News Twitter Confirms New Investment Round, But Has It Already Peaked? Twitter just announced that the rumors were indeed true and that it has just closed a "significant round of funding" from a group of five investment firms. While Twitter didn't disclose the actual amount it received today, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Twitter was going to close a $100 million round which would put Twitter's… Social Frederic Lardinois View comments
News More Ads Are Coming to Google Maps Soon, you may start seeing company logos dotting the landscape on Google Maps. While Google has experimented with different types of ads in Google Maps on and off over the years, it now looks like Google is going to make another push to monetize Google Maps. While the details about this project are still quite hazy, it seems like Google plans to… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Facebook Social Networking Use Triples from Only a Year Ago Obsessed with Facebook? You're not alone. The hours you spend logging on to update your status, post photos, and make comments on friends' walls is not simply a "phase" you're going through which will end sometime soon. It's a ongoing trend affecting everyone these days and it has serious implications for the online advertising industry… Social Sarah Perez View comments
Features The Best of DEMOfall 09: 5 Companies to Watch Now that the DEMOfall 09 conference has wrapped, we can look back to see which companies have the most potential out of the 70+ exhibitors. Despite what the DEMOgod awards crowned as king, we can't say we agree with the judges' every pick. For example, award winner DateCheck from Intelius, a mobile app that lets you search for dirt on that new… Sarah Perez View comments
Startups Twones: Delicious for Streaming Music If you're the kind of music lover with playlists strewn across multiple web services, then Twones is the tool for you. Twones is best described as Delicious or Friendfeed for streaming music. The early beta site allows users to bookmark and organize music from more than 23 music services including Last.fm, Hype Machine, MOG and even MySpace. The… Dana Oshiro View comments