Brightkite, a mobile location-sharing service, merges with Limbo
Brightkite, a social network that lets users share their location on mobile phones, has merged with Limbo, a Silicon Valley company with a rather unique auctions service for mobile phones users.
It may mark the end of an era. After investors poured money into a host of mobile social networking companies last year, the companies are now trying to figure out how to boost their profile enough to be heard above the noise. And investors may… Continue Reading
Roundup: 37Signals, MetroFi, CaliSolar & Duffield’s taxes…and more
37signals, the jazzy Web 2.0 company, takes funding from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos — See the company’s announcement here about why. We last mentioned the company here. The company boasts: Since we launched Basecamp we’ve been contacted by nearly 30 different VC firms. We’ve never been interested in the typical traditional VC deal. With a few exceptions, all the VCs could offer us was cash and connections. We’re fine on both of those fronts. We don’t… Continue Reading