Blogging Automattic Raises $29.5M Series B Round, New York Times Joins In Om Malik reported this evening that Automattic raised a $29.5 million Series B venture round led by Polaris Ventures, and including previous investors True Ventures and Radar Ventures. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the news is that the New York Times Company is also joining the round, making a strategic investment in Automattic, who are… Josh Catone View comments
enterprise eXpresso Takes The Enterprise Route to Web Office I first noticed eXpresso when they bought a little start-up called Xcellery that had a neat way to collaborate using Excel. I had used the product and it worked pretty well. eXpresso was named as one of PC World's 25 Most Innovative Products of the Year for 2007. PC World succinctly summed the product up: "[it] allows Excel users to share their… Bernard Lunn View comments
Trends Author Uses Blog Comments to Peer Review Book Anyone who has scanned the comments at Perez Hilton would understandably be puzzled by the idea of relying on blog readers to peer review a book. The idea seems especially ludicrous if the book is being published by the MIT Press. But as we're well aware here at ReadWriteWeb, some blogs do have very intelligent readers (*wink, wink, nudge… Josh Catone View comments
News World of Warcraft Hits 10 Million Subscribers Blizzard Entertainment, owners of World of Warcraft, announced this morning that the game now has more than 10 million paying subscribers around the world. Online gameplay costs an average of $15 USD per month. That's a huge number and one that I honestly think signals that with sufficient value delivered, consumers will still pay for software… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
News HBO and Time Warner Seem Out of Sync Time Warner needs to work on its internal memo mechanism, because apparently someone at either HBO or Time Warner's Road Runner broadband service didn't get one last week. At the same time that Time Warner is busy planning a trial of usage based billing for web access in an attempt to stem network congestion resulting from the growing popularity… Josh Catone View comments