ShowYou’s Channel Platform: A new way to make money from video on the iPad

The popular video discovery app ShowYou is stepping into new territory today.

Twitter and $70B communications giant WPP announce ‘global strategic partnership’

You've probably never heard of WPP, but the communication giant's various brands drive $70 billion in media spend and took in $16.5 billion in revenue last year.

OpenFeint social network founder’s new game brings League of Legends formula to tablets

Jason Citron's game studio Hammer & Chisel shows off its multiplayer online battle arena game Fates Forever.

Brand Networks casts off bootstraps with first $68M ”warchest’ of funding

Brand Networks has raised $68 million in its first round of funding.The company works with big brands to help them achieve their social media marketing goals. .

Slice launches social book network Bookshelf

Slice, the shopping app company that helps you better manage your purchases, today launched its second product: Bookshelf -- a web-based social book network that helps you discover and share books with friends.

Box rolls out new revenue-share plan, SDKs to help its app partners make money

Box plans to split revenues with the developers that use its cloud platform, which it claims will improve "enterprise monetization in a consumer app world."

Cozy unveils its platform to fix broken process of renting real estate

Cozy revealed its platform today that seeks to fix this painful process and promote a more constructive relationship between landlords and their tenants. The company also announced raising $1.5 million from the Social+ Capital Partnership, Google Ventures, and big-name angel investors.

Let the Hulu bidding tag teams begin: AT&T mulls joint bid with Chernin Group

Telecom company AT&T is the latest in a growing list of companies that are said to be interested in making an offer to by streaming TV service Hulu.

Knewton partners with education publishing giant to bring online learning to millions of students

Knewton has partnered with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and aims to bring digitally-enhanced learning tools to five million schoolchildren by the end of the year.

Tango’s plan for world dominance after 120M users: Bringing its messaging platform into mobile games

What started out as a simple cross-platform video chat application has grown into a messaging giant with more than 120 million users. So where does it go from here?

Panzura raises $25M to make cloud storage faster, nears profitability

Panzura, the cloud storage company, has closed a $25 million funding round. The San Jose Calif.-based company provides faster web-based services for its corporate customers than the alternative: storage devices attached to locally-hosted servers.

With $12M in funding, N3twork aims to build a web experience based on your interests, not your friends

The founders of Ngmoco have moved on to create the interest-based network that gives you what you want on a topic.

Plarium aims to reproduce Facebook success with Total Domination: Reborn on iOS

Plarium snared 30 million players for its Total Domination hardcore strategy game. Now it is expanding into mobile.

Someone could be looking to buy 3D printing-darling MakerBot

3D printing companies may be looking to acquire MakerBot, but it's unlikely the company will sell.

Social Power unveils petition platform for your consumer wishes and gripes (exclusive)

Social Power debuted today to give consumers a louder voice. This "interactive resolution platform" is intended to address the everyday issues of consumers.

New York-based Beauteeze launches its salon-booking service (exclusive)

In addition to booking appointments, Beauteeze is designed to be a useful marketing tool for the salons, and it integrates with existing scheduling and customer relationship management (CRM) software.