Roundup: The Classmates.com IPO flop, two acquisitions, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Classmates.com IPO called off
2) Microsoft buys Multimap for $50M
3) StyleHive picks up StyleDiary
4) Toshiba’s new lithium-ion released
5) Venture Hacks on legal fees and VCs
6) Zoho Show adds on functions
7) Six Apart sets Movable Type free
Guardian Analytics launches product
United Online cancels Classmates.com IPO — One less for the story books of internet success: United Online has nixed the nearly $180 million Classmates.com public offering, planned to take place on the Nasdaq. PaidContent… Continue Reading
Roundup: Six Apart’s memo, VCs and sex toys, WiMax in 2008, Newser.com & more
Here’s the latest (updated) action:
Six Apart’s headaches — The blogging software market is highly competitive, so small differences in quality can make a difference in user adoption. Six Apart, a Silicon Valley start-up that offers several blogging software platforms, including Movable Type, has released a product after acknowledging internally it could make developers mad. [Six Apart’s Anil Dash has since responded in comments, saying the company took time to fix the bugs for the release. The… Continue Reading