Archive for May 11th, 2007

  • Skypes Joost Raised $45 Million in Funding

    Joost, the online video site established by the founders of Skype, has raised $45m in funding from four venture capital and media groups, just a week after launching the service.
    Sequioa Capital, which backed Yahoo, Google and YouTube; Index Ventures, an early investor in Skype; Li Ka-shing, the Hong Kong tycoon; and CBS, the US media [...]

  • Mpires Widgets Helping eBay & Amazon

    Mpire has launched widgets for eBay and Amazon affiliates that incorporate the company’s meta-shopping data into Web sites, blogs and social network profiles. Mpire’s collection of over 75 widgets gives free access to packaged Amazon and eBay shopping trend results across 15 popular categories, such as entertainment, sports, fashion, technology, games and youth/teens. By inserting [...]

  • New Phishing Scams Still Fooling eBayers

    What do you do when you receive an email from an online financial company that you regularly deal with, informing you about the completion of a transaction that you never did in the first place? There’s a good chance you might lose your senses for a short while. That’s exactly what people behind this new [...]

  • eBay Considering StubleUpon Buyout

    Auction website eBay is reported to be in talks to buy social networking recommendation site StumbleUpon for $75m.
    Both companies have refused to comment on the speculation, but talks are thought to be nearing a critical stage.
    A decision is expected within the next few weeks, according to reports on Reuters.
    StumbleUpon uses recommendations from its 2.3 million [...]