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In-Text Ad Company Kontera Raises $10.3 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2007

In-text ad company Kontera has raised $10.3 million in the second round of funding.

Classmates.com Has Filed For An IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 14, 2007

Classmates.com has filed for an IPO.

Batanga Raises $30 Million In Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2007

Latino entertainment and media company Batanga raises $30 million in Series C funding.

KickApps Has Raised $11 Million In Second Round Funding

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2007

KickApps has raised $11 million in its second round of funding.

AsianAvenue.com And BlackPlanet.com Parent Company Community Connect Is Turning 10 Years Old

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 13, 2007

Community Connect is celebrating its 10 year anniversary soon.

A Portion Of Facebook’s Source Code Just Leaked

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2007

Some of Facebook's source code just leaked.

Google Video Closing Down The Paid Model

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2007

Google is shutting down its paid model for Google Video.

A Free Wall Street Journal Could Put Pressure On Financial Times

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 11, 2007

Now that The Wall Street Journal is owned by News Corp, Rupert Murdoch is considering making it free. And that could put pressure on Financial Times too.

UMG Is Testing Out Music Files Without DRM, But Not On iTunes Though

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 10, 2007

Universal Music Group is testing music files without music files.

HTC Mogul Can Be Modded To Operate Just Like An iPhone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2007

In this video, the HTC Mogul was modded to work just like an iPhone.

Providence Equity Partners Reportedly Plans To Invest $100 Million In News Corp And NBC’s Future Video Site

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2007

Providence Equity Partners is reportedly planning to invest $100 million in the video site being planned by News Corp And NBC.

Veoh’s $25 Million Third Round Of Funding Is Confirmed

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2007

A $25 million third round of funding for Veoh has been confirmed.

Universal Music Group Buys Stake In Loud.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 9, 2007

Universal Music Group has acquired an equity stake in Loud.com

Scripps Networks Acquires Incando For $4.7 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Scripps Networks has acquires Pickle.com's parent company Incando for $4.7 million

Blockbuster Acquires Movielink LLC

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Blockbuster has acquired Movielink LLC to offer customers access to thousands of movies online.

New York Times Acquires & Integrates The Freakonomics Blog

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Google News Is Testing A Comments Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Google is testing out a commenting feature in Google News.

Apollo Group Is Acquiring Digital Ad Company Aptimus For $48 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Apollo Group is going to be acquiring digital ad company Aptimus for $48 million

Jimmy Wales Continues Talks With Chinese Officials Over Wikipedia’s Ban

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 8, 2007

Jimmy Wales is continuing his conversations with high-level Chinese officials about Wikipedia's ban in China.

LiveJournal Founder Brad Fitzpatrick Is Reportedly Leaving Six Apart To Join Google

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2007

LiveJournal founder Brad Fitzpatrick is reportedly going to leave Six Apart to join Google.

Passenger Raises $12.5 Million Total In Series A And Series B Round

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2007

Passenger has raised $12.5 million total.

Clipmarks Is Reportedly In Talks With Forbes For A Potential Acquisition

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2007

Forbes is reportedly in talks to buy Clipmarks

SplashCast Player Is Now Powering NPR’s Facebook Application Podcasts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 7, 2007

The SplashCash player is now powering NPR's Facebook application podcasts.

New Digital Entertainment Site Worldwide Biggies Raises $9 Million Series A

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2007

Worldwide Biggies has raised $9 million in Series A funding.

aQuantive Poaches DoubleClick Client InterActivCorp

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2007

aQuantive has poached DoubleClick's client InterActivCorp

Indian Social Network Yaari Appears To Be Taking Over Email Accounts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 6, 2007

Why I don't recommend that anyone should use Yaari.

TierraNatal: A New Hispanic Social Network Worth Checking Out

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2007

TierraNatal is a new Hispanic social network that is worth checking out.

Accoona Files For An IPO

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2007

Accoona has filed for an IPO.

NYT’s Brad Stone Figures Out Who Fake Steve Jobs Is

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 5, 2007

It has been revealed that the "Fake Steve Jobs" is Daniel Lyons, a senior editor of Forbes Magazine.

Should Dogster Be Worried About MyDogSpace?

By Amit Chowdhry ● Aug 4, 2007

A new social networking company for dogs and cats has launched called MyDogSpace and MyCatSpace.