Yahoo: “The Open Web ...
Apparently, Yahoo didn’t like the bad press it was getting following its decision to shutter its own Shopping API and instead strike a deal with PriceGrabber to use their data. Neal Sample, Yahoo’s Vice President of Open Strategy has a rather passionate post today on the...
Amazon Opens Up Kindle ...
Amazon.com this morning announced that it is expanding its self-service Kindle Digital Text Platform worldwide, giving more authors and publishers the chance to upload and sell books in English, German and French to customers around the world in the Kindle Store . View post: Amazon...
Social Marketing Gone A...
This year, instead of spending $20 million on SuperBowl ads , Pepsi decided to put the money into Pepsi Refresh, a social marketing campaign which solicits the best ideas from consumers and plans to dole out $20 million in grants to good causes and “great ideas” throughout...
Google I/O 2010 To Feat...
Google’s annual I/O conference is still over four months away, but the company is already ramping up for the event. Google has just posted 60% of the sessions that will be featured, and has opened sales for its early bird tickets. Tickets run $400 up until April 23, when they jump...ImageShack Updates iPho...
ImageShack , one of the largest media hosting sites on the Web, updated its iPhone app ImageShack Uploader ( iTunes link ) this morning, unlocking features that enable users to easily share both videos and photos using either ImageShack services and third-party sites like YouTube and...
DriverSide Scores eBay ...
Big news for DriverSide , the startup that looks to help you maintain your car for as long as you own it. The startup will now be prominently featured on the homepage for eBay’s very popular eBay Motors portal as part of a new partnership between the new companies. eBay says that...
Viacom’s EPIX Finds S...
Epix, the movie and entertainment streaming network that works across your TV, computer, and mobile phone, has officially landed a second cable provider for its service: Cox Communications. We wrote about the service here and here. Cox was rumored to be in negotiations with EPIX in...
Spiceworks Is Becoming ...
Spiceworks, a startup that develops Web-connected social IT management software, has raised $16 million in Series C funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners with Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures participating. This brings the startup’s total funding to $29 million....
TA Associates Invests O...
Private equite firm TA Associates announced this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement for a majority investment of over €60 million in eCircle , a decade-old email marketing service provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1999, eCircle specializes in a range...