Google stopped patching old Android exploits, but don’t panic
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Riverbed agrees to buyout by Thoma Bravo and teacher friends
More tech M&A
Network gear maker Riverbed Technology is being acquired for about $3.6 billion, or $21 per share in cash, by private equity firm…
Moviepilot sells German operation for $20M to continue U.S. push
Germany’s Moviepilot has taken an unusual trajectory, beginning as a film recommendation site called Moviepilot.de and expanding into the U.S. and elsewhere…
A battery booster that’s almost as thin as a sheet of paper
The Paper Battery Company isn’t making a battery out of paper; it’s doing something far more interesting.
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Meet the new Google self-driving car: no steering wheel, no pedals, no problems?
Google’s self-driving car project rolls on, and the company has a cute new prototype design to show off that doesn’t look anything like a conventional car.
Android KitKat uptake slower than Jelly Bean, North American web traffic suggests
Six months after Android Jelly Bean launched, 14 percent of devices are running it, says Chitika Insights. A new report from the company says only 10 percent now use KitKat nearly a half year after the newer software was introduced.
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Michael Bloomberg: You can’t teach a coal miner to code
Have some compassion for the displaced coal workers, says Michael Bloomberg. They can’t just all go out and learn to code.
WeTransfer goes mobile, starting with iOS
The company, which boasts 20 million active monthly users, now has a mobile app that lets users transfer up to 10GB in pictures and videos.
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As memories stay online, social companies like Facebook must find better ways to help grieving families
In a moving story, a father begged Facebook to share a video of his dead son. The story had a happy ending, but points to growing tech companies and families for control of our memories.
Android stats: Gingerbread still on 20 percent of devices, KitKat only on 1.8
Google’s Android developers blog shows that the three-year-old Gingerbead software is still running on 20 percent of devices, while the new KitKat update has only reached 1.8.
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Tim Bucher’s Lyve Minds partners with Qualcomm for its LyveHome device
Former Apple (S AAPL) executive Tim Bucher has teamed up with Qualcomm (S QCOM) to build the first product of his new…
Stealth startup Black Pearl Systems reveals Lyve Minds brand, personal media device
Former Apple executive Tim Bucher stealthily assembled an A-team of developers to solve personal media sharing with a company called Black Pearl Systems. Now, Bucher is coming clean and announcing the consumer brand Lyve Minds.
Revenge porn site owner arrested, charged with extortion
The operator of revenge porn site UGotPosted, who also operated a second “change your reputation” site, was arrested and charged by California officials.
Amazon partners stake claims in AWS cloud ecosystem
A raft of AWS partners used day one of the AWS re:Invent show to blast out new products and services.
Provide Commerce buys Sincerely, mobile gifting app & service
Sincerely, a San Francisco-based mobile gifting app started by Matt Brezina has been acquired by Provide Commerce, a subsidiary of Liberty Interactive…
Franco Bernabè, chairman of carrier industry body GSMA, quits
The chairman of the GSM Association (GSMA), the body that represents the mobile operator industry, has resigned. Franco Bernabè had been GSMA…
Moving is the worst. These tools make it a little better
As far as I know, there’s not a startup that will teletransport you and all your stuff from your old place to your new place. Still, these sites and apps aim to make moving a little easier.
Black Pearl Systems: Check out the secret startup of ex-Apple hardware guru Tim Bucher
Former Apple executive Tim Bucher has hired away some key technical leaders from Netflix, Apple, YouTube, Amazon and Intel for a new stealth hardware startup.
Yet another YouTube funding: Bedrocket invests in Shira Lazar’s What’s Trending
Thought there was no money in producing original content for YouTube’s audience? The folks at Bedrocket Entertainment beg to differ — and just invested in What’s Trending.
Vimeo on demand will exclusively distribute new Kristen Bell movie
Vimeo on demand is getting a new movie starring Kristen Bell as a day-and-date release, with the film premiering online the same day it comes out in theaters.
Google’s Motorola wins patent for octagon smartphone shape
Do you remember Apple’s rounded rectangles patent? Well, this week Motorola obtained a patent for eight-sided smartphones.
Former Apple retail chief John Browett admits he was a bad fit at the company
It was apparent former Dixon CEO John Browett probably wasn’t going to fit in at Apple to many of us watching. Five months after his firing, he says his tenure ended over “fit, not competency.”
Don’t touch that dial: How YouTube is bringing adaptive streaming to mobile, TVs
YouTube switched to adaptive streaming for its desktop player last year, reducing buffering by 20 percent as a result. Now it wants to bring the technology to TVs and mobile devices.
