Daily Archives: August 7, 2012

Kickstarter’s Smash Hit Video Game Console Ouya Will Get A Media Player To Help It Battle The Xbox (GOOG)

August 7, 2012
Kickstarter’s Smash Hit Video Game Console Ouya Will Get A Media Player To Help It Battle The Xbox (GOOG)

Ouya See Also The Nexus Q Is A Disaster — Use These Hacks To Make It Better Samsung Will Pay You To Upgrade Your Phone, But It’s A Bad Deal How To Completely Erase Yourself From The Internet Kickstarter success Ouya is working with the XMBC team to make sure the media center experience is...

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Shazam: Five billion songs, TV shows and ads tagged

August 7, 2012

Music identification and tagging service Shazam has announced a not-insignificant milestone, with users discovering five billion songs, TV shows and ads using the app. Shazam is one of the leading media discovery services, letting users identify the name of a song or artist that’s playing on the radio or TV, simply by activating the...

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Spotify updates app with iOS 6 support, more stations for iPad users and three yummy flavors

August 7, 2012
Spotify updates app with iOS 6 support, more stations for iPad users and three yummy flavors

Digital music company Spotify has released a new version of its iOS app, adding support for iOS 6 according to the release notes. The new version of the app (0.5.4) comes with some bug fixes and stability improvements, but also offers something new for iPad users: they can now show more stations. Rock on....

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Online care-giving firm Care.com scores $50m round to fuel international expansion

August 7, 2012

Care.com one of the largest online care services in the world, has announced the closing of $50 million in new funding. The financing was led by Institutional Venture Partners (IVP) and joined by existing investors Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, New Enterprise Associates and others. Care.com has approximately 7 million members in more than 15 countries....

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These 2 Mobile Ad CEOs Defend The Fact They Don’t Make Any Money

August 7, 2012
These 2 Mobile Ad CEOs Defend The Fact They Don’t Make Any Money

Stay ahead of key mobile trends with BI Intelligence, Business Insider’s new research and analysis service focused on the mobile industry. Access the full library of research, data, and charts. Sign up for your free trial today Nexage Nexage’s Cormier: I don’t make money. Yet. See Also Your Local Applebee’s May Turn Into A...

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Here’s How Many Shopping-Oriented Tweets There Are Every Day

August 7, 2012
Here’s How Many Shopping-Oriented Tweets There Are Every Day

Pink Sherbert Photography / Flickr, CC Showrooming. See Also The Via Agency: Why The Long-Shot Pitches Are Worth It — Even When You Don’t Win Check Out The Debauchery When Applebee’s Turns Into ‘Club Applebee’s’ After 10 PM Apple’s Biggest Marketing Secret Was Revealed In Federal Court Last month we told you about LocalResponse,...

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Consumer Gift Network FreeMonee Raises $34 Million Series B

August 7, 2012
Consumer Gift Network FreeMonee Raises $34 Million Series B

FreeMonee announced a $34 million Series B round today, led by Charles Ryan, Chairman of UFG Asset Management, and returning investors Opus Capital Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and Pinnacle Ventures. While FreeMonee would not disclose terms of the funding, Chief Marketing Officer Jim Taschetta tells me the company valuation was in the...

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Follow the money European cloud market to grow 300%

August 7, 2012

At GigaOM’s Structure:Europe conference, leaders of the U.S. cloud market will share the stage with Europe’s best to compare successes, setbacks and explore business opportunities in the European market. See the complete schedule here. The worldwide cloud market is expected to climb 126.4 percent from now through 2014, and the federated cloud market in...

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Devops grows up, Opscode preps services, solutions for enterprise use

August 7, 2012
Devops grows up, Opscode preps services, solutions for enterprise use

If devops, the software deployment model that holds that developers and IT operators need to work in close concert to rapidly test and deploy new features, is to really take hold in the enterprise, it needs to get better support and services behind it. At least that’s the thinking behind new services and solutions...

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Apple facing new China lawsuit over alleged FaceTime patent infringement

August 7, 2012

It’s been barely a month since Apple ended its long-running China iPad trademark dispute with Proview, after paying $60 million to settle, but already the tech giant is facing its fourth fresh lawsuit in the country, this time over FaceTime. Following Chinese legal claims in relation to Snow Leopard and two Siri cases (including a...

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