Daily Digest from John & Todd for 05/16/2011
Lakeside leads the charge for elite new 'Global Online Academy'
May 16, 2011 10:31 am | The Geek Insider In her role as the board chair of Lakeside School, Connie Ballmer announced that the Seattle institution is teaming up with nine other private schools to form the Global Online Academy, which will initially present distance learning opportunities for, well, rich kids. In addition to Lakeside, which graduated Bill Gates and Paul Allen, other schools... Read More...
Billing Revolution rings up $6.6 million, powers mobile payments for Zynga and others
May 16, 2011 09:01 am | John Cook The mobile phone is turning into a mobile purchasing device. And Billing Revolution wants to help lead that charge. The Seattle mobile payments startup has landed $6.6 million in financing from DCM, SK Telecom and angel investors, money that CFO Alan Dishlip said will be used to “accelerate the pace” of the product roll out. “People... Read More...
Windows Phone 'Mango' update stuffed full of features (List)
May 16, 2011 08:45 am | Todd Bishop Microsoft is packing a ton of stuff into the next Windows Phone version, in areas including business communications, search, games, web browsing and underlying support for third-party apps. That much is clear after the company this morning announced a series of new business features planned for the next major upgrade of Windows Phone, known by... Read More...
AdXpose names former Razorfish exec Jeff Lanctot to board
May 16, 2011 08:23 am | John Cook Fresh off a name change and a $3 million venture round, Seattle startup AdXpose has named former Razorfish chief strategy officer Jeff Lanctot to its board. "AdXpose is changing the way online media is bought and sold," said Lanctot. "The digital media world has evolved rapidly and at the same time continues to be opaque and... Read More...
Marketfish nabs $4.5 million, names chief privacy officer
May 16, 2011 08:07 am | John Cook Marketfish, a Seattle startup which operates an online marketplace for email marketing lists, has reeled in $4.5 million in new financing from Rustic Canyon and Javelin Ventures, GeekWire has learned. “The focus of the money is to grow our sales team and build an infrastructure for fast revenue growth within the agency, enterprise and (small... Read More...
Amazon's new Appstore gets first crack at PopCap's new Android games
May 16, 2011 07:11 am | Todd Bishop PopCap Games this morning announced an agreement that gives Amazon.com a limited-time exclusive deal for the new Android versions of two favorite titles from the Seattle game company. It’s a sign of Amazon’s growing influence in the market for apps on Google’s Android operating system, in competition with Google’s own Android Market. The deal with... Read More...
Full text: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's advice to USC grads
May 15, 2011 08:47 pm | Todd Bishop Yesterday we offered a few highlights from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s commencement address Friday at the University of Southern California, via media coverage of the ceremonies. Since then we were able to get ahold of the full transcript. And it’s trademark Ballmer. Turns out the LA Times photo at right captured the tone very accurately.... Read More...
Never dine alone again: Grubwithus brings people together over good meals
May 15, 2011 06:31 pm | John Cook If you’re new to a city or just looking to find some interesting people to chat with, a new service that’s coming to Seattle on June 8th might be worth putting on your social calendar. It’s called Grubwithus. And, like the names suggests, it is a social networking service of sorts which brings people together around... Read More...
A $1M prize for the best product recommendation algorithm
May 15, 2011 11:36 am | John Cook How do you get people to buy more stuff on e-commerce Web sites? That’s the $1 million question, literally. RichRelevance and Overstock.com are offering the $1 million RecLab Prize — aimed at academics and other geeks — for the team that builds the most powerful online recommendation engine. The idea is to create advanced algorithms... Read More...
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