Who is the next Steve Jobs? It’s a question that Apple shareholders will be looking at during their next meeting, where they’ll vote on a proposal to create a written policy on finding a new CEO.
In a filing released …
Tapjoy, a transaction provider for games and sites that use virtual currencies, announced today that it has picked up $21 million in its third round of fundraising after shedding a bit of a dirty image in its old incarnation.
Tapjoy …
The race between enterprise-focused social networking services Chatter, run by Web-software giant Salesforce.com, and Yammer, a darling of the venture-capital set, goes on.
Salesforce announced today that it will buy Web conferencing provider Dimdim for $31 million to bring real-time …
As 2010 comes to a close, social news aggregator Reddit.com is celebrating another success in what has been a year full of them.
A “secret santa” program created by Reddit users expanded to more than four times the size of …
This holiday season shoppers will most likely be more tempted to buy a product online based more on what it looks like on their computer screens, than what a link or word search of the same item might show, according …
When you think of hot social networking companies, MyLife probably isn’t the first one that comes to mind. Or the second. But chief executive Jeff Tinsley said Los Angeles, Calif.-based website is quickly building an audience that can challenge its …
German business social networking site Xing has acquired Amiando, an online event management and ticketing services company, for around 10.3 million euros, as the “German LinkedIn” attempts to engage its more than 10 million members more actively.
Xing is the leading …
Intelius, a company that runs background checks on people via everything from iPhone apps to screening phone calls, today launched TrueRep, a new subscription service designed to help consumers track and control their online identity and reputation.
The Bellevue, Wash.-based …
Social media tracker startup Tynt has launched a new application program interface (API) that allows developers to access their content through real-time data streams, as the rush to put more information in the hands of smartphone users heats up.
Tynt …
Mobile browser maker Skyfire today announced the launch of the first mobile browser geared specifically for “the social networking generation,” the company said.
Dubbed the Skyfire 3.0, the new app will now work across a suite of platforms including Facebook …
Blog plug-in Zemanta has raised $3 million in venture capital as it attempts to bring “semantic” blogging to the rest of the world, the company said Wednesday.
London-based Zemanta bills itself as “Your Blogging Assistant.” It lets bloggers fiddle with …
Zynga’s games on social networks already have a lot of international appeal. It seems the social game giant is finally catering to that market with the release of its next game.
Zynga today announced that it will launch (soon) several …
Online-chat and content-sharing provider Meebo is closing a $25 million round of funding led by Khosla Ventures, the company confirmed, as investors try to muscle in on every aspect of the burgeoning social networking space.
Mountain View, Calif.-based Meebo currently …
White-hot microblogging startup Twitter has tongues wagging again, as rumors continue to swirl that the startup will soon lead a new round of financing with an estimated valuation of around $3 billion.
TechCrunch first reported the story. A Twitter spokesperson …
User-generated shopping site dealspl.us is upping the ante for the holiday shopping season, on Wednesday it’s launching a Money Makers Program that will allow deal and coupon enthusiasts to earn money for each deal or coupon they share, the company …
It turns out that the world’s best-selling book, the Bible, has now produced one of the smartphone world’s most popular apps: YouVersion, which added its 10 millionth user Tuesday.
Launched in April 2008 by Oklahoma megachurch LifeChurch.tv, the free YouVersion …
The newly launched Twezr iPhone app (free on the App Store) has an ambitious goal: To combine all of your communication with friends and close contacts, including email, Facebook and Twitter, in a single iPhone application.
But, as is usually …
The guys over at Unsocial, a mobile app that helps people find business connections in a nearby geographic area, have certainly kept themselves busy. Since launching at VentureBeat’s DiscoveryBeat conference just a few weeks ago, Unsocial has added a new …
Social news aggregator Reddit.com announced Monday that its chief executive and lead developer Christopher Slowe is leaving the company, even as the site experiences a year of unparalleled traffic success.
Slowe, who has been with Reddit longer than any other …
News aggregator site Digg has announced it unveiled a new “streaming API” (Application Programming Interface) that the company hopes will save it from declining traffic and community involvement.
“Today we’re releasing a new API feature which we hope will ease …
