Google Ventures added two new investors, Shanna Tellerman and Dave Munichiello, in its roster. Google Ventures welcomed Shanna Tellerman and Dave Munichiello, its two new investment partners, to its ranks.
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Vietnamese mobile game Flappy Bird hits top spot on app stores
Flappy Bird, a mobile game created by Hanoi-Vietnam-based developer Dong Nguyen of dotGears Studios, hit the top spot of free mobile apps in the Google Play and iOS app stores, mainly because it is very challenging and frustrating.
Google acquires California-based anti-spam firm Impermium
Tech giant Google acquired Redwood City, California-based anti-spam company Impermium for an undisclosed amount, according to an announcement made by Impermium's chief executive on the company website.
Microsoft and Samsung to acquire stakes in French startups -report
Tech giants Microsoft and Samsung are in talks to acquire stakes in a France-based online music startup and a video-sharing website, according to a report by French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche.
NBC Universal picks up minority stake in New York startup NowThis News
New York, US-based news giant NBCUniversal News Group announced a minority investment in mobile video news startup NowThisNews to co-produce original short news videos for social sites.
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Social music app Listn raised USD500,000 seed round and a new partnership with Rdio. Social music app Listn landed a USD500,000 seed round with new parter Rdio today, according to a report by Venture Beat.
Youtube and Google+ had teamed up to improve the system of moderating comments in Youtube, and recently did a soft launch with a limited number of Youtube users.
AllThingsD reported Google Inc is currently having talks with the National Footbal League to acquire the rights to NFL's Sunday Ticket service presently owned by DirecTV.
Google blocked videos from playing on the Windows Phone YouTube app made by Microsoft. The videos from the YouTube app installed in every Windows Phone were blocked by Google for infringing the terms of use.
Video Semantics will provide rich tags for YouTube users through its tagging engine. Video Semantics, through its mediaTag tagging engine, will allow content producers to automatically insert rich metadata into their YouTube hosted videos.
YouTube's performance against rival Netflix will impact how investors see Google in the future, analysts said.
YouTube generates around US$4 billion to US$5.6 billion of Google's total earnings. Google's YouTube was put into the background after the tech titan's new Nexus 7, Chromecast and Google Glass innovation.
It seemed that Chromecast will play a big role in placing YouTube videos in front of consumers via the TV.
Google continued to make a splash in the digital TV world with its US$35-worth Chromecast device. On Wednesday, Google Inc. 's event did not fail the technology observers with its refreshed Nexus 7 line up and a small dongle worth US$35, Chromecast.
