Roundup: Search-within-search causes angst, secretive Modu raises $100M, Sun tries optical photonics & more

Roundup: Search-within-search causes angst, secretive Modu raises $100M, Sun tries optical photonics & more

Here’s the latest action:

Google’s search-within-search bugs some publishers — Apparently some folks such as the Washington Post aren’t looking too kindly on a feature Google added earlier this month, which lets people search within publications like the Post directly from Google. The feature lets you search for a publication on Google, for instance the Post or other sites like Wikipedia, The New York Times, and Wal-Mart, and then gives you a secondary search bar to search… Continue Reading

Internet media site, Geosign, raises huge $160M round to buy up other properities

Geosign, a Guelph, Ontario Internet company, has raised of $160 million in private financing from publicly traded American Capital Strategies mainly to buy up other Web content properities.

The company sent a statement about the investment to VentureBeat this morning.

It is one of the largest investments in a private Internet company we know of. Geosign is an Internet media company focused on creating specific online content that can be targeted by advertisers.

The founders also… Continue Reading