Robert Cook in 2005. Metaweb raised $57.5 million in funding over two rounds. Investors include Benchmark Capital, Millennium Technology Ventures, Goldman Sachs, and Omidyar Network. Google said that the Freebase database will remain open and free. [VentureBeat]
Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 727 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Dennis Crowley, Foursquare, Google, Microsoft Corporation, Yahoo!

Check-in geolocation service Foursquare has grown at a rapid pace. The data collected by Foursquare is valuable because it harvests information about how often people visit a specific establishment. Now Foursquare has the interest of Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! “Our data generates hugely interesting trends which would enrich search,” stated Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley, who previously sold a company to Google.

Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 887 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Inc., Steve Jobs

This Friday Steve Jobs made a comparison between the iPhone 4 and other smartphones. Jobs pointed out the antenna problems contained within the BlackBerry Bold 9700, the HTC Droid Eris, and the Samsung Omnia II on stage. However Samsung personally responded to the claims. Below is what they had to say (after the jump):

Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 874 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Double Rainbow, OMG Cat

Combine the OMG Cat and the Double Rainbow viral videos and you get a funny combination. Check out the video below to see it yourself.

Amit Chowdhry | July 20, 2010 | 573 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Bosco Novak, Greg Brown, Motorola, Nokia Corporation, Nokia Siemens Networks, Rajeev Suri, Richard J. Lynch

Nokia Siemens Networks and Motorola, Inc. has announced that the two companies have entered an agreement. Nokia will spend $1.2 billion to acquire the majority of Motorola’s wireless network infrastructure assets for $1.2 billion in cash. Both companies expect the deal to close at the end of 2010. Full press release below:
