Around 86 million U.S. households will have broadband Internet access by 2012 according to a new report from JupiterResearch.
Trulia Takes In $10 Million In Funding
Some weeks are “product” weeks – the companies all have something they want to release. This has been a “money” week – crazy amounts have been thrown around. And – although the amount of craziness and throwing involved here is debatable – real estate search engine Trulia has just joined the crowd by raising $10 million in funding.
Buzznet Flies Away with $6 Million In Funding
Buzznet isn’t the biggest social network around, but it is one of the fastest-growing. In a recent round of financing, the company won the ability to expand even more – Buzznet took in $6 million.
Porn.com Sells For $9.5 Million
Ready, set, everybody pretend not to know the first thing about Internet porn. Good. Now that you’ve got your innocence face perfected, you need to know that Porn.com just sold for $9.5 million, the largest cash amount ever paid for a domain in the history of the Sinternet.
Blinkx Expects To See $50 Million
It seems like only yesterday that we first heard Blinkx would go public. It was actually around 20 days ago, but still, the video search engine has now, in the figurative blink of an eye, announced that it expects the financial maneuver to bring in 25 million pounds.
Joost Receives $45 Million In Funding
Internet television service Joost has raised $45 million in venture funding from five companies.
Yahoo Exchanges $680 Million For Right Media
A roughly even mix of cash and stock will give Yahoo full control of online advertising exchange Right Media, following their pickup of a 20 percent stake in Right Media in October 2006.
Active Blogging Flat At 15.5 Million Blogs
Those who can be bothered to update their blogs at least once every 90 days has hit a broad piece of flat ground, with Technorati’s numbers showing minimal movement between October 2006 and March 2007.
Hitwise Sells For $240 Million
Experian has announced that it has purchased Hitwise for $240 million. With the purchase Experian hopes to offer their clients more value by leveraging the data Hitwise collects from Web sites and online consumers.
Hitwise was founded in 1998 and has over 1,200 clients in numerous areas such as financial services, media, travel and retail.
Yahoo Gives $1 Million To Georgetown University
Yahoo is giving $1 million to Georgetown University to study the relationship between international values and Internet communications technologies. The fund will be known as the Yahoo International Values, Communications, Technology, and Global Internet Fellowship Fund.