Roundup: Web data offers election insight, banks gets big bonuses and more

Roundup: Web data offers election insight, banks gets big bonuses and more

Here’s the latest action:

Web data offers new info on presidential election — It remains to be seen whether Barack Obama’s tremendous lead over John McCain in Facebook friends will lead to a similar victory on election day. Meanwhile, another study looks at which social networking sites… Continue Reading

Adbrite introduces marketplace for third-party ad targeting companies

Adbrite introduces marketplace for third-party ad targeting companies

AdBrite, a company that calls itself, “the internet’s ad marketplace,” already lets advertisers and publishers find each other directly through its site. Today, Adbrite is claiming to go further than other online ad services in matching an advertiser’s ad with a web publisher’s audience. It… Continue Reading

Q&A with Philip Kaplan on AdBrite’s funding round, and more

Q&A with Philip Kaplan on AdBrite’s funding round, and more

We were headed over to AdBrite’s offices to chat with founder Philip Kaplan earlier today, when the news got out that the ad network had raised a $23 million round of funding (our coverage).

Kaplan has been involved with a number of companies going back as… Continue Reading

AdBrite raises $23M to keep up with ad network race

AdBrite raises $23M to keep up with ad network race

Updated. And, read our Q&A with AdBrite cofounder Philip Kaplan here.

Online advertising company AdBrite has raised $23 million in a third round of funding from investors led by DAG Ventures and including Sequoia Capital, Mitsui Ventures, and hedge fund Artis Management.

The funding comes as an… Continue Reading

BritePic — photography may never be the same

BritePic — photography may never be the same

Advertising start-up AdBrite has launched an elegant way to put ads on digital photos, a potentially revolutionary way for photographers to make money.

The feature, called BritePic, was released five days ago, and 144,000 pictures have already been uploaded to AdBrite’s system to claim it,… Continue Reading