Fox’s bloody t-shirt: Newtown images show risks of automated ads
A Fox news story about the Newtown tragedy came with an ad for a bloody t-shirt while Facebook showed an ad for a shooting game. In the past, editors could have screened these ads — this is less possible online where fewer humans are involved in the ad-buying process.
Google tweaks AdSense oversight, plans “tenure” for some publishers
Google comes down hard on publishers who abuse its AdSense program — so much so that innocent publishers who run afoul of the rules can feel like they’re in a Kafka novel. Now, the company is trying to improve the rules and appeals process.
“Pull-to-refresh” inventor launches new iOS game, Letterpress
The guy who invented the wildly popular pull-to-refresh feature you see in so many iOS apps these days has a new app out starting Wednesday, his first since leaving Twitter. Letterpress is a simple, two-player word-based strategy game, and it’s free on the App Store.
Carpooling.com hitches a ride into the U.S. with Daimler’s backing
The European leader for ride sharing already has four million users, and now it is gearing up to take on an American market that has no dominant competitor. With Daimler fuelling the expansion bid, it could quickly find itself ahead of the pack.
Netflix names former Warner exec its permanent CMO
Six months following the departure of longtime marketing chief Leslie Kilgore, Netflix turns to an international marketing executive with deep roots in European media/entertainment. This comes, of course, as the company is about to embark on a major expansion of its Western European operations.
YouTube boy makes good: Michael Buckley wins Live With Kelly challenge
YouTube star Michael Buckley has emerged triumphant in the Live With Kelly co-host challenge, winning the grand prize during last Friday’s broadcast. That’s right: At least for next Tuesday, What the Buck is the new Regis.
Wall Street Journal launches new video hub, plans Facebook integration
The Wall Street Journal’s full-throttle video ambitions now extend to a new website that brings together a once disparate series of streams.
Deadlist Catch producer launches digital studio
Thom Beers’ Original Productions, long a powerhouse producer of macho-man-themed cable reality series such as Monster Garage, Ice Road Truckers and Ax Men, will now get into the digital series game.
Qup brings Netflix to your inbox
Want to know whenever Netflix adds something good to its instant streaming catalog? Then check out Qup, which offers customizable email notifications for new Netflix content. There are many tools to help you find content on Netflix out there, but this is definitely worth a look.
Amazon acquires 62-year-old publisher Avalon Books
Amazon has acquired Avalon Books, a small publisher that focuses on hardcover mystery, romance and Westerns, and will make its titles available digitally for the first time. Avalon Books has been geared primarily toward the library market; now Amazon will try to go wider.
Exclusive: Why Glenn Beck is selling pillows, salsa and survival kits
Glenn Beck is launching an online marketplace that sells goods from small businesses and describes its business model as “real-world trickle-down economics.” “I strongly believe in the power of small businesses,” Beck says. “Their stories, their products and their passion is what makes America great.”
Postagram adds QR codes to connect physical & digital cards
The newest version of Sincerely’s Postagram app adds a QR code to all post cards sent out, which — when scanned by a QR reader that was just added to the app — lets recipients download a digital copy of the photo and share it on Twitter.
Newspapers And Video: Slow And Steady Or Flood The Zone?
The Wall Street Journal (NSDQ: NWS) has embraced video with gusto. The venerable paper is pumping out hours of live news clips and splashing…
Yahoo-Facebook patent fight: more than meets the eye
The news of Yahoo suing Facebook for infringing its patents has drawn sharp reactions from some of the more measured voices in our industry.However, there is more than meets the eye to the whole Facebook-Yahoo scrum, for suing Facebook is a pretty drastic step for Yahoo.
What’s Trending launching new season, new verticals and more event coverage
There are many shows which claim to be “talk shows for the Internet,” but there’s only one weekly hour-long celebration of what’s popular online. And What’s Trending is determined to continue covering web culture while also attempting to grow into a full-fledged media brand.
Is your smartphone causing hallucinations?
Yes, it’s an extreme headline, but it’s backed up by a new study presented at a British psychology conference today. The research claims addiction to our devices causes us to experience longed for “phantom vibrations” and increases stress. Time to switch off after hours.
Nevada utility to kick off first home gadget demand-response project
The Nevada utility NV Energy plans to roll out one of the first demand-response programs in the U.S. that will use home energy gadgets and smart thermostats in consumers’ homes, reports Smart Grid News.
If only Android phones were this cute
Toy artist Andrew Bell who recently won the Toy King trophy is doing a series of Android collectables, according to NotCot. The cute Android figurines are not too expensive and the Summer 2011 collection will be available from August 1, 2011: no 2-year carrier contract required!
