Roundup: Buffet invests, M&As and IPOs sink, Mac laptops rise and more
Here’s the latest action:
In Buffet we trust — Billionaire Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathway group is investing $3 billion in General Electric. Why the investment? GE is the “symbol of American business to the world,” Buffet told VCCircle. That’s the spirit in a troubled economy — or… Continue Reading
DEMOfall 08: Photrade lets photographers license and track their photos online
Photrade hopes to make the web safe for photographers. That is, it has a technology for tracking photos so that photographers can control the spread of their photos and get paid by those who use them.
It connects photographers, advertisers, and web publishers in a marketplace… Continue Reading
GumGum reports strong usage, completes funding round
Tracking photos on the web isn’t easy. And getting paid a royalty each time a photo is viewed? Fuggedaboutit.
Well, GumGum says it can do just that. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based start-up has an analytics technology that tracks photos across the web and counts how many… Continue Reading
GumGum raising $1.2 million for content licensing and distribution
GumGum is raising $1.2 million in a first round so that it can expand its business of licensing and distributing online content. The Santa Monica, Calif. company has developed a platform to monetize media, starting with photos, that are often pirated online.
Users upload their photos… Continue Reading
Roundup: KnockaTV’s tough lesson, Nokia’s green phone, Slingshot Labs, Bragster, GumGum and more
1. KnockaTV a big lesson for start-ups
2. Nokia unveils handset made entirely of recycled pieces
3. Magnify.net, the DIY video platform, growing
4. Novell buys Sitescape, open source collaboration tool
5. MySpace rips-off another Facebook idea: Slingshot Labs
6. GumGum helps photographers make money on the web
7. Hollywood’s writers… Continue Reading