$100 Million Payday For Feedburner – This Deal Is Confirmed
The company was founded in 2003 and has raised just $10 million in capital over two rounds. Portage Ventures funded their $1 million Series A round in 2004. The $9 million Series B round was closed in mid 2005 (second close in 2006), from Mobius Venture Capital and Union Square Ventures.
That’s some pretty nice ROI. Good work fellas!
Razorfish owned by Microsoft.
Microsoft Corp. today announced it will acquire aQuantive, Inc., for $66.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6 billion. This deal expands upon the Company’s previously outlined vision to provide the advertising industry with a world class, Internet-wide advertising platform, as well as a set of tools and services that help its constituents generate the highest possible return on their advertising investments.
Official Google Blog: Universal search: The best answer is still the best answer
Today, we’re…launching the new architecture and using it to blend content from Images, Maps, Books, Video, and News into our web results.With universal search, we’re attempting to break down the walls that traditionally separated our various search properties and integrate the vast amounts of information available into one simple set of search results.
Here are a few of my favorite searches that show off the power of universal search:
* steve jobs
* darth vader
* nosferatuIn addition, we’ve rolled out a few new navigation elements and experimental features to help our users better navigate our site and find the information they’re looking for. These include contextual navigation links above the search results that help users “drill down” to specific types of information. For instance, developers who search for [python] will see links for “web,” “blogs,” “books,” “groups,” and “code,” whereas [downtown los angeles] will show a different set of links. Also, in terms of integration and navigation, today we introduced a new universal navigation bar at the top of all Google web pages to provide easier navigation to your favorite Google products, such as Gmail.
Gordon Gekko is back!
20th Century Fox has announced that it will be filming a sequel to 1987 cult classic Wall Street. The movie spawned lines that even today are quoted by stockbrokers and Investment Firms: lunch is for wimps and or course “Greed is Good”.
Limo scene: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WR5P-mfJU_E
Google launches Google Reader for the Wii | Googling Google | ZDNet.com
RSS…now playing in your living room.
America: The Growing Digital Divide
John B. Horrigan’s analysis of America’s use of Web 2.0 and information and communications technology in the broader sense shows that whilst a reasonable number of Americans are embracing new technology and Web 2.0, a disturbing number are either not getting the message, or are choosing not to participate.
Spring Marketing Strategies is a marketing consulting firm focused on helping small business grow revenue, profit and valuation through effective online strategic marketing. Spring was founded by Eben Thurston in 2009.
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