BBC.com Says It’s In The Black, Two Years Ahead Of Schedule
BBC’s push to make money from its overseas businesses, particularly online, had a good boost this morning, when the international site, BBC.…
App.Net Gives Developers Better Tools For Promoting Mobile Apps
Mobile application discovery and marketing is a difficult undertaking, with 450,000 iOS apps and over 200,000 Android apps. A new service fr…
GLAAD President Resigns After Endorsing AT&T/T-Mobile Acquisition
The aggressive sales pitch that AT&T (NYSE: T) has attached to its landmark acquisition of T-Mobile claimed its first victim over the weeken…
Glenn Beck Tries Hybrid Pay Model For New Live Streaming Video Network
Glenn Beck may be leaving his Fox News show on June 30, but fans are going to be able to see a lot more of him: Following the announcement o…
What’s Trending: A Sneak Peek at CBS News’s Social Experiment
What’s Trending, created by Disrupt Group and hosted by Shira Lazar, goes live this Tuesday with a social media-focused take on current news and pop culture events. But will the show be able to capture the spirit of the internet on a live, weekly basis?
Yahoo Hires Barrett To Oversee News and Finance
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has hired former Tribune Interactive EVP Robertson Barrett to oversee its news and finance properties. Barrett is the com…
Smartclip Rebrands As ‘MediaBrix,’ Hires Digital Vet Ari Brandt As CEO
Three years after leaving his post as as digital media head for Condé Nast Business Media Group Online to join ad technology provider Links…
Video: Google’s UK MD: Failure Is Great
Has someone been reading this month’s Wired UK cover feature… ? Google’s UK MD Matt Brittin tells the Association of Online Publishers…
User Experience FTW! Twitter Loses the Quick Bar
Twitter ditched the Quick Bar it only recently introduced to its iPhone application Thursday, following complaints from users that it seriously marred the app’s user experience. The Quick Bar brought trending topics to a user’s main timeline, and trends might be where the deeper problem lies.
Journal Register Taps Jim Brady For ‘Digital Transformation’
Former WashingtonPost.com editor Jim Brady will be managing the *Journal Register* Company’s ongoing “digital transformation” of its newsroo…
R.I.P. Paul Baran — Internet Pioneer, Engineer
Paul Baran, one of the legends of the Internet who started seven companies and came up with the concept of packet switching passed away at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He died of lung complications. Baran was 84.
BBC News’ Emerging Platforms Editor Brannan Leaving
Veteran BBC News online exec Paul Brannan is leaving the corporation after 14 years, paidContent:UK has learned and confirmed.
Leo Burnett Buying Airlock Digital Agency
Publicis’ Leo Burnett ad group is buying Airlock, a London digital comms agency, Airlock announced.
IndexTank, a Hosted Search Startup Launches
IndexTank, a San Francisco-based startup, says it has raised $1.6 million in funding, and is using it to offer a search-as-an-API service for fast changing web sites and mobile applications. The company’s focus is on relevance and speed delivered to thousands of independent developers.
Eyeing Growth, RealNetworks Hires A Chief Marketing Officer
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK), which has gone through a major restructuring over the last year and says it is now focused on growing its busines…
Pioneer One Trailblazes a New Path to TVs
Distributed directly to torrent sites, the fan-funded sci-fi series Pioneer One has won awards, contended with guilds and, so far, been viewed over two million times. With the second episode set to launch in December, the big question becomes: Is this model sustainable?
Jim Brady Exits Hyperlocal TBD After Only A Year
A year after joining Allbritton Communications to help launch Washington DC-area hyperlocal news site TBD, Jim Brady is out as its GM. Appar…
AutoTrader Is Acquiring Kelley Blue Book
Auto sales site AutoTrader is acquiring Kelley Blue Book in a deal that is expected to close by the end of the year. The 84-year-old KBB is…
Comcast Interactive Shifts Fandango’s Budkofsky To Run Mobile Ads
As its parent company’s pending merger with NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) continues at a languid pace, the recently reorganized Comcast Interacti…
Bebo Adds Xbox Co-Founder Bachus As Chief Product Officer
Bebo has hired Kevin Bachus, who is best known as a co-founder of the Xbox, as its chief product officer. New owner Criterion Capital Partne…
Google AdSense Exec Butting Leaving For Holtzbrinck
One of the top men in Europe for Google’s AdSense programme is leaving to head the well-thought-of digital activities of German publisher Ho…
Twitter Hires Fox Audience Network’s Bain As Revenue Head
Twitter, which has been building up its sales team since the launch of its ad platform this spring, has hired Fox Audience Network president…
Goodbye Rich
Rich Buchanan, former chief marketing officer at Ooma and former vice president of marketing at Sling Media, passed away yesterday due to health complications. He was a fixture at many of our events and had become a dear friend to me and our company.
