Retargeting Ad Campaigns
By Jeff Nolan
I read that RadiumOne raised more money at a valuation rumored to be $200m. I can see that. Retargeting is very popular and for good reason, it works. You have seen this in action,…
By Jeff Nolan
iPad 2 Hits Stores, Motorola Retaliates
The iPad 2 made its debut earlier this month, and now it’s officially available in stores – Apple’s online store, at least. Hitting retail stores in just a few hours at 5 p.m. PT,…
Stephen Elop of Nokia Receives $6 million Signing Bonus
By Kyt Dotson
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nokia Corp. has filed paperwork Friday stating that they’re going to pay Stephen Elop a more than $6 million signing bonus, Mr. Elop, recruited from Microsoft Corp.…
Sony Sets Kazuo Hirai as Possible CEO Successor to Howard Stringer
By Kyt Dotson
Currently bearing the distinction of being the President of Sony Computer Entertainment—Sony’s videogame hardware arm that brought us the PlayStation—Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai (平井 一夫) may be looking forward to stranger pastures as he’s been…
RadiumOne Secures $33.5M, Scales Social Cloud
By Cherr Aira
The pioneer in online ad network that leverages social data on the web via ShareGraph, RadiumOne just gained a hefty funding led by Crosslink Capital. The additional finances bring RadiumOne’s total funding amount to…
Localized Mobile Ads for Mother’s Day, Royal Wedding Top Target Tactics: Report
Top mobile ad network Millennial Media, released its latest SMART Lite report for the month of January, as a part of its newly introduced Millennial Monthly newsletter. The report reveals some interesting statistics about…
SXSW Will Get you Tweeting: Umagram and Connect.me
The SXSW 2011 conference is kicking off, and that means lots and lots, and lots and lots (and lots) of parties to attend, people to meet, companies to watch, and parties to attend. One…
Brian Solis Rounds Out Power Team at Altimeter Group, Bringing Sexy Back to Social Media
I’ve been blogging for a few years now, and one thing I’ve learned is that there’s an art to the digital news cycle–something to be balanced between your relationships with companies, and your gut…
The Browser War Takes on Mobile, Mozilla Launches FF4
Opera Software, the developer behind the Opera computer and mobile browsers, is establishing a joint venture company with Chinese mobile phone distributor Telling Telecom. The joint venture will combine Opera’s browser technology with local…
Silicon Valley Veteran VC Bill Davidow Says “No Bubble”
By Tom Foremski
I just finished an interview with Bill Davidow on the subject of his new book “Overconnected: The Promise and Threat of the Internet.” I’ll post the interview later. I took the opportunity of asking…