VoxPop.TV unites forces of casual gaming, pop culture trivia
VoxPop.TV, a site where users can build their own games, make money on them through advertising or sponsorship, and syndicate them to other sites, has brought in $1.5 million in a second round of funding. Based in San Francisco, the platform is tailored to quiz, trivia and prediction games based on happenings in pop culture. It will use the new money to continue developing its offerings and to build up its audience.
When you first go… Continue Reading
Spire.com: Where the rich share tips, and I get jealous
Spire.com, a social networking site for the rich, has just raised $9 million in a first round of funding. Through articles and member recommendations, the site does a pretty good job of packaging “the good life.” Heck, I signed-up this afternoon, and I’m already feeling vicariously wealthy — golf, anyone?
The Boston-based company isn’t the first social networking company to target the rich — last September, Robert Frank of the Wall Street Journal wrote about two… Continue Reading