Payfone Raises $11 Million From BlackBerry Fund, Ex-Apple Exec
Payfone is going public today with its plans for developing a mobile alternative to Visa and MasterCard, fueled by an infusion of $11 millio…
IPG Hyperlocal Unit Geomentum Taps Forrester’s Bradner As President
Interpublic Group’s Mediabrands is building up its hyperlocal unit Geomentum by adding former Forrester analyst Lisa Bradner has its first p…
10 Questions for the "Cleantech Candidate" for the CA Assembly
It’s not uncommon for venture capitalists to lobby to change policies. But not many VCs actually run for office, like Josh Becker, founder of greentech investment fund New Cycle Capital. Becker is running for California State Assembly of District 21 largely on a campaign of cleantech.
Khosla Ventures Signs On Former British PM Tony Blair
Vinod Khosla’s high profile greentech venture firm Khosla Ventures announced this morning that it will sign on former U.K. prime minister Tony Blair as a Senior Advisor. Blair, through his organization Tony Blair Associates, will provide advice and connections for Khosla Venture’s portfolio companies.
Bryan Biniak Joins As Nokia’s Global Head of Ovi Publish
Nokia (NYSE: NOK), in the never-ending quest to catch up to the iPhone and other high-end devices, has hired mobile vet Bryan Biniak to a ne…
Booyah: Accel Picks a Location Startup and Gives It $20M
Booyah, which makes the location-based mobile gaming app MyTown, has raised $20 million in a round led by Accel Partners and including Kleiner Perkins and DAG Ventures. The company also added Accel’s Jim Breyer, well-known for being a Facebook board member, to its own board.
Is This What the New Twitter Will Look Like?
Twitter designer Doug Bowman has uploaded a screenshot of a potential redesign of the web site, giving eager users a glimpse of some changes that could be rolled out soon. New features appear to include more analytics based on how active a user is on Twitter.
Yahoo CTO Balogh To Leave; Replacement To Be Named In “Coming Weeks”
Ari Balogh, Yahoo’s CTO and EVP of products, is leaving the company for “personal reasons.” Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) says it will appoint Balogh’s…
Video Interview: Whiskey Media’s Shelby Bonnie & Mike Tatum: Taking A Swig At Social Publishing
Shelby Bonnie’s trying again, this time with a clean slate. And keeping it much much smaller that his former company CNET. His company Whisk…
Stewart Butterfield's Tiny Speck Gets $5M From VCs
Tiny Speck, the online game company started by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield has raised $5 million in new funding from Accel Partners and Andreessen Horowitz. The new cash comes on top of $1.5 million it raised from Accel Partners and other angel investors.
Ex-Six Apart CEO Joins Wolfram Alpha
Barak Berkowitz, a veteran of Silicon Valley, has joined Wolfram Alpha, an intelligent search engine by Wolfram Research, a Champaign, Ill.-based company founded by scientist Stephen Wolfram. He joins as the managing director, a position that is roughly equivalent to the title of chief executive officer.
Long-Time Director Burkle To Quit Yahoo Board
Yet another Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) board member is leaving. The company says that billionaire Ron Burkle who has served on the company board sin…
Analytics Startup Mixpanel Gets Funding From PayPal And Bebo Co-Founders
Analytics startup Mixpanel has raised $500,000 from PayPal co-founder Max Levchin and Bebo co-founder Michael Birch, according to Venturebea…
Yahoo Hires Former UMG Exec Bronikowski As New Music Chief
Yahoo has hired Jeff Bronikowski, who until a year ago was SVP of global digital initiatives at Universal Music Group, as the new head of Ya…
Brauchli Got $6.4 Million For One-Year WSJ Stint
Current Washington Post editor Marcus Brauchli exited his one-year stint as managing editor of the WSJ with $6.4 million, Politico says, cit…
Copenhagen: Google Launches Forest Monitoring Tool
At the Copenhagen climate summit on Thursday, Google showed off a tool that helps collect and manage deforestation data, which could come in very handy for groups backing critical forestry initiatives.
Soon It Will Be Cheaper to Compute Than to Cache
At the NewTeeVee Live conference in San Francisco yesterday, I interviewed Sam Blackman, co-founder and CEO of Elemental Technologies, about trends on…
T-Mobile's CTO Talks Up Android — Going Forward, Apps Are Key
Cole Brodman, chief technology and innovation officer at T-Mobile USA, provided details on the company’s continuing plans for the open-source Android operating…
Braff Joins Scrapblog As CEO
When Jill Braff, Glu
Gadget Watch: OWLE Upgrades iPhone Video
Available for pre-order tomorrow, The OWLE Bubo is a fun kit of hardware to add to your iPhone 3GS so you can…
Yahoo’s Connected Home Ambassador Jumps Ship
Patrick Barry, the public face and force behind Yahoo’s (s YHOO) living room efforts, is leaving the company after five years, he…
Are You an Influencer?
