readwriteweb:
When Facebook first welcomed 3rd party applications, Lending Club caused a stir with its peer-to-peer money exchange. While others like Prosper had paved the way for small online loans, only Lending Club dared to integrate it (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Good news for P2P lending and trading platform Prosper as it concludes its 9-month hiatus during which it was not allowed to continue its loan operations in the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission is now gre (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Facebook is a phenomenal success (at growing its network of users) and a miserable failure (at making money). Its attempts to make money have been mired in the Madison Avenue school of selling mass market stuff to consumers. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
For our third VC Interview, we decided to check out the early-stage VC scene in Europe. So we spoke with Paul Jazofek, Partner at NeuHaus in Germany. We found him via his excellent blog. We wanted his perspective on how the v (Read More)
TechCrunch:
P2P money lending service Lending Club has closed a $12 million Series B round with Morgenthaler Ventures as the lead and joined by existing investors Norwest Venture Partners and Canaan Partners. The total capital invested i (Read More)
Submitted by matthewSBOC
from Google Reader:
If you are a regular reader of CN, you know that there are few companies I love more than Technorati. Yesterday the service was down for a period of time (apparently the monster escaped) and previously I wondered if Technorat (Read More)
Submitted by ukstevieb
from Google Reader:
Snaplog is a new Brooklyn-based startup looking to create a better iPhone photo application than comes with the phone itself. After taking a photo using the Snaplog app, you can change a variety of settings for each photo inc (Read More)
Submitted by ukstevieb
from Google Reader:
Just a month after the public launch of the Flock 2.0 browser, Flock has announced the addition of OpenID to the Flock 2.0 browser today. I've been saying for a long time that if OpenID wants to succeed, they have to get it i (Read More)
Mashable!:
Have no doubt: Twitter is becoming serious business. And we’re not just talking about enterprise Twitter apps like Yammer.Splitweet is a new tool for “heavy and corporate” users of Twitter with some handy t (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Last month, peer-to-peer lender Prosper stopped all new lending on its site because of scrutiny by the SEC. Prosper agreed to register under the Securities Act, a process which can take months. Yesterday, the SEC issued its (Read More)
Submitted by michaelfidler:
Video search provider blinkx has publicly announced its proposal to (once again) acquire online advertising company Miva today. Back in August, blinkx offered $1.20 for each Miva share for the company but the deal never went (Read More)