Socialmedian unveils improved social news site
Socialmedian, the social news site created by Jobster co-founder Jason Goldberg, is opening the doors on its public test tonight.
The site has a compelling concept — that the best way to sort through the tremendous flood of news is with a little help from your friends — and it has been in private testing mode for four months. Socialmedian is built around news networks with topics like “tech news” and “venture capital,” which pull stories… Continue Reading
Lookery, the company serving ads to Facebook and other social networks, raises $900,000
Lookery, a company serving ads in Facebook and other social networks, has raised a $900,000 seed round of funding, the company said in a statement last week.
It plans to seek a first round of venture capital funding in April.
We’ve covered the company here.
The seed funding came from Charles River Ventures, Reed Hundt and Vikas Taneja.
Where’s the pony?
[Editor's note: FCC Chairman Kevin Martin got some positive press last week for saying he was going to "open" an important section of the wireless spectrum via an auction, but Reed Hundt, a former chairman of the FCC himself explains why the plan falls short.]
The draft order from the FCC of rules for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction may have a pony in it somewhere. But on the basis of widespread media reports about… Continue Reading