Facebook Roundup: Palihapitiya Starts Fund, Safety, OnLive, PunchTab and More
Long-Time Facebook Exec Palihapitiya Leaving to Start Fund — He wasn’t just heading out the door for some frozen yogurt, he’s also starting a new fund called The Social+Capital Partnership. It will...
View ArticleFacebook Roundup: Sharing, AT&T, Buddy Media, Fusion-io, iOS5, Bing Mobile,...
ShareThis: 56% Of Sharing Is Via Facebook – ShareThis, the maker of a sharing widget available on a variety of web sites, conducted a study finding that 56% of all content shared online goes through...
View ArticleFacebook Roundup: China, Paul Adams, Video Calling, Badgeville, Don Dodge,...
China Will Not Invest in Facebook – China’s Investment Corp is not set to invest in Facebook stock, according to a report, since the CIC sees the company as overvalued. Facebook’s Paul Adams Blogs...
View ArticleBuddy Media Raises $54 Million Fourth Round That Could Further Fuel Facebook...
In a move that could accelerate the consolidation of ecommerce, marketing games, and Facebook Ads API companies into Page management giants, Buddy Media has raised a $54 million Series D round of...
View ArticleFacebook Roundup: Political Action Committee, Security, Timeline, iPad, eBay,...
Facebook Forms a PAC – Facebook filed paperwork this week to start its own political action committee, which will allow the company to lobby its causes more effectively in Washington, D.C. The company...
View ArticleFacebook Roundup: Privacy, Echo Nest, Music, Wal-mart, Ooyala, BrightApps and...
Echo Nest Points Out Flaws in Facebook Music – The CEO of Echo Nest, a music industry service provider, published a blog post this week outlining technical problems with Facebook’s music sharing...
View ArticleInterview: Veteran Product Lead Josh Elman on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter —...
Josh Elman has been in the trenches of product development since mid-1990s, with his resume reading like a who’s who of major web companies today. He started at Homestead and RealNetworks in the 1990s,...
View ArticleFacebook Roundup: Greenpeace, JavaScript, Marketing, Buddy Media and More
Facebook, Greenpeace Agree on Energy Policy – Facebook and Greenpeace have come to an agreement this week on the promotion of green or renewable energy the social network uses to operate. [Photo via...
View ArticleAppssavvy Raises $7.1M for Social Game Ad Platform
Appssavvy, a New York-based startup focused on activity-based display advertising, has raised $7.1 million in a Series 1-A round that included AOL Ventures among previous investors True Ventures and...
View ArticleCrowdsourced ad platform Trada closes new round of funding
Paid search and Facebook ad marketplace Trada has raised an additional $9 million in an inside round of funding from Google Ventures and Foundry Group, the company announced today. Trada serves small-...
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