Aaron Brazell, aka @technosailor and founder and lead editor of Technosailor.com, when he spoke at Izeafest 2009, shared his thoughts on what…
T-Mobile to Launch Samsung's Google Phone
[qi:gigaom_icon_google-android] Samsung Behold II, the first an Android phone sold by the South Korean handset giant, is coming to the U.S. via…
NeoEdge Raises $4 Million In Funding For Casual In-Game Ads
In-game ad network and tech provider NeoEdge has raised $4 million in what it is calling a first round of funding. VanEdge Capital, an inter…
Where Do Your Biz Bucks Go? Expensify & Outright Team Up to Find Out
Outright and Expensify, two startups focused on small to midsize businesses, are joining forces to help make tracking company expenses easier for…
Will Viral Video Kill the Music Video?
The first video ever shown on MTV was for the The Buggles’ song Video Killed the Radio Star. Given how successful amateur…
3 Quick and Dirty Business Hacks
My mother was a high school mathematics teacher and understood that kids learn best when learning is fun, so at a very…
Former Yahoo/CNET-er Broady Launches ThisMoment; Gets $3.5 Million Funding
Vince Broady, the former founder of Gamespot and former SVP of entertainment at *Yahoo*, has officially launched his new startup called This…
Interview: Mochila’s Bekkedahl: Balancing Syndication And Paywalls
Over the last few years, the idea of putting up paywalls between readers and content has been relegated to the dustbin. Syndication…
Industry Moves: Former Philanthropy Chief Brilliant Leaves Google
Two months ago, Larry Brilliant was bumped up into the role of chief philanthropic evangelist at Google (NSDQ: GOOG). Now, he’s leaving the…
Industry Moves: Twitter Hires Google’s Head Designer As Creative Director
When Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Design Lead Douglas Bowman quit in somewhat of a huff two weeks ago, he hinted that he had something else lined up.…
T-Mobile CTO Wants More Search And Discovery Capabilities In Android Market
The average user of T-Mobile USA
Interview: Major League Gaming CEO Bromberg: Is Pro Gaming Really A Sport?
Major League Gaming (*MLG*) rides a fine line between technology, entertainment, and sports — if you consider teams of players duking it ou…
YouTube-PRS: Last.FM, We7 Vent About License Fees; Billy Bragg Calls Google Move 'Menacing'
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and YouTube have plenty of company from music services when it comes to concerns over licensing costs but Featured Artis…
How World Builder Became a Viral Hit
Though Bruce Branit completed World Builder — a poignant and visually dazzling short movie about a man who literally creates a new…
Updated: Yahoo's Shakeup Continues: Top Mobile Exec Boerries Leaves
Update: Yahoo’s official statement on the matter after the jump…
This had been expected: Marco Boerries, the EVP for Connected Devices di…
Industry Moves: Even More Brilliant; Google's Charity Chief Gets A Promotion
Dr. Larry Brilliant, the celebrated scientist and The Well co-founder that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) hired as executive director of its Google.org…
Google UK Ad Boss To Newspapers: We’re Not Stealing Your Advertisers
Google’s UK ad sales director Matt Brittin ticks all the interview boxes in this Telegraph.co.uk profile – the biggest tick: his defence aga…
MP3 ‘Inventor’ Brandenburg Invests In Another Music Startup
Sounds like creating the internet’s most popular DRM-free audio format can be a reap rewards. Fresh from investing in German techno download…
eBaum’s World’s Long Saga Comes to a Close with Layoffs
The staff of long-running video and web ephemera site eBaum’s World was let go on Friday by its acquirer ZVUE, according to…
Industry Moves: Ex-IAC, Microsoft Exec Berkowitz Lands at Move
Move has a new CEO: Steve Berkowitz, who joined the company’s board after he left Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) earlier this year, now will lead th…
Industry Moves: Mobile IM Provider NeuStar CFO Resigns
Mobile IM technology provider NeuStar has lost its chief financial officer, Jeffrey A. Babka, who has resigned from his post to join IT secu…
Industry Moves: Former Yahoo Mobile Exec Steve Boom Surfaces At mig33
Steve Boom, Yahoo’s former SVP of Connected Life, which includes mobile, has been appointed to the position of CEO at mig33, a mobile social…
@ CES: Microsoft’s Bach: Xbox Live Subs Up 70 Percent; 3 Million Added In Last Q Of ’08
It’s president of entertainment and devices Robbie Bach’s turn at the mic as the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) keynote turns to content. Among the…
Austin's GameWager Gets Money and Maturity
