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Media, Internet

Startup Looks to Sell All Things Digital

A startup coming out of stealth mode is hoping to upend the market for digital products in the same way eBay did for all types of physical products.
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Internet, Finance

Lightspeed Makes Moves in India

Firm opens new office in India, looking to capitalize on the growing consumer and startup markets.
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Media, Internet

German Startup Takes on Google's AdSense

Proximic's new search technology provides matching content and ads for web publishers.
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Media, Internet, Finance

NebuAd Hits $20M Round

Online advertising startup partners with ISPs to provide deeper level of targeting for advertisers.
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General news, Media, Internet

Traffiq Launches New Ad Exchange

Startup joins crowded scene in bid for a piece of the hot sector of online advertising exchanges.
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Media, Internet

Taking on Google: Is Semantic Technology the Answer?

A group of semantic or natural language startups are launching products to challenge Google, hoping to change the way people look for information online. But will web surfers leave the ease and comfort of Google?
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Media, Internet

NBC, ABC Spread the Content

Fretting over eroding network television viewership and weak advertising, big media companies are scrambling to distribute their content online — for free.
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Media, Internet

Google Launches Widget Ads

Google announces a new form of graphical advertising within widgets that allows advertisers to create interactive ads that can be spread virally across the Internet.
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Media, Communications, Internet

Yahoo Mails $350M to Zimbra

Yahoo agrees to buy open source email and calendar service Zimbra for $350 million, a move the Internet company hopes will help it compete with Google and Facebook.
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Media, Internet

AOL Ramps Up Advertising Strategy

Internet portal consolidates its online advertising units, part of the company's final push to transform itself into an ad-supported business.
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Media, Internet

Omniture Buying Offermatica

Web analytics firm Omniture agrees to acquire web optimization company Offermatica for $65 million in stock and cash.
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Media, Internet

Yahoo Buys BlueLithium for $300M

Internet giant agrees to buy fifth-largest ad network, a move that will help Yahoo sell advertising across a greater number of sites.
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Media, Internet

Yahoo Kickstarting Social Networking?

Internet giant tests new college-focused career social network in a bid to jumpstart competition with the likes of Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn.
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Media, Internet

WPP Buys Into MySpace China

Global ad holding company taps into social networking by investing in Chinese venture capital firm China Broadband Capital, which owns part of MySpace China.
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Internet

Exponential Ad Targeting

Parent company of Tribal Fusion launches Dynamic Ads that target individual users in a bid to compete with Yahoo and others.
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Media, Internet

D.C. Madam Bets on Valley Firm

California woman accused of running Washington prostitution ring turns to little-known search analysis firm in hopes of drumming up more client names.
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Media, Internet

Google News Launches Comments

Google launches news feature that lets people in stories post responses, creating new challenges for search juggernaut and opening it up to criticism from publishers.
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Internet, Finance

Sequoia-backed startup nabs funding for "in-text" ads

Startup Kontera, a provider of “in-text” advertising, lands a $10.3 million second round from Carmel Ventures, Sequoia, and Lehman Brothers.
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Media, Internet

AOL Bets on Good Behavior

Internet giant agrees to buy behavioral advertising firm Tacoda.

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Internet

Privacy Is Key for LeapTag

Startup’s hybrid web-desktop app lets users maintain their own data.
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