Caught up? Here’s everything from Blekko, Dash’s price, to Android sighting
The holiday break felt especially long this time, so here’s a longer roundup than usual — of everything you may have missed over the last few days:
Ebay’s Kijiji tries to tar Craiglist’s reputation — The NYT has a story about Kijiji, a competitor to online classifieds company Craigslist. The remarkable thing about the story is that it lets Kijiji executives associate Craigslist with offers of “sadomasochistic encounters and prostitutes,” without some sort of response from Craiglist…. Continue Reading
GestureTek receives investment from Telefonica
Telefonica, a telecom company based in Spain, has made a strategic investment in GestureTek, a gesture-recognition company based in Sunnyvale, Calif.
GestureTek’s “mouse alternative” technology essentially allows users to wave their hands in meaningful ways in order to relay commands to a computer with a video camera.
Telefonica’s investment makes a bit more sense in light of a specific GestureTek technology called “Eyemobile Engine,” which allows users to perform actions on their mobile phones by tilting them… Continue Reading
Ecrio, a provider of real-time communications software for mobile, raises $14.5M
Ecrio, a Cupertino, Ca. provider of real-time communications software for mobile phones, has raised $14.5 million of a planned $25 million round, according to a regulatory filing first reported by PE Wire.
Ecrio specializes in things like picture messaging, mobile TV, push to talk, VoIP, audio, video streaming, presence and availability — all of which are either already incorporated into or being planned for the latest generation of Internet-connected phones.
NTT DoCoMo led the round (see… Continue Reading