Forrester Research today announced that it has acquired JupiterResearch for $23 million in cash plus assumed liabilities, subject to post-closing adjustments, in a strategic purchase that complements Forrester’s syndicated business model. JupiterResearch has 83 employees and 2007 revenues of approximately $14 million. Forrester, with 2007 revenues of $212 million, now ...
KPCB has taken quite a bit of heat in the past few months since they haven't been funding traditional tech ventures, however they have been adding some great companies to the fold in the the past 30 days. Their most recent investment was announced this morning. ngmoco, a ...
We all knew this to be true, but all you research report geeks out there will appreciate this. Two recent surveys conducted by ABI Research have revealed that compared to average mobile phone service subscribers, those who also participate in online social networking via sites such as MySpace, Facebook, ...
It's official, Youtube has now been sued for more than it was purchased for by Google. Just in case you didn't think Viacom's $1 billion dollar lawsuit was enough, Valleywag has just reported that Mediaset — the Italian media empire of irascible tycoon Silvio Berlusconi — wants €500 million ...
We talked about ModiFace last week (coverage), and today they launched that it is releasing embeddable versions of its popular HairMixer application (realistic hair-style simulation), as well as its LiftMagic application (virtual cosmetic surgery). These applications can be very easily integrated into partnering sites with all maintenance, load, and other ...
I don't usually promote start up social networks, mainly because they are a dime a dozen and very few seem to have enough differentiation to ever gain traction in the social networking sector. However, I like this one, the new Beacon Street Girls’ safe social networking site and online ...
While the rest of the consumer electronics and pay-TV worlds are still stuck in more traditional native code environments, the push for online video and social communities in the living room has resulted in ever-increasing interest in HTML and other web-based technologies on consumer TVs.
ClipBlast!, a new online video search player, today announced that it is now indexing all video content from blip.tv. I actually like ClipBlast's business model, their costs are very low since they don't have to pay for bandwidth, and all their advertising is targeted and appears to be performance ...
Slingpage has just released its social browsing application for Firefox. Previously available for Internet Explorer, Slingpage for Firefox now provides users of the popular Web browser the ability to instantly discover and share the Web.
Gannett said today it has made a minority investment in Mogulus, an Internet video platform. The investment extends and expands on Gannett’s three-month-old commercial agreement with Mogulus to provide broadcasting services on the company’s Web sites.
