Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 644 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Chris Alden, Matthew Sanchez, Mena Trott, Say Media, Six Apart, VideoEgg

Ad network VideoEgg has announced that they are acquiring marketing and blogging company Six Apart. Six Apart and VideoEgg will combine businesses and rename themselves to Say Media.

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 758 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Ancestry.com, Archives.com, Genline.com, iArchives, Inflection

Ancestry.com has acquired iArchives.com for $27 million. This is Ancestry.com’s second major acquisition within the last 3 months. Earlier this year, Ancestry.com acquired Sweden-based genealogy website Genline.com for $6.7 million in cash.

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 753 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under BlackBerry, BlackBerry Storm 3, Research In Motion, RIM

The Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ:RIMM) BlackBerry Storm 3 has supposedly leaked. A tipster sent a picture of the new, upcoming phone to Berryreview.com. The Storm 3 has a 3.7-inch display with an 8GB memory. The phone also has WiFi connectivity. [BerryReview.com]
Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 706 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Capital Factory, Dave McClure, GMail, Joshua Baer, Naval Ravikant, OtherInbox, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

OtherInbox is a startup based in Austin, Texas that has just raised $1.5 million in funding from angel investors Dave McClure, Naval Ravikant, and the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 809 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Best Buy, Fuse Capital, Mickie Rosen, Tecca

Tecca [iTunes Link] is the first company to come out of Best Buy’s incubator division. Best Buy put Tecca together through a partnership with Fuse Capital. Tecca is an iPhone and Android application that compares Best Buy’s prices with other retailers. The focus of the application includes discovery (bar code scanning), research (user reviews, specs, etc)., and shopping price comparisons. Tecca makes money from affiliate sales. Tecca is lead by CEO Mickie Rosen and there are 7 people on the staff. There is also 10 editorial people on staff. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 3,059 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, Roger Capriotti

Things are looking good for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) from the browser-front. Microsoft reported that 2 million people downloaded Internet Explorer 9 Beta in the first two days that it was available. When IE8 Beta was launched in August 2008, Microsoft recorded 1.3 million downloads in the first 5 days.

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 1,382 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under eBay, eBay Marketplaces, John Donahoe, Lorrie Norrington

eBay Marketplaces President Lorrie Norrington is resigning from the company for “personal reasons.” Until a replacement is found, the Marketplaces management team will report to eBay CEO John Donahoe. Norrington has been President of eBay Marketplaces since July 2008.

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 1,138 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Gawker, John Cook, Yahoo!, Yahoo! News

John Cook is leaving Yahoo! News blog The Upshot to return to Gawker. The Upshot hired Cook from Gawker this past April. “John’s a brilliant reporter, but he decided that he prefers the license Gawker gave him to add his opinions into his reporting to the scale and credibility Yahoo! News could offer,” stated Upshot editor Andrew Golis. [BusinessInsider]