Roundup: Facebook’s big profile changes, MySpace misses revenue targets, and more
Big Facebook profile changes are coming, sure to impact developers — Facebook has been experimenting with a ground-up redesign of its user interface for months, that it hopes will improve communication among users. Now, the company is providing Facebook application developers with more details on the… Continue Reading
Roundup: Websites become more vulnerable to lawsuits, Meevee looks for buyers, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Rulings could make website owners more vulnerable to lawsuits — Decisions made by judges in two separate cases, against Friendfinder.com and Roommates.com, could expose websites to potentially harmful lawsuits, according to an article on CNET. Websites were previously immune to most lawsuits… Continue Reading
Meevee, for online video search and sharing, raises $3.5 million
Meevee, a company that lets you search for, track and save videos from around the web, has raised another $3.5 million, according to a PEhub filing.
Our previous coverage here and here.
The Series D round was comprised of returning investors, including Bay Area Equity Fund, Defta… Continue Reading
MeeVee now gives you guide for “every” video
MeeVee’s online guide to TV and cable programming has just gotten better. It lets you track videos from around the Web — and then put them into your personalized Web-based account for easy viewing.
It’s one more step toward MeeVee’s goal of giving users a single… Continue Reading
Roundup: SpotDJ for iTunes, reporter embedded in Second Life & more
SpotDJ, an angel-backed start-up in San Francisco, yesterday launched a service that lets people insert “spots” within iTunes music, which can be listened to by other SpotDJ users. The short spots can be descriptions of the song’s artist, a back-story to the song, or a… Continue Reading
Roundup: The valley’s lure, Sequoia out of Google, Office 2.0, Lala & more
YouTube will contribute to valley’s allure — Two years ago, Google’s buzz, even before its IPO, gave entrepreneurs like Tribe’s founder Mark Pincus inspiration to dream up the social networking revolution. YouTube’s grand sale will also inspire a new wave of entrepreneurs, no doubt. The WSJ… Continue Reading
MeeVee beefs up TV/IPTV search, saying there’s too much clutter
With the proliferation of Internet television and other places for video, MeeVee, a Burlingame start-up, says it wants to use its “neutral” player status to sort through the clutter, and today releases new features to help.
MeeVee has competitors, including TV Guide, and Zap2it.com, which like… Continue Reading