Roundup: Floating data centers, Xobni, Jaffe, Lanzone, Revver & more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Data centers floating in the SF Bay?
2. CEO of search engine Ask goes to Redpoint
3. Xobni’s Outlook plugin enhanced
4. Microsoft dealmaker Bruce Jaffe to join startup life
5. Yahoo’s browser-based player now public
6. Readburner lets you see what’s shared on Google Reader
7. Nextreme keeps chips cool
8. Planting hairy plants may help prevent global warming?
9. Intel to launch WiMax PC card by June
10. LiveUniverse buying video sharing site Revver?
11. Terry Semel restarting investment… Continue Reading
Roundup: Dash Navigation, Flock, Greenspan’s tell-all, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Dash Navigation opens platform
2) Flock releases new browser, with Facebook in sidebar
3) Patriots successfully sue ticket scalper, StubHub
4) Google’s great quarter: Net income up 46 percent
5) Brad Greenspan’s tell-all essay on MySpace
6) Microsoft releases Popfly, allowing non-geeks to build apps
7) Comcast steps away from Net Neutrality
Dash Navigation opens platform — Dash, you’ll recall is the cool GPS device that you can use in your car, and which will be constantly connected… Continue Reading
Roundup: WSJ’s suitors, odd story of Tom Perkins, VC tax, WeFi and more
Brad Greenspan, the jilted MySpace executive, makes play at WSJ — Greenspan, who filed a suit against MySpace’s parent company for ripping off shareholders in its sale to News Corp. (the suit was rejected), is now seeking to buy the WSJ’s parent company Dow Jones. Of course, this continues the rivalry between Greenspan and News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch, another bidder for Dow Jones.
Heads rolls at VC lobby in London, now attention moves to Washington: The CEO of… Continue Reading
MySpace “founder” Brad Greenspan acquires most of video search site, Flurl
Brad Greenspan, calling himself “the founder” of popular social networking company MySpace even though the company disputes that he was, has acquired a majority stake in Flurl.com, a video search website that indexes over 1000 online video sites.
This is one of the first major investments by LiveUniverse, which Greenspan established to focus on video, entertainment and social networking companies. LiveUniverse said it will begin talks with potential strategic, financial, and content partners. LiveUniverse, which… Continue Reading