AdReady Raise more with 5.3M from Kholsa, Bain, and Madrona
By Azam on May 10, 2010 Add a Comment 
AdReady adds more cash to display more ads in a banner raise and board additions. The company was co-founded by Aaron Finn in 2006 and had raised $12 million prior to this funding round, from investors such as Madrona Venture Group,…
Continue Reading...TweetUp is the Search Adverting Model for Tweets
By Azam on April 12, 2010 Add a Comment
TweetUp aims to provide relevant search results on Twitter using ad words. If this sounds familiar, It is because Bill Gross who pioneered search advertising is behind TweetUp. Besides being a serial entrepreneur, Bill Gross started GoTo.com and later renamed…
Continue Reading...Yahoo Invest in India Phone Directory
By Azam on December 18, 2008 Add a Comment 
Yahoo has bought a 30 percent stake in Info Network Management Company (INMAC), a company in Chennai in south India that specializes in telephone directory search.
Users in India will now be able to access information about local businesses and services through Yahoo…
Continue Reading...Tumblr raises 4.5M for micro blogging platform
By Azam on December 12, 2008 Add a Comment 
Tumblr the micro blogging platform raises $4.5 M form investors lead by Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. Traffic on Tumblr has grown 6x in the past year and now reaches over 15 million monthly uniques through more than 500,000 publishers…
Continue Reading...TeleNav the Wireless GPS Company Aims Shotgun at the PND market
By Azam on November 10, 2008 Add a Comment
TeleNav, the company well known for GPS navigation software for cell phones and other mobile devices, enters the competitive GPS hardware market with launch of the PND TeleNav Shotgun. The personal navigation device costs $299 and offers optional monthly service…
AdMob Adding More Money for Mobile Ads
By Azam on October 22, 2008 1 Comment
AdMob an industry leading platform provider of mobile adverting announced new investment round $15.7 M of financing. AdMob secured a new $15.7 million Series C investment round, led by Sequoia Capital’s Growth Fund with existing investor Accel Partners participating in…
Continue Reading...Yahoo Trying on a New Look
By Azam on September 18, 2008 Add a Comment 
Yahoo is testing out a new look on its home page. Yahoo is trying to simply the user experience with a lighter version to fast and quick access for users. The re design is to make the most of the…
Continue Reading...JumpTap raises 26M for White Label Mobile Search
By Azam on August 26, 2008 Add a Comment 
JumpTap a player in the mobile search plans to use capital from funding to further develop mobile search and advertising solution; also, the firm plans for global expansion with increased efforts in sales and operations overseas. JumpTap will compete with…
Continue Reading...The Cloud Storm
By Azam on August 1, 2008 2 Comments
The shape of the Cloud is getting more interesting with Intel, HP, Yahoo announcing an initiative in cloud computing. Intel, HP and Yahoo! are creating a global international test bed for cloud computing. The global test bed would function to…
Continue Reading...A Very Cuil Search Engine
By Azam on July 28, 2008 1 Comment
Searching for a better way, Cuil pronounced “cool” is seeking to upstage Goolge in the Search Engine results. A lot of people would dismiss such an audacious effort, except the people behind the search engine are from Google itself. Google…
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