Archive for September, 2010

VideoEgg Acquires Six Apart, Renaming Company To Say Media

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 644 views | 1 Comment
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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.

Ancestry.com Buys iArchives For $27 Million

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 758 views | Add a Comment
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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.

BlackBerry Storm 3 Screenshot Leaks

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 753 views | Add a Comment
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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]

OtherInbox Raises $1.5 Million From Several Angel Investors

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 706 views | Add a Comment
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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.

Best Buy’s Incubator Launches First Company Called Tecca

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 809 views | Add a Comment
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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]

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Beta Downloaded 2 Million Times In 2 Days

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 3,059 views | Add a Comment
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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.

eBay Marketplaces President Lorrie Norrington Resigning

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 1,382 views | Add a Comment
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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.

John Cook Quits Yahoo! To Return To Gawker

Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 1,138 views | 1 Comment
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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]

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