Updated: GameWager, an Austin, Texas-based startup creating a network where gamers can back their trash talk with bets based on tokens, has…
New Media Resolutions #1: Peter Bale, Executive Producer, MSN UK
Over Christmas and New Year, paidContent:UK is asking digital media execs to pledge a resolution for the year ahead and look back at the las…
U.K.-based Mobile Search Company Taptu Raises $10 Million, Hires COO
U.K.-based Taptu, which is developing a mobile search engine, has raised about $10 million (6.45 million pounds) in a second round of fundin…
MP3 ‘Inventor’ Brandenburg Invests In DJTunes Dance Music Site
Karlheinz Brandenburg, credited with at least jointly “inventing” MP3, has joined with a German development bank to invest in DJTunes, a Eur…
Industry Moves: WSJ Names Times Of London’s Baker Deputy Editor-In-Chief
You may have noticed that the WSJ is looking more like a British newspaper every day, with its new Heard of the Street format, “no-jump” sto…
Industry Moves: AdMeld Taps Former FIM Exec Barrett As CEO, Secures New Funding
Online ad optimizer AdMeld has named former *Fox Interactive Media* and *AOL* exec Michael Barrett to the new post of CEO. Barrett left FIM…
Filings Watch: RealNetworks’ New Games President: Compensation and Hopes, Despite Delays
RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is still hoping to spin-off its casual gaming unit, never mind the economy and delays, and with its Q308 results,…
MobUI Launches To Help Media Companies Go Mobile; Buys Action Engine
MobUI, a company founded by former Action Engine employees, has decided to buy the assets of its former employer to create applications and…
Google MD Burke Invests In Edu Site Teachit For US Expansion
Teachit, a nine-year-old web education service that shares revenue with teachers for publishing content they write, has got its first invest…
Googler Burke Invests In UK Edu Site Teachit For US Expansion
Teachit, a nine-year-old UK web education service that shares revenue with teachers for publishing content they write, has got its first inv…
Mobile Social Network Wubud Secures First Round From Paul Birch
So what’s Bebo co-founder Paul Birch doing these days, after having closed that little $850 million acquisition? Apparently, he’s getting in…
Motorola Updates Co-CEO Greg Brown’s Compensation; Rewards Mobile Devices Sale
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) updated the compensation package of Greg Brown, the company’s Co-CEO and head of Motorola’s Broadband Mobility business…
News International Merging Mobile Unit Into Digital, Commercial Groups
Andrew Bagguley, the head of mobile strategy at News Corp’s (NYSE: NWS) News International UK news publisher, is leaving next month, a furth…
Director Hustles New Web Series
Craig Brewer isn’t the first Hollywood name to jump into the web series game, but his pitch is one of the freshest.…
Jonas Brothers, Tiger Woods: NTV Station Today
It’s fun to see a company respond directly to a user’s complaint about a glitch in the system — but EA takes…
CAA Forms Sports Media Rollup Venture; Chris Bevilacqua As CEO
CAA is making its biggest bet on sports media, yet, and has formed a new unit called CAA Sports Media Venture, and funding it to buy and ope…
Keith Benjamin, Internet Analyst & VC, RIP
Keith Benjamin, a veteran Internet analyst and more recently a general partner at Levensohn Venture Partners, a San Francisco-based venture fund, passed…
‘Sporting News Today’ Publisher: New Digital Daily Has 75,000 Subs, Aims For 200,000 Before Ad Push
Sporting News Today debuted Wednesday with about 35,000 advance subscribers; less than a week later, publisher Ed Baker told paidContent, th…
Industry Moves: Newsnight Editor Barron Quits BBC For Google
Peter Barron, editor of the BBC’s flagship Newsnight current affairs show, is leaving to become Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) communications and pol…
Industry Moves: Nokia’s VP of Advertising Mike Baker Leaving
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is losing a key executive in its nascent mobile advertising unit: Mike Baker, the former CEO of Enpocket (which Nokia boug…
Interview: Jeff Bradley, SVP, AT&T: Enterprise Not An iPhone-BlackBerry War
Most of the iPhone hype is concentrated around the consumer opportunity — how many ravenous fans will line up on July 11 to purchase the ne…
Buy a Super Talent SSD drive, get a free OS for FREE!
Talk about a deal of the day: Super Talent is bundling Ubuntu with a purchase of their Master Drive MX SSD drive.…
NTV Station Today: The Soulja Boy/Ice T Feud
It’s a big week for the intersection of rap-related feuds and online video! Yesterday we brought you Shaq’s attack on Kobe, and…
IMG In Talks To Buy Mark Burnett Prods.
