February 23, 2016
BuzzFeed Creates Its First All-Video App
BuzzFeed is launching a new mobile app today called BuzzFeed Video, giving you a chance to see all of its videos in one place. Since pretty much every online…
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February 19, 2016
Shine Signs First European Carriers To Its Network-Level Ad Blocking Tech
The ad-blocking wars are stepping up a gear today as mobile network-level ad blocker startup Shine has announced it’s signed its first European carriers to roll out its…
Read articleFebruary 18, 2016
Imgur Gets Its Sheryl, Hires COO So Founder Can Nerd Out On Product
Imgur is Internet dude paradise. The underhyped image sharing and commenting community has 150 million active users and saw 900 billion page views in 2015. Thanks to silly GIFs,…
Read articleFebruary 17, 2016
Fandango Buys Flixster And Rotten Tomatoes
NBCUniversal-owned Fandango continues to expand beyond movie ticketing, announcing today that it has acquired Flixster and Rotten Tomatoes from Warner Bros. Entertainment. Flixster allows users to learn more…
Read articleFebruary 17, 2016
Bloglovin’ Embraces Influencer Marketing With Sverve Acquisition
Bloglovin’ is announcing the acquisition of marketing startup Sverve, a move that should the expand monetization options for writers using the Bloglovin’ platform. The New York-headquartered company offers an aggregator…
Read articleFebruary 12, 2016
YouTube Acquires BandPage For $8M To Attract Musicians With Money-Making Tools
YouTube wants to win the love of musicians by solving their biggest problem: how to turn popularity into cash. So today it announced it’s acquired BandPage, a startup…
Read articleFebruary 5, 2016
How To Stream Super Bowl 50 This Sunday
So you decided to finally ditch your cable package this year. Great! But now the Super Bowl is rolling around and you’re wondering how you’re going to watch Cam Newton…
Read articleFebruary 1, 2016
Audience Measurement Consolidates As ComScore Closes $768M Rentrak Acquisition
Some more consolidation in the online measurement and analytics space: today comScore has announced that it has closed its $767.7 million deal to acquire Rentrak in an all-stock deal…
Read articleJanuary 28, 2016
Lockscreen App Slidejoy Gets A Newsy New Feature
Slidejoy, a startup that rewards users for putting news and advertising on their Android lockscreens, has unveiled a more comprehensive newsreading experience. Co-founder Sanghoon Kwak led the development…
Read articleJanuary 26, 2016
Penrose Is The Pixar Of VR
There are advantages to being an invisible giant in a virtual world. You can watch over a whole town or lean in to see the miniature protagonist’s face.…
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