Xing grows revenue while profit falls – and no LinkedIn takeover likely
TechCrunch UK Nov 13 09[Germany] Hamburg based business social network Xing, similar to LinkedIn in Europe, continued to grow revenue and EBIDTA in the first nine months of 2009 while profits were smaller than last year. Total revenues from January to September amounted to €33.2 million – or $49 million – up 32 percent from the same period last year (€25.1 million). But the cumulative group profits were lower than those for the same period last year (€2.5 million for 2009 vs. €4.7 million for 2008), due to "investment costs and the assignment of €1 million in one-off tax reserves for Q3". Full story...
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TechCrunch UK less than a day ago[Russia] The Moscow-based social games company Nival Network, part of the Nival Group, has raised $7 million in new funding from DST, 1C Company and Nival Group founder & CEO Sergey Orlovskiy, according a report (russian) in the Vedomosti newspaper.
Tellmewhere revamps iPhone app, prepares for US expansion
TechCrunch UK less than a day ago[France] Social location-based search service Tellmewhere or Dismoioù has released a new version of its iPhone app as part of its quest to conquer the local market.
German Groupon clone Citydeal gets €5m in second round
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Nazis get onto Twitter, but they’re not being blocked
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"BEWARE Nazi-pigs on Twitter! @Heil_Hitler_88 Please block so that the account gets deleted.
Team Europe Ventures invests in Polish web-based accounting startup Infakt
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Al Jazeera adds live streaming to mobile website and makes iPhone apps free
TechCrunch UK 3 days agoAl Jazeera’s mobile Media unit has been quite busy lately. After making their iPhone apps free, the broadcaster has added live streaming to their mobile website.
Mobile social network aka-aki hits 500,000 members
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Social wine site Uvinum uncorks in the US
TechCrunch UK 3 days ago[Spain] Just last week, Uvinum a Spanish grown social wine recommendation portal took their first step into the English speaking market with the launch of the UK version.
Stupeflix launches its Play feature, easily turn website content into a dynamic video
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