Roundup: Medio v. Google, Sprint jettisoning WiMax?, BugLabs & more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Medio’s roar turning to a squeal?
2. Sprint changing WiMax plans?
3. AOL rumored to be considering buying ad targeting network Quigo for $300 million
4. Bug Labs, for open-sourced electronic devices
5. Semantic search engine Hakia releases social networking tool
6. The amazing $200 Ubuntu Linux “green” PC at Wal-Mart
7. Cisco does its 125th buyout
8. Facebook’s stock has appreciated 33-fold, and then some
9. Internet Brands going public with growing losses, declining sales?
10. Shopstyle signs deal… Continue Reading
Sugar swallows Shopstyle — battle for women online continues
updated significantly
Sugar Publishing, a network of woman-focused blogs, has acquired woman’s social shopping site ShopStyle, the latest deal in a fierce competition by a triad of companies hoping to become the leading woman’s Web destination. The amount of the transaction was undisclosed.
San Francisco-based Sugar is a relatively small network of content-oriented sites, but is backed by NBC and the respected and ambitious Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital. Previously, we’d assumed Sugar trying to… Continue Reading