Live.com to see executive shuffle?
Microsoft has continued to struggle with its new Live.com branding for its online consumer site offerings.
A source has told VentureBeat there’s about to be a management reshuffling at Live.
We ran this by Microsoft, and a spokesperson declined comment. So we’ll chalk it up to rumor until we hear more.
Meanwhile, Microsoft said yesterday it would offer movies and episodes of television shows for downloading through its Xbox Live online service in the United States, starting Nov…. Continue Reading
Venture capitalists open spigot — especially for Web 2.0 & energy
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For the third quarter in a row, U.S. venture capitalists poured more money into private companies than they did last year. They invested $6.36 billion in the third quarter, five percent more than last year. They backed 611 companies, two percent more.
These are the findings of the latest report by Dow Jones VentureOne and Ernst & Young.
The third quarter investment levels were slightly lower than the second quarter, but dips are common in the… Continue Reading