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Nielsen//NetRatings Is Tweaking Its Web Tracking Technologies

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 9, 2007

Nielsen//NetRatings will now start tracking the length of time spent on websites and products rather than pageviews.

Former TechCrunch UK Writer Sam Sethi Launches Blognation And Receives Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2007

Former TechCrunch UK writer Sam Sethi has launched a new tech blog called Blognation and already raised funding for it.

Netvibes Co-CEO Pierre Chappaz Leaves To Work On Wikio

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 4, 2007

Netvibes Co-CEO Pierre Chappaz has left the company to work at Wikio.

Make Your Own The Simpsons Avatar

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 3, 2007

The Simpsons' digital team has launched a new avatar tool that allows you to create a character that looks like you.

Google Acquires Phone Number Consolidation Company GrandCentral

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2007

Google has acquired GrandCentral, a company that allows users to connect one phone number to all the mobile devices they own.

Yahoo! Announces A Behavior-Based Advertising Model Called SmartAds

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2007

Yahoo has revealed a behavior-based ad model called SmartAds, which was created shortly after the search and display sales teams merged together.

Apple Sells Roughly Half A Million iPhones Over The Weekend

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2007

Apple has sold roughly half a million iPhones over the weekend.

AOL Launches A New AIM Widget Called Wimzi

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 2, 2007

AOL has announced a new AIM widget called Wimzi

Yahoo! Music Beta Is One Of The Best Facebook Apps So Far

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 1, 2007

Here is the Pulse 2.0 review of Yahoo! Music Beta.

Shutterfly Acquires Make It About Me!

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 29, 2007

Shutterfly has announced that it has acquired Make It About Me!

Google Gadget Ventures: Grants For Google Gadget Developers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2007

Google has launched a new initiative called Google Gadget Ventures, which provides grants to developers.

Kevin Rose Launches Pownce

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2007

Kevin Rose has launched a new IM platform called Pownce.

Forget June 29th For A Minute And Realize The Importance Of July 15th

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2007

The Copyright Royalty Board in Washington D.C. is substantially increasing royalty rates for Internet radio at an alarming rate.

Kosmix And RevolutionHealth Partner To Provide Relevant Medical Content Search

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2007

Kosmix and RevolutionHealth have signed a partnership to provide relevant medical content search for its users.

FatFreeCart: Sell Products And Checkout The Fast Way

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 27, 2007

Here is the Pulse 2.0 review of FatFreeCart.

AOL News Is Now In Blog Format

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2007

AOL has revamped its news format to look more like blogs.

Google Calendar Now Has Mobile Reminders

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 26, 2007

Google Calendar has added mobile reminders for events.

Wesabe Raises $4 Million In Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2007

Wesabe has raised $4 million in Series A funding.

Google And eBay’s Tumultuous Relationship

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2007

Why Google and eBay now have a tumultuous relationship.

LinkedIn APIs For Developers Are In The Pipeline

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 25, 2007

Yahoo’s Search And Display Sales Teams Are Merging

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2007

Yahoo's Terry Semel is stepping down and Jerry Yang is becoming the head of the company again. As a result, the sales and display teams are merging at the company.

Greylock Reportedly Invests $8 Million In Revision3

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2007

Greylock Partners has reportedly invested $8 million in Revision3.

Quintura Raises Additional Funding From Mangrove

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 24, 2007

Quintura has raised an additional round of funding from Mangrove.

Upcoming Pulse 2.0 Redesign

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 22, 2007

Chinese Video Content Website 56.com Raises $10 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 18, 2007

Chinese video content website 56.com has raised $10 million in funding.

Grouper Announces A Firehouse Channel

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 13, 2007

Grouper has announced the new firehouse channel.

Demand Media Has Acquired ExpertVillage

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2007

Demand Media has acquired a how-to video website called ExpertVillage.

comScore Officially Files For An IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2007

comScore has officially filed for an IPO.

Yahoo! Shareholders Vote For Terry Semel To Stay

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2007

Yahoo! shareholders are voting for Terry Semel to stay.

An App That Interferes With Facebook’s Revenue: Free Gifts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jun 12, 2007

A new app called Free Gifts seems to be interfering with Facebook's own gift service.