Italian spin-off AdEspresso raised $500,000 in seed funding from institutional and angel investors, for its Facebook ad optimization service for small and medium businesses (SMBs).
Social Networking
Pinterest picks up San Francisco's image-recognition startup VisualGraph
Photo pinning social site Pinterest bought San Francisco-based image recognition startup VisualGraph for an undisclosed amount to automatically detect items pinned on the site and to tailor future ads.
Seattle matchmaking platform LikeBright acquires Utah's Matchmate
In its first-ever acquisition, Seattle-based online dating site LikeBright picked up Utah-based matchmaking software firm MatchMate and is now embarking on a $1 million fundraising round.
Syrian Electronic Army claims credit for hacking social media accounts of Skype
The hacker group who called themselves the Syrian Electronic Army said they were the ones that attacked the social media accounts of Microsofit-owned Internet calling service Skype, Reuters reported.
Digital assets should be part of our wills -study
Social media accounts and internet downloads should be considered part of a person's estate and be included in wills to be handed down as inheritance.
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New York-based mobile location-based social network Foursquare has just raised $35 million in a financing round for its new platform for real-time ads, according to the company's Chief Executive Officer.
US District Judge Robert Sweet ruled that Nasdaq OMX Group Inc needs to face the cases filed against it by investors who claimed that the exchange platform was responsible for the bungled Facebook IPO, Reuters reported.
New York-based startup Viggle announced its purchase of entertainment news website and social platform Wetpaint for $30 million in a bid to bulk up its social TV business.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Wednesday, including Fortum, National Vision, Saipem, CTT, MTS, Southern Pacific, Warrnambool, Verbund, Bakkafrost, Popular and Marathon Oil.
Yahoo Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marissa Mayer is eyeing image sharing startup Imgur as the company's next big acquisition, according to an anonymous source cited by Business Insider.
Facebook Inc had been tapping resources of its Russian partners to develop apps, signaling a growth in the tech industry, particularly in the app development business.
Kumar Rangaranjan, one of the founders of Indian startup Little Eye Labs, told the Wall Street Journal that it was in preliminary discussions with social media giant Facebook regarding a potential deal.
Apple Inc has acquired social media search and analytics startup Topsy, an unusual purchase for a hardware-focused company that has made few forays into social networking.
Social media giant is in talks for its first acquisition of a product firm in India, Bangalore-based performance analysis and monitoring tools startup Little Eye Labs.
