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Flip Out Over Movie-MakingThe Sun / Gizmo – June 12, 2008 – This week the Flip Video Ultra Series finally debuted on British shores and it's a revelation where home movie-making is concerned. The ease in which you can produce short films, and either upload them to the web or show them on your telly, is phenomenal. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Start-Ups Aim for Consumers on HoldThe Wall Street Journal / June 11, 2008 – Callers stuck on hold waiting for a customer-service rep have long been subjected to the sounds of Muzak. From Burger King to Bank of America, marketers are now replacing canned tunes with advertising. One of the start-ups that serves a big chunk of the ads for marketers is VoodooVox. The company's ads play during about 320 million calls a month, a number that the New York company says has increased 20% every month this year. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Kapow Mashup Server 6.4 Adds New Capabilities For More Rapid Enterprise Mashup Application DevelopmentPalo Alto, CA and Copenhagen, Denmark / June 10, 2008 - Kapow Technologies, the expert in harvesting mashable public and private web intelligence with software that turns the Web into the world’s largest database, today announced the Kapow Mashup Server version 6.4. The new software release features many improvements to further speed up automated access to Web data sources using leading mashup creation tools or Microsoft Excel. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Kapow Technologies Fosters Enterprise Mashup AdoptionPALO ALTO, CA /Marketwire/ June 5, 2008 –Kapow Technologies today announced that it is working with IBM (NYSE: IBM) to further the adoption of enterprise mashups by making new sources of information available for use in situational applications through the integration of the Kapow Mashup Server and IBM Mashup Center. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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The Mossberg Solution - A New Flip Mino To Hook More Fans of VideoThe Wall Street Journal / June 4, 2008 – When Pure Digital Technologies Inc. introduced its Flip point-and-shoot camcorder a year ago, it dramatically simplified video recording. The Flip measured the size of a small digital still camera, cost less than $150 and its videos could be emailed in one quick process. Consumers gobbled up the tiny, nonintimidating device. Today, the company will begin sales of its $180 Flip Video Mino (pronounced "minnow"), the hippest offering yet from Pure Digital. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Vobile Appoints Usha Srinivasan Vice President of Product MarketingSANTA CLARA, Calif. / June 2, 2008 -- Vobile, a leading provider of video content identification and management services, today announced the appointment of Usha Srinivasan as Vice President of Product Marketing. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Video Piracy's Olympic ShowdownBusiness Week / May 29, 2008 – CCTV, NBC, and the International Olympic Committee are all using technology from Silicon Valley's Vobile to spot any pirated video that does end up online. Vobile's technology will flag unofficial clips and then the authorities can take action against the offending Web site. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Ontela Completes Successful Series B Investment RoundSEATTLE, May 28, 2008 - Ontela, Inc., provider of award-winning camera phone picture saving technology, announced today that it has secured funding from Steamboat Ventures with additional participation from existing investors Hunt Ventures, Oak Investment Partners and Voyager Capital. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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RazorGator Interactive Group Names John Wallace as General Manager, TicketOSLOS ANGELES /PRNewswire/ May 23, 2008 – RazorGator Interactive Group, a leading full-service secondary ticket and event experience company in the sports and entertainment markets announces the appointment of John Wallace as the General Manager TicketOS, a division of RazorGator that offers the leading on-demand corporate ticket-management software. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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EdgeCast Networks and Castfire Team up to Enable One-Stop Media Management and DeliveryLOS ANGELES /BUSINESS WIRE/ -May 21, 2008 –EdgeCast Networks, the superior, cost-effective rich media content delivery network (CDN), and Castfire, creators of a leading mediacasting platform, today announced a partnership that will greatly ease the management, monetization and delivery of audio and video content. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Passenger Raises an Additional $8 Million Led by StarVest PartnersLOS ANGELES /BUSINESS WIRE/ – May 14, 2008 – Passenger, the leader in on–demand customer collaboration, today announced its series C funding of $8 million, led by existing investor StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm with key investments in technology–enabled business services. Larry Bettino, general partner of StarVest Partners, will join Passenger’s Board of Directors. All previous investors also participated in this round including Shelter Capital Partners and Steamboat Ventures. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
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Greystripe to Offer Mobile Games From SegaSAN FRANCISCO / BUSINESS WIRE – May 13, 2008 – Today Greystripe, the world’s leading distributor of ad–supported mobile games and applications, announced another Tier–one game publisher deal to distribute free mobile games from world–renowned game publisher, Sega. READ FULL ARTICLE >> |
The Walt Disney Company to Acquire Leading Social Game Developer Playdom
Advancing on its goal of bringing consumers its well-known stories, characters and brands in ever more engaging ways The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire Playdom, Inc. READ FULL ARTICLE >>