VC Circle:
Three out of the four investment funds, that committed capital in cable distribution firm Den Networks before the IPO, are sitting at a book loss on their investments. Den Networks, which barely managed to scrape through the (Read More)
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While the United States is still struggling to roll out 3G, Japan’s number one mobile operator NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM) has said that they’re accelerating their plans to turn off their 2G network. What was supposed to take plac (Read More)
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Qualcomm has quietly shown an example receiver that would give the iPhone and iPod touch FLO TV reception. Despite assertions that the company would use iPhone OS 3.0 support for native hardware, the demonstrator mimics the (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Paltalk, the profitable chat startup that bought back its own stock earlier this year, acquired Vumber to offer phone number privacy services today. They didn’t disclose the acquisition price — but Vumber had 3,000 paying sub (Read More)
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Android is still in its infancy in Japan where most domestic makers still stick with their proprietary operating systems, with basically no one outside the geek community knowing what it is. But things are changing slowly. La (Read More)
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Android is still in its infancy in Japan where most domestic makers still stick with their proprietary operating systems, with basically no one outside the geek community knowing what it is. But things are changing slowly. La (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Android is still in its infancy in Japan where most domestic makers still stick with their proprietary operating systems, with basically no one outside the geek community knowing what it is. But things are changing slowly. La (Read More)
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Social Network application developer and advertising platform RockYou has raised a whopping $50 million in a Series D round of financing from existing investor Softbank, we’ve confirmed with the company... (Read More)
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RockYou, one of the largest developers and ad networks built around Facebook’s platform, just raised $50 million in venture funding from Softbank. That brings RockYou’s total funding to $119 million from investors including S (Read More)
TechSheep:
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:RockYou Raises A Whopper - $50 Million In Venture Capital — Social Network application developer and advertising platform RockYou has raised a whopping $50 million in a Series D round of fina (Read More)
VentureBeat:
RockYou, one of the largest developers and ad networks built around Facebook’s platform, just raised $50 million in venture funding from Softbank. That brings RockYou’s total funding to $119 million from investors including S (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Social networking app firm RockYou has raised $50 million in a fourth round of funding led by Softbank, TechCrunch reports (No official confirmation yet from the company, althou (Read More)
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Softbank, the No.3 wireless carrier in Japan did reveal today that the company is looking to unveil its first Android-powered smartphone in spring sometime next year, following similar launches by NTT DoCoMo and Verizon Wirel (Read More)
Engadget:
When two of Japan's largest mobile carriers conspire to release nearly 40 phones in the span of 24 hours, editors covering the story are sure to lose hair and a solid year of lifespan -- but for consumers in the local market, (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Following KDDI's announcement three weeks ago, Japan's biggest cell phone carrier NTT Docomo today unveiled [JP] its winter-line up of cell phones (SoftBank, the No.3, did the same). And here are all the new models announced (Read More)
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Based on Softbank new “The Premium5” phone from Sharp, or also known as 942SH, the Hello Kitty Phone is the latest “Most Wanted” features from Japanese consumer... (Read More)
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Only available until today through DoCoMo, the Dynapocket, Toshiba gigantic Windows Phone (Windows Mobile 6... (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
KDDI did it as early as last month, and today it was NTT Docomo's and SoftBank's turn to unveil their line-ups of new cell phones for the Japanese market. Here are all of SoftBank's 17 future models [JP], which will be sold i (Read More)
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This morning Softbank announced during their Winter 2009 – Spring 2010 New product line-up their intention to propose in Japan a new Android base Smartphone, and that pretty much all what Softbank was ready to announce this m (Read More)