Who are Foursquare’s big-name angels?
Fresh off its London launch, location-sharing service Foursquare revealed the rest of its big-name roster of angel investors. The company raised $1.35 million in a first round of funding last month from Union Square Ventures and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.
Foursquare is one of the few breakouts… Continue Reading
New iPods, iTunes 8, 2.1 iPhone software and price cuts on September 9 — or another Kevin Rose “wolf”?
Digg founder Kevin Rose has gotten a reputation as “the boy who cried ‘wolf’” recently with some of his Apple “leaks.” He was dead wrong about many of the specs for the initial iPhone despite having a “source” and then he was wrong again in… Continue Reading
Source: Digg hires bank, hoping to sell for $300 million or more
It’s been a little more than a month since the last rumors surfaced about social news site Digg trying to sell itself for at least $300 million.
A reliable source just confirmed the company’s plans, noting the company has hired Allen & Company, a tiny but… Continue Reading
Will statistics mess kill Digg acquisition by News Corp?
San Francisco news ranking start-up Digg has become a symbol of new-age Internet buzz, ever since its hyped cover story on BusinessWeek several weeks ago.
Now TechCrunch reports Digg has been in recent acquisition discussions with a number of companies, including News Corp. — with a… Continue Reading
Digg founders launch Revision3, a new video studio, with $1 million
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Roundup: Slim Devices, ChaCha, Digg, eBay ibank of Web 2.0, more
SlimDevices to release latest Squeezebox — The come-out-of-nowhere Mountain View start-up sells a device that lets you play your music anywhere in the house, and hooks up with all kinds of services, from Pandora to Rhapsody. Its latest one will sell for $2,000 device; the NYT… Continue Reading