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Google Softening Up on China Censorship Row?
More complaints against Yelp
Yahoo acquires Citizen Sports
MetroGames rasies $5 million from Playdom
Microsoft Employees Leave to Build Apps for Windows Phone 7
PowerReviews raises $6 million
The Orchard goes private for $13 million
30,000 Android apps available, according to Google
Google Softening Up on China Censorship Row?
Posted by Sly Guy in Internet Marketing, business, google on March 17, 2010
Has Google given in to the Chinese government conflict? While Google has claimed they have stayed put, it seems that some key words on the Google Chinese Search now reveal previously censored results. This includes issues related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
While it could be a technical error, you have to admit that there may be something going on. The issue has been far from settled but how could such a glitch escape the eagle eyes of the Google people?
More complaints against Yelp
Posted by Paul in Web 2.0, business, social media on March 17, 2010
With two lawsuits and numerous complaints, we’re beginning to think the Yelp users are onto something (extortion, perhaps?) At any rate, Yelp is now facing another lawsuit, the third in just a few weeks, and it’s about the same thing: the suit alleges that Yelp wanted money to take down unfavorable reviews of peoples businesses. More on TechCruch here.
Yahoo acquires Citizen Sports
Yahoo has announced that the company has acquired Citizen Sports, which mostly deals with fantasy games and offers a variety of sports products as well, including apps for the iPhone and Google Android as well.
Citizen Sports has raised $10 million so far, and the acquisition price is rumored to be in the $30 million range. Yahoo will add it to its Yahoo Sports division.
MetroGames rasies $5 million from Playdom
Posted by Paul in Venture capital, business, social media on March 17, 2010
New social gaming startup MetroGames has announced that they’ve raised $5 million in Series A funding from Playdom, one of the larger social game developers.
While it’s a new startup, MetroGames doesn’t seem new to the social gaming landscape: the company has over 30 games available on Facebook and
Microsoft Employees Leave to Build Apps for Windows Phone 7
Posted by Sly Guy in Make Money Online, business, mobile on March 16, 2010
Depending on how you look at it you just have to GRAB opportunity when you see it. And apparently that is the case for the Microsoft Windows 7 development team which decided to develop apps for the Window Phone 7 rather than constrain themselves under Microsoft’s wing.
A lot of them, mostly programmers have sent in their resignation letters to either join other companies or develop apps for the Windows Mobile 7 on their own.
PowerReviews raises $6 million
Posted by Paul in Tech, Venture capital, Web 2.0, business on March 16, 2010
PowerReviews, which offers customer review technology for e-tailers, has announced that it raised $6 million from Menlo Ventures and Tenaya Capital, bringing the total investment in the company to $30 million.
The company has recently launched a few new products for online retailers, which, in addition to reviews, can now also post reviews on Facebook.
