Netflix Q4 Earnings Bea...
Saying 2011 was a rocky road for Netflix would be an understatement, as it split its DVD and streaming offerings into two businesses, then reneged. They also hiked their prices, only to experience a veritable customer revolt, and CEO Reed Hastings was forced to publicly say that...With Self-Serve Ads On ...
In preparation for a ramp up of its monetization efforts and its first beta phase of self serve ads, Twitter has bought security startup Dasient , which specializes in malware and fighting spam. The team will be integrated into “revenue engineering,” a.k.a the ad product team...
Bitly Rolls Out New Ent...
Popular link-shortening service Bit.ly is today announcing the launch of Bitly Enterprise 2.0 , a new version of its enterprise-friendly dashboard. The Bitly Enterprise platform, which helps businesses with multiple social media accounts monitor the impacts of their content’s...SOPA Scorecard: Interne...
Editor’s Note: David Binetti is the CEO and co-founder of Votizen , a consumer technology company based in Mountain View, CA, focused on giving voters a greater voice. You can follow Binetti on Twitter @dbinetti . You’ve got to feel sorry for the SOPA guys. They did all...
Twitter Acquires, Shuts...
Summify , a startup that uses social data to create a personalized news digest , just announced that it has been acquired by Twitter. This sounds like a talent acquisition on Twitter’s part — in other words, the main purpose of the acquisition was probably hiring the Summify...Appstores.com Launches ...
If you’re a developer of applications for iOS or Android — or a publisher looking to better monetize your mobile web content — you’re probably going to be interested in this post. Today Appstores.com is launching what it’s calling an ‘AdSense for apps’...LinkedIn Shutters Twitt...
LinkedIn is planning to shut down its Tweets application as of January 31, 2012. As you may remember, the Tweets application allowed users find and keep track of their LinkedIn connections on Twitter, view Twitter feeds of connections, recommend Twitter users to follow, and more. In an...Instant Messaging Servi...
Imo.im , which you probably know as the multi-platform free instant messaging product for the web and mobile devices is launching its own real-time social network today. For now, the network is only accessible online , but the company says it will soon integrate the new features into its...