Archive for June, 2008
Internet Week New York Recap
Internet Week New York is now over and gone, but we’re keeping the memory alive one last time with a recap and thanks post. A final thanks to our exhibitors, our media partners and most importantly to all of our guests. There are over 1,000 photos scattered throughout Facebook and Flickr, however, feel free to [...]
Funambol Gets Another $12.5M, Lands AOL for Mobile Sync
Open Source push email and synchronizing mobile service Funambol gained a bit of attention for its alternative option to the somewhat pricey new MobileMe service that’s replaced Apple’s .Mac, and now announces a Series B round of funding of $12.5 million.
Led by Nexit Ventures, the round also included new investor Castile Ventures, and existing investors [...]
MashBash Tel Aviv Coverage by Video
Following my MashBash Tel Aviv recap post, I’ve decided to do a quick follow up with two great videos to showcase the event a bit further.
First, we have Maayan Cohen from TheMarker TV’s video recap and with several interviews:
*Note: Parts of the Video are in Hebrew
Second we have Andrea Yager’s from “Get Started Today Online…Internet [...]
Move Over iGoogle, Feedly Launches Public Beta
If you use iGoogle or Netvibes, I suggest you pay attention. The latest news and RSS feed aggregator to enter the “homepage” ring is Feedly. Created by the founders of DevHD, Feedly has officially launched it’s public beta release today.
What is Feedly? It is self-described as “an attempt at creating a more social and magazine-like [...]
Search, Shop, Sell, with Shopit on AIM
With online networks and a plethora of desktop applications connecting people across the world, there’s no reason why online store can’t be better integrated into all of these platforms. That’s what ShopIt thinks, at least. Given the freedom for communication that the web has allowed, the ability to build on such freedom has [...]
AllRecipes Helping You With Food Ideas As Prices Rise [Video]
AllRecipes is a popular site for recipe aficionados from all over, and as food prices continue to skyrocket, people are turning to it more and more for suggestions.
The site has been known for its social networking aspects, and the ability to build a personal recipe box, but according to company spokes person Esmee Williams, people [...]
MySpace Wins Legal Battle Against “Spam King”
MySpace has just released a statement saying that it has won its lawsuit against Media Breakaway and its founder Scott Richter, for their spam attacks on MySpace. Last Friday, the American Arbitration Association awarded MySpace over $6 million in damages and attorney fees, as well as the entering of a permanent injunction against Scott [...]
Flock 2.0 Beta: Using Firefox 3 to Bring It All Together
Bringing it all together. That’s the theme of 2008: How to integrate multiple online accounts, activities, profiles, feeds, etc. into one comprehensive service (which is of course aside from the just as popular Web 2.0 theme of having scalability issues and crashing).
For the past three years Flock has been aggressively pursuing their goal of “bringing [...]
Shalom and Welcome to the Israel Media Tour
Israel has a history of strength in the technology sector. It is home to many top global companies’ research and development facilities, and host to companies that have produced innovative products like ICQ. Now, with the emergence of Web 2.0 we are seeing a lot of hip and unique new startups forming, as well as [...]
Microsoft Chooses YuMe to Manage and Sell Extra Video Ads
YuMe received $9 million in funding last year, at a time when video ad networks seemed to be raking in the investment dough. Another sign of good fortune for YuMe is its recently announced partnership with Microsoft. Online video ad network YuMe has been selected by Microsoft to sell and manage Microsoft’s unsold [...]