Economic downturn drives merger of teen sites Stardoll and Piczo
Girl teen-site Stardoll, backed by Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures, is acquiring Piczo, a social networking site that focuses on teen users. The amount is undisclosed, but the transaction was a mix of cash and equity.
According to Stardoll CEO Mattias Miksche, who is based in… Continue Reading
Roundup: The growing internet ad market, San Francisco’s carbon tax, Google Maps and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) US internet ad market is big, getting bigger
2) San Francisco, home of the carbon tax?
3) Google Maps adds user ratings to local search
4) Wal-Mart launches cleantech accelerator
5) Visits to Facebook appear to drop
6) Proofpoint raises $28 million for email security
7) Piczo… Continue Reading
Social network Piczo raises $11 million more, shows momentum
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Piczo, the social networking company that tries to distinguish itself as the safer place for teens, has raised $11 million in a third round of funding, it tells VentureBeat.
Piczo is one of handful of sites gunning for “second place” behind MySpace, the overwhelming leader with… Continue Reading
Roundup: PixSense, Piczo, Imeem’s new model & more
PixSense, latest start-up to offer video compression, is hiring! — This Santa Clara start-up claims no one has been able to compress a video by 85 percent to share it via mobile phone.
It is offering such a feature to consumers and carriers. Some 90 percent… Continue Reading