Internet video chat company Skype confirmed on Monday that eight executives have left the company following Microsoft’s huge $8.5 billion buyout offer in May. The company did not say whether the executives were laid off or resigned, but Bloomberg suggests …
TerreStar Networks on Wednesday revealed that Dish Network had placed an opening bid of $1.38 billion for the ailing telecommunications company’s assets through a bankruptcy auction, according to Reuters. TerreStar has operated under bankruptcy protection since Oct. 19.
Dish Networks …
Mu Sigma on Monday announced it has raised a $25 million third round from Sequoia Capital. Mu Sigma is a provider of data analytics services to more than 50 Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and Dell.
Chicago-based Mu Sigma employs …
Social analytics company PostRank on Friday announced in a blog post that it had been acquired by Google. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
“We are extremely excited to join Google,” PostRank CTO Ilya Grigorik wrote. “We believe there …
Today on the rumor mill: Microsoft may be considering spending a hefty $19 billion for Nokia’s smartphone business, according to renowned mobile industry scoop hound Eldar Murtazin.
Right now all we have to go on is Murtazin’s tweet: “One small …
Reply.com on Thursday announced it had acquired fellow Bay Area firm MerchantCircle for $60 million cash and stock. The deal is expected to go through in Q3 of this year.
The deal makes good sense, as MerchantCircle acts as a …
Zozi, a company that offers discounts to consumers on unique adventure and travel experiences, today announced it has secured a second round of funding for $7 million. The funding will be used to expand deals into new cities as well …
In a sign of its continuing need for capital — and the good performance thus far of its stock — Tesla Motors said today it would sell 5.3 million more shares of common stock.
At the same time, according to …
Daily deals juggernaut Groupon has just launched Groupon Now, a spinoff service which looks to break its traditional deal-a-day model and offer real-time deals based simply on the user’s location.
Revealed in March, the service works both through the web …
New York-based Ideeli, a members-only shopping community — known commonly as a “Flash sales” site — has raised $41 million in its third round of funding.
The site, which has over 4 million members, offers limited-time offers on apparel, accessories, …
Facebook is kicking off its long-awaited Deals program to users in five major cities starting Tuesday with plans to expand in other cities soon after.
Facebook Deals, which will offer online discounts and deals from businesses to its users, marks …
Scoutmob, a location-based group deals company, plans to announce tomorrow that it has secured a first round of funding for $1.5 million, according to New Atlantic Ventures representatives, who led the funding. The new funding will be used to roll …
Rockfish, a company that has its fingers in digital consultancy and business incubation, announced today it has launched CouponFactory, a couponing software platform for businesses.
CouponFactory is a platform that gives brands and small businesses a simple way to create …
Facebook may be looking to add its check-in feature to more than just Places today as some events appear to now have a check-in button, according to AllFacebook.com.
Currently, it’s unknown whether Facebook is rolling out this new feature to …
Daily deals giant Groupon might be in talks with several banks to file for an initial public offering later this year that would value the company at $25 billion, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
Groupon works with local …
Bain Capital Ventures has led an $8.3M investment round in Clovr Media, which has built the first platform that converts banner, text-link, video, or mobile ads into card linked offers.
The company, which aims to pioneer “Loyalty 2.0,” or the …
Gowalla, one of the earliest and best-known services that lets you share your location with friends, today released the newest version of its Android application, dubbed Gowalla 3, according to the company’s blog.
The company claims the new Android version …
What’s better than one daily deals site? Every daily deals site — on the same page.
That’s what Savings.com is hoping to capitalize on by bringing deals from every daily deals site — including the likes of Yelp, Groupon and …
A new startup called Five and Fifty wants to tackle one of the main complaints about group-buying supersite Groupon, which has a huge waiting list for businesses. It says it will allow merchants to send deals instantly to a much …
No you didn’t misread that headline. In a move clearly meant to deflect some attention away from the massive amounts of Verizon iPhone press, T-Mobile announced today that it will offer all of its phones for free on February 11 …
