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GoodData Secures Another $6.5 million In A Round Led By Fidelity

ACMAir — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:37:11 +0000

GoodData is rapidly becoming a key example of the technology innovation emerging from Central Europe – and laying a bet on Europe seems to be paying off for Fidelity Growth Partners Europe , the venture and growth equity investor, which backs European entrepreneurs exclusively.

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Hungry For Growth, Search Marketing Startup KENSHOO Raises More Funding

ACMAir — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:54:57 +0000

Search engine marketing startup KENSHOO has secured an undisclosed late-stage round of funding from Sequoia’s Growth Fund , the Israeli company announced this morning. This marks the fourth time Sequoia Capital has injected capital into the company, which claims it is now profitable and has doubled in valuation since 2009

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eBay Q2 Revenue Hits $2.2 Billion, PayPal Adding One Million New Accounts Each Month

kram412 — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:39:06 +0000

Ebay beat the Street’s expectations for Q2 earnings, reporting profits of 40 cents a share (or $530.2 million) on revenues of $2.2 billion. Analysts expected 30 cents a share with revenue at $2.1 billion, Net income increased by 18 percent (excluding Skype) from the same quarter in 2009, and revenue rose by 6 percent from last year. Similar to last quarter, PayPal’s business seems to boost eBay’s results

Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates On Best Mac Sales Ever And Huge iPad Numbers

admin2 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:38:16 +0000

In news that should surprise no one by now — Apple once again had a stellar quarter and blew past Wall Street estimates for Q3 2010.

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Yahoo Releases Q2 Earnings

A D M I N — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:33:26 +0000

Yahoo has just released its second quarter earnings report.

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Mopay Now Allows You To Bill Mobile Payments To A Landline Account

user — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:26:51 +0000

Mobile payments company mopay is launching a new technology, mopay call, that allows online merchants to allow consumer to bill purchases to their land line phone accounts.

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European Ministers Push to Increase Target for EU Carbon Emissions

bestcbstore — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:30:00 +0000

Ministers from France, Germany and the UK are calling for the EU to cut its carbon emissions by 30% on 1990 levels by 2020, arguing that failure to reach the goal will have long-term economic consequences. The current target is a 20% reduction from 1990 levels. The officials say increasing the target will help create jobs in clean energy sectors and help keep the EU competitive with China, Japan and the US, each of which is investing in green technology and sustainable energy.

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European Ministers Push to Increase Target for EU Carbon Emissions

Our Judges For The TechCrunch Europe Summer Pitch Battle

jos — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:16:34 +0000

As we’re postponing The Europas Awards for tech companies in Europe until after the Summer ( sign up here to get news on that) we’re instead holding an event we’re calling “TechCrunch Summer Pitch Battle”. It is on July 14 in London, 6.30pm at the new co-working space for startups, TechHub , Ground Floor, 76-80 City Rd, right by Old Street tube station. Here’s how it will work:

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Our Judges For The TechCrunch Europe Summer Pitch Battle

German Court Sets Legal Parameters For People Search

Administrator — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:03:31 +0000

In a small Hamburg court room, something special has happened – at least when it comes to the legal parameters of people search applications on the web.

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Chinese Online Game Developer The9 Invests In OpenFeint Maker Aurora Feint

kram412 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:21:33 +0000

The9 , a Chinese online game developer, has made an undisclosed minority equity investment in Aurora Feint , the company behind OpenFeint , a social gaming network for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad . The news comes a couple of months after The9 announced that it had acquired a majority interest in US-based Red 5 Studios for a total of approx. $20 million

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Chinese Online Game Developer The9 Invests In OpenFeint Maker Aurora Feint