Cnet founder Shelby Bonnie and other angels have put another $2.5 million into Whiskey Media, which operates niche media sites such as ComicVine (comics), GiantBomb (gaming), and AnimeVice (anime). The company, which has been around since 2007, previously raised about $1.5 million in angel money as well. Whiskey Media's sites are wiki-like content sites in the vein of CrunchBase or GDGT, which built around structured databases which can be edited by the readers. (In fact, CrunchBase was inspired by Whiskey Media's first site, now-retired PoliticalBase). Full story...
Earlier this year, Google landed a "landmark" deal with Global Cricket Ventures, the licensing partner to the Indian Premier League (IPL), which would give them the so rights to live stream cricket matches from the IPL on YouTube.
Since it launched last July at our Realtime Stream CrunchUp, Brizzly has been one of the best web-based Twitter apps.
Sonos, the Santa Barbara, California based startup that develops of wireless multi-room music systems, is taking a new round of financing from London-based Index Ventures, we've heard from multiple sources.
Regular readers will know my love for all things location. In particular, these check-in location-based services fascinate me, mainly because I see them as a bridge between social networks as we've known it, and actual social interaction in the real world.
Earlier today, Google chief economist gave a presentation to an FTC workshop on the changing economics of the newspaper industry.
While Loren Brichter may be hard at work on Tweetie Two for the Mac, he hasn't given on his baby: Tweetie 2 for the iPhone.
When Chomp launched eight weeks ago in the iTunes store, it launched as an app for reviewing other iPhone apps.
The Linux Foundation, the non-profit that supports the growth of the Linux kernel, has launched a merchandise store where people can purchase a newly launched line of original T-shirts, hats, mugs and other items that reflect “geek culture.
Facebook is finally going to enter the location game at this April's f8 conference, according to a report this morning on the NYT's Bits blog.
When I wrote that location would be this year's Twitter at SXSW, I also meant that Twitter's geolocation would be this year's Twitter at SXSW.