Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Gdgt.com http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 GDGT Reportedly To Be Acquired By CNET http://pulse2.com/2011/10/25/gdgt-reportedly-to-be-acquired-by-cnet/ http://pulse2.com/2011/10/25/gdgt-reportedly-to-be-acquired-by-cnet/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:24:22 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=52332 Continue reading →]]>
CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) subsidiary CNET.com is reportedly in acquisition talks for GDGT.com. GDGT.com was founded by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. Talks between the CNET and GDGT started two years ago, but a deal fell through. Now the two companies are at it again.

GDGT also recently signed a deal with Engadget to provide widgets that are related to the product that Engadget is writing about.

GDGT was founded in January 2009 and raised $3.72 million in funding. Before GDGT, Rojas was the founder and editorial director of Engadget. He was also the co-founder of Joystiq, Gizmodo, and Hackaday. Ryan Block was also a founding editor of Joystiq and was a writer for Engadget.

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/10/25/gdgt-reportedly-to-be-acquired-by-cnet/feed/ 0 Gdgt.com Raises $3 Million From Multiple Investors http://pulse2.com/2010/04/08/gdgt-com-raises-3-million-from-multiple-investors/ http://pulse2.com/2010/04/08/gdgt-com-raises-3-million-from-multiple-investors/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 23:57:55 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=29332 Continue reading →]]>
Gdgt.com has raised $3.165 million from several investors. Gdgt.com was founded by former Engadget writers Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. Their investors include Spark Capital, Jason Calacanis, True Ventures, Betaworks, AOL Ventures, Lerer Media Ventures, and several other angel investors.

Gdgt.com previously raised $500,000 from Betaworks and True Ventures. Gdgt currently has about 17,000 products in their database. [paidContent]

]]> http://pulse2.com/2010/04/08/gdgt-com-raises-3-million-from-multiple-investors/feed/ 0 Former Engadget Editors Ryan Block and Peter Rojas Starting Up Gdgt.com http://pulse2.com/2008/09/05/former-engadget-editors-ryan-block-and-peter-rojas-starting-up-gdgtcom/ http://pulse2.com/2008/09/05/former-engadget-editors-ryan-block-and-peter-rojas-starting-up-gdgtcom/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:06:39 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/2008/09/05/former-engadget-editors-ryan-block-and-peter-rojas-starting-up-gdgtcom/ Continue reading →]]>
Engadget was co-founded by former Gizmodo editor, Peter Rojas. Ryan Block, Engadget’s former editor-in-chief stepped down on July 22, 2008 and left Engadget to be run by Joshua Topolsky.

Gdgt.com is a new and upcoming consumer electronics website that is started by Peter Rojas and Ryan Block. Gdgt.com is still under construction, but there is a weekly podcast available on the site.

Gdgt is not going to be a gadget blog according to Alley Insider. Insider believes that Gdgt will possibly be a social network since the site is soliciting users to create user names.

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