Layar Adds 14M Round to Augmented Reality
By Azam on November 21, 2010 Add a Comment 
Layar announced it has landed another $14 million in a second round of fund raising from Intel Capital to help make it easier to discover new places using augmented reality interface.
Layard augmented reality uses location based technology add a…
Continue Reading...GlobalPost is helping to keep foreign correspondents reporting from the scene
By Azam on January 13, 2009 Add a Comment
GlobalPost is working to keep the foreign correspondents busy while tradition news print struggles with staying relevant in declining market of subscribers and advertising revenues. GlobalPost has ambitious plans on a new revenue model to save foreign dispatches.
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Continue Reading...MOBVIS is a Visual Awareness and Intelligent Mapping Application
By Azam on January 5, 2009 Add a Comment
MOBVIS is a project to link the real would to the digital using the mobile device and ability to capture surrounding environment into context as linking to hyper textualized world. The projected is funded by several EU governmental organizations and…
Continue Reading...Vodafone gets a Pocket Life
By Azam on December 24, 2008 Add a Comment 
Pocket Life a geo-aware social network backed by mobile network giant Vodafone has launched the service to the public. The service allows users to update their friends on their current locations automatically, and also allows them to syndicate status updates…
Continue Reading...Habbo introduces new pixel virtual currency for the 2D Virtual World
By Azam on December 10, 2008 Add a Comment 
Habbo the successful virtual world for teens has launched a new virtual currency called pixles to purchase virtual goods and space in the Habbo virtual realm. Previously, users were able to purchase goods using real currency to buy goods online. …
Continue Reading...HomeAway Lands $250M for Vacation Rentals
By Azam on November 11, 2008 Add a Comment
HomeAway the largest online vacation rental marketplace announced it has completed a massive round of $250 million equity capital raise. The capital round was led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) and with existing investors Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and Redpoint…
Continue Reading...Open Exchange raises $9M for Open Source Exchange Solution
By Azam on November 4, 2008 Add a Comment 
Open Xchange a provider of SaaS open source collaboration software raised $9M Series B round of venture funding led by eCapital with participation by BayBG, and existing BayTech Venture Capital. Recently, Open-Xchange has increased the number of subscriptions by four…
Continue Reading...Real Time Worlds Online Gaming receives 50M Funding
By Azam on April 14, 2008 Add a CommentThe Dundee Scotland based gaming company, Real Time Worlds announced today the closing of an investment round of $50 million in venture capital to fund its online gaming ventures and upcoming release of All Points Bulletin.
The round was led by…
Continue Reading...SpinVox: Putting the Spin on Voice with 100M funding
By Azam on March 24, 2008 Add a CommentSpinVox turns voice into text application. The company is becoming popular alternative to simple voicemail where you need to screen by listening to the conversation; Spinvox allows you to read the text of the conversation to identify the important calls…
Continue Reading...GyPSii heads over to China
By Azam on February 20, 2008 1 CommentGyPSii, the world’s leading geo-location and mobile social networking provider, has partnered with Shanghai Rannuo and China Unicom to launch its GyPSii service during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
The GyPSii service combines social networking, mobile, location and web…
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