Archives: 2008April

Adobe is making a big play to make Flash the de facto viewing environment not only for Web apps on your PC, but also on your mobile phone, your TV, and any other screen you can think of. It is announcing the Open Screen Project to make it easier to develop applications across devices—using […]

Update on our post from earlier today - Meebo is now confirming that they have raised a $25 million third round of financing from Jafco Ventures, Time Warner Investments and KTB Ventures. Previous investors Sequoia Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson also participated.
Meebo was looking for a buyer through their investment bank, Montgomery & Co., but […]

Chinese social networking site Xiaonei has raised $430 million in funding from Softbank, according to a report from VentureBeat.
Xiaonei was founded in December 2005 by Qinghua University graduates Wang Xing, Wang Huiwen, Lai Binqiang and Jacky, then was acquired by Oak Pacific Interactive in 2006 for an undisclosed sum. As of November 2007, the site […]

After negotiating over the past few weeks with Microsoft and signing a letter of intent to be acquired, e-mail startup Xobni has walked from the deal, according to a source close to the negotiations. The deal would have been a natural for Microsoft, which was offering to buy the two-year old startup for […]

Posted by Ben Worthen
Gary Thuerk is the man most-widely credited as the father of spam, the unsolicited emails that now account for an estimated 90% of electronic messages sent.

Gary Thuerk loves spam

Thirty-years ago this Saturday, Thuerk sent what’s believed to be the first such message — an invitation to an open house for a […]

Microsoft is leaking that they are willing to increase their Yahoo bid to as much as $33 per share, up from the original $31/share offer. That original offer, which included payment in Microsoft stock, has fallen in value to just $29.12/share.
This is a surprise since Microsoft has previously stated they wouldn’t increase their bid. Analysts […]

Microsoft is leaking that they are willing to increase their Yahoo bid to as much as $33 per share, up from the original $31/share offer. That original offer, which included payment in Microsoft stock, has fallen in value to just $29.12/share.
This is a surprise since Microsoft has previously stated they wouldn’t increase their bid. Analysts […]

Web chat startup Meebo has closed the funding round they’ve been working on with investment bank Montgomery & Co., a source tells us. Expect an announcement shortly.
The best information we’ve been able to gather says the company raised $20 million or so on a $200 million valuation. Earlier this month they abandoned efforts to sell […]

Update to our January post: Super blogger Robert Scoble, who has argued that having advertisements on blogs destroys trust, added advertisements to his blog today along with a redesign. At least it’s clear now who scratches Scoble’s back - Seagate.
One thing I do like - the FriendFeed widget that shows his activity stream and comments […]

Microsoft is leaking that they are willing to increase their Yahoo bid to as much as $33 per share, up from the original $31/share offer. That original offer, which included payment in Microsoft stock, has fallen in value to just $29.12/share.
This is a surprise since Microsoft has previously stated they wouldn’t increase their bid. Analysts […]