Cc:Betty brings an electronic assistant to your Twitter account, too
Cc:Betty, a service that helps organize your email, is now bringing in other communication streams too, starting with microblogging service Twitter.
The Palo Alto, Calif., company rolled out some basic Twitter integration today. It’s still built around the company’s concept of a “mailspace” — basically, when someone sends a copy of an email to “betty@ccbetty.com” (Betty’s supposed to be your a virtual assistant), it creates a page on the Cc:Betty site that tracks the conversation, along… Continue Reading
Roundup: Intel launching six-core chip, Miasole raising big round, the making of Google’s Chrome and more
Here’s the latest action:
Intel to launch six-core microprocessor – A chip code-named Dunnington is expected to debut on Sept. 15. Intel will put six cores, or computing brains, on a single chip. But this is really no big deal. I’ve got a 666-core chip of my own in the works. I used a cookie-cutter to make it.
Linkedin gets linked to CNBC – The popular business social network will integrate its community and networking functionality into… Continue Reading
Internet phone company Jangl to sell assets, core team goes to competitor Jajah
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Jangl, the Internet phone company we reported about earlier this week as being in talks to sell, is essentially being closed down and its assets sold off. It is still looking for a buyer; a deal close to being signed last week has fallen through.
I just got off the phone with Michael Cerda, who was Jangl’s chief executive until he resigned on Monday. Cerda said he and his co-founder Ben Dean have joined competitor Jajah,… Continue Reading
Ooma, home communications co., raises $12M
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Ooma, a secretive Palo Alto, Calif. company that has labored for more than two years to produce a telecommunications product for the home, has raised $12M of an $18M Series B round, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week. Return backers include Worldview Technology Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the report said
Not mentioned, however, is the investment by Sean Parker, partner at the Founders Fund. Parker invested last year, a source tells VentureBeat.
The… Continue Reading