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Marc Andreessen invests in Qik

Web veteran and Ning co-founder Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have decided to select their horse in the mobile video broadcasting startups - they are investing in Qik which was co-founded by Bhaskar more...
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What's next for Venture Capital?

Since things have been rather slow on the VC front, IPO market, a lot of theories are going around about what is the next thing for VCs? What are they looking for and where are they willing to put their more...
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Moblyng Launches Mobile Access to MySpace Media

Without providing any application to download, making it easier, startup Moblyng is offering a mobile destination where any user can view the most popular content (videos, slide shows) being shared across more...
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Mobile Search : Market Trends and Business Opportunities 2005-2010

The unquestionable success of Google proves that the internet search business model has evolved hugely since the early days. Given this development and the recent news that websites can now to be given more...
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Voice search startup Vlingo gets $20M and a Yahoo Deal !

Trying desperately to become one-up on competition (nee Google), Yahoo is bolstering its mobile oneSearch program by teaming up with voice search startup Vlingo exclusively to offer this on about 600 Million more...
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Microsoft To Acquire Sidekick Backer Danger

Danger, the backer of Sidekick (which uses T-Mobile as the carrier) and which has raised $142 Million so far in funding, and which was planning to file for a $100 Million IPO, and which was losing money more...
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Nokia acquires startup Trolltech

Trolltech, the maker of the well-known platform QTopia - a mobile one for Linux, has been acquired by Nokia as part of its sweep into the open source realm. Nokia paid about $155 million for a deal that more...
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Mobile Ad startup Ad Infuse takes on $12M more

Adding to its previous funding so far and led by SoftBank Capital, and previous investors ComVentures (now Velocity Interactive Group) and Storm Ventures, mobile advertising startup Ad Infuse has taken more...
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Motorola buys Soundbuzz to bolster music offerings

Soundbuzz is a tiny company that provides mobile downloads based on OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) DRM (digital rights management) technology. In an effort to strengthen its music offerings to customers, more...
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Startup ChaCha Dances with Mobile Search

Anne Zelenka describes what this startup ChaCha is planning to do: effective searching, which often involves orienteering — finding information step-by-step, and using local context at each step as a more...
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