Archive for January, 2008
Space tourism becoming a reality (but not really)
People have been talking about space tourism since the thought of space exploration even began. We all know there are some wealthy men and women out there who would pay big bucks to take a vacation outside the planet. It sounds like something that should have been done by now.
Now for...
Web Services for Entertainment Industry MASH UPS
Posted under Coding, DRM, Developers, Hollywood, Mash Ups, Music, Web Services on Wednesday, 30 January 2008 by admin
Are you a developer working for a media company or retailer who wants to launch digital media services like music downloads, subscription downloads, internet radio subscriotions, and mobile content? If you are looking for a power set of web services which will enable you to quickly incorporate...
E-TRADE EX CEO GOES SOCIAL WITH MOLI AT DEMO TOMORROW
Posted under Business, Social Networking, Start Ups, Valley Swag, Venture Capital on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 by admin
Christos Cotsakos, former CEO of E*TRADE, the online brokerage firm that revolutionized stock trading in Web 1.0, will unveil his Web 2.0 company called MOLI tomorrow at DEMO. And surprise, surprise — it’s a social network! Yet Cotsakos is undetered by what is an arguably overcrowded...
QTRAX- All Talk, and no Music
Posted under Business, Hip Hop, Hollywood, Ipod, Mobile, Music, Start Ups, Urban, Venture Capital on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 by admin
Qtrax was all set to make headlines today. At a music conference in Cannes over the weekend, the New York company spent something close to $1 million, and trotted out James Blunt, LL Cool J and Don Henley, to proclaim that its breakthrough service -- which counts on ad revenue to pay labels and...
Funding News-January 28
Posted under Business, Start Ups, UrbanTech, Valley Swag, Venture Capital on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 by admin
Tempe, Ariz.
LifeLock Secures $25M From Goldman Sachs, Insiders
Identity theft prevention company LifeLock Inc. has secured $25 million in Series C financing less than a year after pulling in a $6.9 million Series B round.
http://www.lifelock.com
Spring, Texas
Pivot3 Spots $24M...
Peer 2 Peer-Most in the Music Industry still dont get it
Posted under Business, DRM, Hollywood, Ipod, Mobile, Music, Networking, P2P, Sales & Marketing, Social Networking, Start Ups on Tuesday, 29 January 2008 by admin
There are two types of peer-to-peer technologies currently on the market. The First generation of P2P apps like Napster and Scour used centralized servers to Locate users, and catalog available content. The New generations peer to peer networks like Limewire and Kazaa were built on technologies...
Barack gets Kennedy Family Endorsement
Posted under Business, Hip Hop, Hollywood, Music, Politics, Social Networking, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Monday, 28 January 2008 by admin
This Presidential race is getting heated, Sen. Ted Kennedy gives Barack Obama his endorsement
I was so dissapointed at Bill Clinton's remarks after the Clinton's defeat Saturday night. Look at this, someone we have held (Black Folks) in such high regards smacks us in the face with some bull...
Gates Foundation Announces new grants for Africa in 2008
Posted under Africa, Business, Social Networking, Start Ups, Venture Capital on Friday, 25 January 2008 by admin
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced six grants totaling $306-million for programs designed to increase agricultural productivity and income for small-scale farmers in Africa and Asia.
The projects seek to improve farming soil, develop more robust varieties of rice, increase...
Funding News-January 25
Redwood City, Calif.
Adchemy Scores $19M For Customer Acquisition
Adchemy Inc. has secured $19 million for its customer acquisition technology that offers companies a chance to hedge their risk on advertising.
http://adchemy.com
New York
Asian Investors Bring IGA Worldwide's...
Digital Up, CD’s Down! Now tell us something we dont know already!
The IFPI released its annual report on digital music, and it's just the same old (played out) song with some new numbers:
Global Revenue from digital music sales rose 40 percent to $2.9 billion over the past year, but that was more than offset by the drop in CD sales.
*30 per cent of all...
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