Roundup: Google Health’s profiles, Oodle’s Facebook marketplace, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Google Health lets you share profiles — With this feature, users can invite family members, doctors, and other trusted folks to view their medical records and personal health information.
Oodle launches new version of Facebook marketplace – Inside Facebook describes the… Continue Reading
LinkedIn’s CEO departs, executive shuffle ensues
A familiar face is returning to the top spot at professional networking site LinkedIn. Chief executive Dan Nye is leaving the company, while founder Reid Hoffman (pictured) is taking his place.
The official line, according to the Los Angeles Times, is that the shuffle was… Continue Reading
Shawn Fanning negotiating to sell social gaming company Rupture for $30M
Shawn Fanning, who gained fame after launching early music file sharing company Napster, is in advanced stages of talks to sell his most recent social gaming start-up, Rupture, for $30 million.
The buyer would be Electronic Arts, but unlike first reported by Techcrunch, the deal… Continue Reading
Chirp, a screensaver that shows you what’s happening on your social network
Chirp offers a screensaver that you download, then sync with Facebook, Flickr and soon, other sites. It displays status messages, photos and more from your friends. If you see a photo or update on Chirp that you want to look at, you click on it… Continue Reading
Dopplr, a trip-sharing site for the jet set
Dopplr, a Helsinki, Finland company that lets frequent travelers share their trips with friends and so that they make notes on each other’s itineraries, has raised an undisclosed amount of financing from individual investors.
Sharing travel plans isn’t new. A plethora of sites offers ways… Continue Reading
Kongregrate, the online social game hub
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Kongregate, of San Francisco, launches tomorrow with a host of Web games targeted at young males with social networking components pushing new bounds.
Kongregate is signifiacant because it targets a group that until now hasn’t been served by online social games. Social gaming has… Continue Reading
LinkedIn’s chief executive steps down
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Reid Hoffman, one of the earliest and most prolific players in the early years of the social network revolution, has stepped down as chief executive of LinkedIn.
LinkedIn, the online site for professional networkers, last week announced it had raised $12.8 million in fresh… Continue Reading
Jaxtr, an easy way to phone, launches service — with at least $1M in funding after all
See our story here. Initially, Jaxtr’s chief executive told VentureBeat he hadn’t raised any money, saying it was self-funded. However, comments on our story yesterday helped ferret out that he had indeed raised angel money, apparently just over $1 million in convertible. We’ve updated story…. Continue Reading
Peanut Butter redux, expensive Sonsini, Hoffman burned, Infinera & much more
(Updated) roundup of the high-stakes game going on in Silicon Valley:
Brad Garlinghouse’s Peanut Butter memo — The Yahoo executive complained about the company’s “proclivity to repeatedly hire leaders from outside.” This is noteworthy, because he himself was hired from the outside. Before Yahoo, he’d… Continue Reading
Gaming company Winster gets a tad more VC
Burlingame gaming company Winster raised about $380,000 more from individual investors including LinkedIn chief exec Reid Hoffman, VentureWire reports today (sub required).
It completes a first round that now totals $1.88 million in venture capital, which we wrote about here (scroll down)
It plans to… Continue Reading
Bigtime Web 2.0 angel investor Reid Hoffman adjusts how he invests
GigaOm has a noteworthy piece about Reid Hoffman, chief executive of LinkedIn, and how he almost decided to sit out of investing in the crowded media space, but the decided to invest anyway — but only after adjusting his strategy.
Hoffman was in from the… Continue Reading