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
Interactive Corp opens venture arm, but how long will it stay?
(Update: IAC’s venture arm will be called Primal Ventures)
IAC, the New York media conglomerate run by Darry Diller, and owner of Match.com, Ticketmaster and Evite.com, is opening up a venture capital investment arm in San Francisco.
It will be run by Match.com’s chief executive Jim Safka, according to the Mercury News. Safka will focus investments on companies in the wireless, video, recruitment and consumer health areas — all fairly predictable areas, given that they are… Continue Reading