IMG, the big sports and talent agency which was in news recently about a trial-balloon-attempt to buy the company, is in advanced talks to b…
Industry Moves: Ex CNET UK MD Bureau Joins Magicalia As CEO
You’re reading it here first… Former CNET (NSDQ: CNET) UK MD Tom Bureau, who quit in June 2007 after leading a relocation project to add a…
Quasi-Famous People Pile Into Web Series
When it rains, it pours. A host of new online original series were announced in the past 24 hours, most of which…
Thomson Named DJ Editor-In-Chief, WSJ Managing Editor; DJ Head Hinton Adds Publisher Title
The Murdochization of the Wall Street Journal is complete: publisher Robert Thomson is ceding that role to Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton and swit…
Industry Moves: Allen & Co. Picks London Leader – More UK Media Buzz?
The media-centric US boutique bank that brokered Bebo to AOL (NYSE: TWX) is setting up a London office. Wendell Brooks will leave Citigroup…
dotMobi Acquires Assets Of Shuttered Mowser Service
dotMobi, the company behind the .mobi suffix, has acquired the assets of Mowser, the mobile rendering service that got more attention for cl…
Motorola Chief Greg Brown Takes Heat From Angry Investors
Pretty soon Motorola (NYSE: MOT) CEO Greg Brown will be able to trademark the gritted-teeth smile. At the company
Delayed Reaction: WSJ Special Committee Now Objecting To Way Brauchli’s Departure Was Handled
Talk about Slo-Mo … a week after news broke that Marcus Brauchli was leaving as managing editor of the Wall Street Journal at the suggesti…
Interview: Michael Bayle, GM-Connected Life, Yahoo: Humbly Disagreeing That Mobile Ads Are Annoying
Last week Forrester issued the results of a survey which showed people are annoyed by mobile advertising. Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), not surprising…
Brauchli Leaving WSJ Managing Editor Post After Four Months With Murdoch: Report
Time.com is reporting that Marcus Brauchli, the last Wall Street Journal managing editor appointed under Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS) ownership, pl…
Mayor Bloomberg On NYTCo Reports: ‘I Am Not A Newspaper Person’
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg couldn’t have been more blunt about the notion that he would buy The New York Times Company, according to Reuter…
MySpace Ups Berman To President, Sales And Marketing; Begins Testing Community Ad Program For Brands
MySpace is promoting Jeff Berman from EVP-marketing and content to the new post of president of sales and marketing. Only the title is a sur…
NTV Moneymaker: Mahalo Daily Host, No Dudes Need Apply
Since Veronica Belmont said “aloha” to her Mahalo Daily podcast, the company wants to say “aloha” to a new host, and it’s…
Russell Beattie Throws In The Towel On Mowser; And Doesn’t Believe In The Mobile Web Anymore
In April 2007, a mere year ago, Russell Beattie started Mowser, a mobile browser that would render Web sites correctly for the mobile phone.…
Billy Bragg vs Social Nets, Round Two: ‘There Are No Free Lunches’
Songwriter Billy Bragg has reprised his recent New York Times op-ed, in which he criticised social media sites like Bebo for making money th…
Industry Moves: CBS Hires Bennett For Brand Integration; NBCU Hires Bass For Strategic Initiatives
CBS (NYSE: CBS) Television Distribution has brought in branding vet Greg Bennett to create an in-house ad unit to work with advertisers on c…
Industry Moves: Orange UK Brand Head To Be Given Responsibility Of Retail
Orange UK brand marketing director Justin Billingsley is to be given the added responsibility of the retail side of the business following a…
Industry Moves: Neil Budde Joins Personalized News Startup DailyMe As President
Neil Budde, the former president of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) News and information group and the founding editor and publisher of WSJ.com, has join…
FIM Reorganizes: Barrett Out; Bain President Of New FIM Audience Network
Major changes at Fox Interactive Media (NYSE: NWS), all centered on money … Michael Barrett is leaving rather than change roles after his…
Updated: @ CTIA: Keynote Day Two: Yahoo’s Marco Boerries Launches OneSearch 2.0
Following Vodafone’s (NYSE: VOD) Arun Sarin, Yahoo’s EVP of Connected Life Marco Boerries came on stage to tell the audience about its vario…
Founders: Overcome 'The tyranny of the scattered mind'!
