Roundup: FunnyOrDie, StumbleUpon sale?, Google’s latest and more
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VC firm Sequoia Capital backs Will Ferrell and Adam McKay comedy video site — Called FunnyOrDie.com, the site features a two-minute clip that won a reported 1.5 million page views in less than a week.
StumbleUpon to be acquired? — Several folks (Techcrunch/GigaOm) are reporting that… Continue Reading
Fleet-footed Zoho — and other office productivity companies
Zoho is a notable company because it keeps offering new, cheap office software at a breakneck pace. Owned by AdventNet, of Pleasanton, the company keeps firing off software updates, at a stubbornness that suggests this company is going somewhere.
Like Techcrunch, VentureBeat finds it challenging to… Continue Reading
Video is hot — YouTube vs. Soapbox and Everyone else
YouTube, the two-year-old San Mateo start-up that raced ahead to become the leader of online video sharing, is facing the fight of its life.
Microsoft’s launch of its YouTube clone, called the Soapbox, made official today — see announcement with an offering of a way… Continue Reading