Articles Archive for July 2008
Small Profit for Motorola
Motorola said Thursday that it earned $4 million, or less than 1 cent per share, in the three months ended June 30. That includes charges of 2 cents per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial …
Delicious launches 2.0 version design
The popular social bookmarking service Del.icio.us launched a complete redesign of its service today. Ever since it was bought by Yahoo in 2005, the company added very few new features and the redesign had been …
Facebook Scrabulous renamed Wordscraper
A day after Scrabulous developers Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla took the game offline in the US and Canada, the team of Indian brothers has relaunched the game with a new name and board design: Wordscraper. …
Google to launch a venture fund
The WSJ is reporting that Google is set to launch a venture fund to give it the option of investing in startups instead of just flat out buying them. The fund will be led by …
Omnisio + Google = $$
According to Google, the acquisition of Omnisio will allow them to keep pushing the envelope of what is possible with online video. Neither Google nor Omnisio have commented on the price of the acquisition, but …
Wii rises profits for Nintendo
Nintendo sold 5.2 million Wii machines worldwide during the quarter — 1.7 million more machines than for the same period last year. It also sold during the quarter 3.42 million ”Wii Fit” games and 6.42 …
Online newspapers trend
In Q1 08, newspaper websites in the U.S. attracted around 66.4 million unique visitors each month (40.7% of all Internet users), up from 59.2 million the previous year. That figure remains practically the same for …
eBay launches international advertising division
Advertisers are increasingly attracted to advertising on eBay and eBay is increasingly happy to accommodate them, much to the chagrin of some of its sellers.To this end, the auction site is setting up an International …
myYearbook social network rising
myYearbook, a social network for teenagers that launched in 2005, has raised $13 million in a Series B funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, US Venture Partners, and First Round Capital. The new round …
Coupon users are loyal consumers
With more than 35 million American consumers clipping coupons, more marketers and etailers are taking note and creating their own deals. Whether listing coupons with various distributors or creating their own on-site coupon codes for …
Text Messages more efficient in Mobile Advertising
Mobile advertising has been the next big thing for a while now. But although text messaging is popular among young adults, the 160-character format has yet to become a mass influencer. Still, consumers who respond …
