Submitted by Frinsen
from Google Reader:
Investors are staying optimistic about the future of online gaming, judging by funding news this week. Three more companies have announced venture rounds, including Wooga, Playfire and Six Degrees Games. We covered the biggest one yesterday: Social game developer Playdom’s $43 million first round.The optimism is not surpris (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
[Germany] Now that was fast. Only two days after their first article on TechCrunch Europe, mobile startup Mobilinga gets its first VC investment. German entrepreneur Hans Rudolf Wöhrl, a famous fashion producer who bought the German arm of British Airways (Deutsche BA) for €1 in 2003 – just to sell it three years later for (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
German Last.FM clone Simfy has won a new round of financing – to re-launchitslef as a clone of Spotify. Music Networx, a German online distributor of live music and a portfolio company of VC firm Earlybird, has invested an undisclosed sum to finance Simfy’s upcoming relaunch as well as the introduction of a flatrate music [ (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
German streaming video startup make.tv has filed for insolvency. The platform for live video streaming and hosting of transmitted programs will be available until mid October and then switched off. Make.tv was just in the process of pitching for €2.5m in a third round of financing. An email informs all partners that , well, (Read More)
Submitted by Mogston
from blog:
Mobypicture may be one of the few startups in the world headquartered on an Amsterdam houseboat but it is one of many jostling for position in the crowded world of mobile image/video/audio sharing services.The company is one of several Dutch startups (eBuddy, My name is e, IRLconnect, Nimbuzz) on the Europas shortlist and i (Read More)
iPhone Application Gallery - appSafari.com:
Category: Productivity Released: May 01, 2009 Price: $4.99 Description:It’s never been easier to organize all the details of your busy life – in one iPhone application!Meet Bento® for iPhone and iPod touch, the portable version of the wildly popular personal database from FileMaker® that’s as easy t (Read More)
blog.twidox.com:
I had the honor to be interviewed for ‘Kanal 14′, which is a weekly podcast around the theme of Web 2.0 in and around Germany. Thanks to Sebastian Keil (Twitter) and the Kanal 14 team for having me on the show. The interview, in German, is here:http://www.kanal14.de/2009/02/28/k14-one-on-one-mit-nicholas-macgo (Read More)
Submitted by Niels Benson:
Aha-Erlebnis: Tiny tagged URL = Social Bookmark ListsNach einer kleinen Internet-Pause komme ich mir vor wie ein Schüler, der das Web neu lernt - mit täglichen Aha-Erlebnissen. Durch eine Twitter-Nachricht eines alten Bekannten und Telemat-Leser aus der Web 1.0 Zeit, Niels Benson von Openexperts (Networkingplattform, Commun (Read More)
Submitted by Karlzu Ortenburg
from blog:
Youngsters make far more use of the Web, but are less receptive to online ads than their elders, according to a new pan European study.The 14th session of the NetObserver Europe study looked at the online behaviour and perceptions of more than 210,000 Internet users in 5 European countries; UK, France, Germany, Spain and It (Read More)
Submitted by Oliverg
from Digg:
German Web 2.0 entrepreneur Nico Lumma (mabber.com) does a steve Ballmer impression in a video ad to get developers to apply for jobs at his venture. (Read More)