Daily Archives: April 2, 2012

DragonPlay secures $14 million to expand mobile gaming portfolio

April 2, 2012

DragonPlay has locked in a massive $14 million series A funding round from Accel Partners, a venture firm that was a very early investor in Facebook. Born in 2010, DragonPlay is a young company, but one that has made its mark on the mobile gaming space. It’s very popular Live Holdem Poker Pro has frequently commanded...

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Aframe raises $7M to put video production in the cloud

April 2, 2012
Aframe raises $7M to put video production in the cloud

London-based cloud video production platform provider Aframe has raised a Series A round of financing to expand its business internationally. The funding, which was led by Octopus Investments and Eden Ventures, with participation from existing investor Northstar Ventures, will be used to open new offices in Boston, New York City and Los Angeles. Aframe...

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Mobile Social Gaming Company Dragonplay Raises $14M From Accel To Expand To iOS

April 2, 2012
Mobile Social Gaming Company Dragonplay Raises $14M From Accel To Expand To iOS

Dragonplay, a free-to-play social games developer for Android and Facebook, has raised $14 million Series A funding from Accel Partners, Founder Collective and Entrée Capital. The Israeli company was founded in 2010 by Sharon Tal. Dragonplay specializes in multi-platform social game experiences in the cards, casino and board game category and is best known...

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IBM Is Picking A New Fight With Oracle (IBM, ORCL)

April 2, 2012
IBM Is Picking A New Fight With Oracle (IBM, ORCL)

Flickr/andi.vs.zf See Also Oracle Should Be More Worried About Microsoft Than SAP Here’s One Big Reason Oracle’s Hardware Biz Is Tanking IBM CEO Ginny Rometty Faces Off Against Golf’s Most Sexist Club IBM has got a message for Oracle customers: we’ve made it so easy for you to move. IBM’s next big database, DB2...

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Apple’s iPad trademark dispute in China continues after Proview is spared liquidation

April 2, 2012

Apple’s dispute over the iPad trademark in China continues on after Proview, the company that is the legally recognized holder of the term, was spared from liquidation by a court ruling, according to China Daily. Cash-strapped Proview had been taken to court one of its creditors, Fubon Insurance, in a move made last year that...

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Online Community For Small Businesses Manta Raises $44M From Norwest Venture Partners

April 2, 2012
Online Community For Small Businesses Manta Raises $44M From Norwest Venture Partners

Manta, an online community dedicated entirely to small business, has raised $44 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners. This brings the company’s total funding to $61 million. With this investment NVP’s Jon Kossow and David Su have joined Manta’s board of directors, which includes previous investors Athenian Venture Partners and Reservoir Venture Partners....

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SEC may start Groupon investigation

April 2, 2012

Rocky Agarwal has to be feeling pretty vindicated right about now. He has been blogging about Groupon and its business model, screaming that it has more holes than swiss cheese for almost 18 months. A report in the Wall Street Journal suggests that the Securities Exchange Commission is looking into the company’s recent actions...

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NED Talks: How TED Talks Simplify Ideas

April 2, 2012
NED Talks: How TED Talks Simplify Ideas

Who doesn’t at least like TED Talks, the “Technology, Entertainment and Design” conference that aims to smarten us up without asking us to work very hard? We sit at our computers, watch someone give an 18-minute-long talk, and believe that we are rapidly learning and understanding complex ideas. This is much better than wasting...

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ON THE HOT SEAT: 10 Tech CEOs Who Could Be Fired Tomorrow (YHOO, AOL)

April 2, 2012
ON THE HOT SEAT: 10 Tech CEOs Who Could Be Fired Tomorrow (YHOO, AOL)

Kevin Krejci / Flickr, CC. Millions of people use your product, but none of them pay. The SEC is investigating.  You don’t own the rights to the content, and the people that do are charging an arm and a leg. You’re stuck at number two. A 5% stakeholder just started a proxy war. Life as...

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FTC: Privacy Requirements May Be Relaxed for Small, Maybe Big Companies

April 2, 2012
FTC: Privacy Requirements May Be Relaxed for Small, Maybe Big Companies

Click to enlarge. If You’re Small Enough, Perhaps We Can Trust You “The preliminary report proposed that the privacy framework apply to all commercial entities that collect or use consumer data that can be reasonably linked to a specific consumer, computer, or other device,” reads the FTC report this morning. “To address concerns about...

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