New York Times columnist David Brooks is one of my favorites. Without fail, Brooks’ weekly observations on human behavior transcend his mandate…
@ CTIA: On Stage, Microsoft’s Robbie Bach Demos New Windows Mobile 6.1
The second-to-last keynote of the day was by Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) Robbie Bach, who addressed the hundreds in the audience with the messa…
Video Marketer SplashCast Raises $4 Million First Round
Portland, OR-based SplashCast Media, a provider of marketing on social networks, has raised a $4 million first round led by investor Mark Ba…
Two Sprint Nextel Directors Won’t Seek Re-election; Were Criticized By Analyst
Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel said today that two of its directors have notified the company that they won’t stand for re-election at its annual s…
Google Takes on OpenX
This morning, Google said it was launching a hosted ad server program for small- to medium-sized web publishers called Ad Manager. As…
Motorola CEO Talks About Phone Division; Sees People, Products And Software Leading Recovery
During Greg Brown’s first formal investor conference since he took control of Motorola (NYSE: MOT), the CEO addressed questions about the tr…
Online Video Ad Network SpotXchange Secures Angel Investment
Online video ad network SpotXchange has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding, the company tells us. Of its several investors, the W…
MySpaceTV Will Distribute BBC Worldwide Globally; Promotes Berman To EVP, Content
MySpace and BBC Worldwide are partnering to deliver new and archived short-form BBC content through MySpaceTV. The deal is described as the…
Craigslist Endows Berkeley 'New Media' Chair
Now we know how some of the money craigslist is making will be spent … the listings site is donating $1.6 million to the University of Cal…
Zude! Startup Scores $5.3M
Fifth Generation Systems, owner of drag-and-drop web page customization technology provider Zude, has raised an additional $5.3 million in a second round…
Austin Energy Needs More Than Hot Air
It’s not enough to focus only on those creating cleantech startups; equally important are the buyers of all these clean technologies. So…
Start-Up Fanzter Raises $2 Million First Round; Former ESPN SVP Is Co-Founder
Fanzter, an early-stage new media development start-up, has raised a first round from Richard Barton (Benchmark Capital, Expedia, Zillow.com…
Yahoo Not Stupid, Will Work With Google And Apple OS's
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) mobile Chief Marco Boerries has confirmed that it will make versions of its mobile services to run on phone platforms inc…
CES: Robbie Bach, President, Entertainment & Devices Division; Xbox Live Showing Results
After last night’s big announcements on the Xbox front, Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) Robbie Bach, President of the Entertainment & Services divi…
@ CES: Microsoft Keynote: Bach Says Mobile Phones To Be Important 'In The Future'
During Bill Gates’ keynote Sunday at CES, he brought Robbie Bach, president of Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) Entertainment and Devices division t…
Latest CBS Re-Org Folds CSTV Into CBS Sports; Co-Founder Brian Bedol No Longer In Charge
Another wave of change at CBS this week as cable and internet college sports unit CSTV loses its independent status and is integrated into C…
Industry Moves: Bascobert Promoted To CMO, DJ Consumer Group
*Dow Jones* continues to fill gaps and add positions during the transition to News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) ownership. The latest: Paul Bascobert h…
@ UBS Media Week: FIM’s Michael Barrett: HyperTargeting Yields 50 Percent Premiums
Fox Interactive’s Michael Barrett kicked off his presentation at the UBS Global Media & Communications Conference in a feel-good manner, tal…
"Father of Videogames" Joins Game Ad Network Frenzy
Just weeks after Om brought news of Google’s game-focused advertising initiative, another — albeit much smaller — player is throwing its hat…
UK Music Retailers To Labels: ‘Drop DRM By Christmas’
The writing’s on the wall for music DRM – now even the folk who sell music (the UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association) are calling on the…
Video Interview: Len Brody, CEO, Now Public: From Hyperlocal to Hyperpersonal
At Monaco Media Forum earlier this month, I did a short video interview with Len Brody, the co-founder and CEO of NowPublic, one of the larg…
Mahalo Daily Featuring Veronica Belmont Launches
Mahalo, an upstart search site, today launches a video show hosted by Veronica Belmont called Mahalo Daily. The show promises to publish…
@ IDNS: No Sunset Date For Analog Networks In India
I was at the Indian Digital Networks Summit yesterday, and while most of the conversation delved into issues around cable TV and DTH, there…
Speech Recognition You Can Count On–For Under $250
Speech recognition has been positioned as the holy grail of computing for decades, but many people have found the off-the-shelf software solutions…
Viral Video Personas: The Dao of Nalts
By day he is a mild-mannered office-bound product manager. By night (and weekend and vacation and lunch break) he is an avid…
Annoyed about Eject
I love my Macbook Pro, it’s hands down the best laptop I’ve owned. It is aesthetically pleasing, it runs virtually any operating…
Starbucks, the global connector
Starbucks, for all its faults, has two things going for it: extremely friendly baristas and a global WiFi network. Coffee, well that…
Microsoft Reorg: Media Center Moves To Bach’s Division
The latest shuffle at Microsoft sends eHome and the Media Center Edition to Robbie Bach’s Entertainment and Devices Division, already the ho…
Sony Ericsson and Sony Music Entertainment to deliver mobile ringtone service
Yay, two Sony units are talking together, for once! Sony Ericsson and Sony Music Entertainment have hammered outa deal to deliver a…
