4Info gets $20M more for text message advertising
4INFO, the Silicon Valley company that serves advertisements in mobile phone text messages, has raised another $20 million in funding.
The money comes from a previous backer, Peacock Equity, a joint venture between NBC Universal and General Electric Commercial Finance, according to a report in the… Continue Reading
Roundup: Engineers leaving finance, Papermaster countersues, and more
Engineers are leaving Wall Street finance jobs to go be real engineers – As it has turned out, financial engineering isn’t so valuable.
Microsoft seems to be pulling in Facebook user data into its own web services — Seemingly in contradiction to Facebook’s user policy. TechCrunch has… Continue Reading
iBiquity Digital raises yet another round to fuel HD Radio ambitions
Getting HD Radio off the ground isn’t easy. People are still wed to AM/FM radio. And HD Radio faces tough competition from iPods, music on mobile phones, and satellite radio. But iBiquity Digital is laboring to get HD Radio adopted.
The Columbia, Md., company is in… Continue Reading