Goodmail is a company that offers a service called CertifiedEmail whose goal is to eliminate security risks in email, and it is one that many organizations turn to when they have important emails to send. Goodmail’s customers include a number of big name retailers from Walmart to Old Navy, not to mention ISPs like AOL, AT&T and Comcast, and government agencies like the FBI and the FDA.
Spam Botnet Earns Estimated $3.5 Million Annually
A study on spam from Berkeley and UCSD came back with some pretty intriguing results. The most publicized one was that 1 in 12.5 million conversions is all it may take for spam to be profitable. Other findings show Hotmail may have the best spam filters, and that it’s likely that spambot operations are not third-party services.
Jupitermedia Sells Image Business To Getty For $96 Million
Jupitermedia Corporation said today that it is selling its online images business to Getty Images for $96 million in cash. This sale will re-focus the company on the B2B content business which is arguably a step in the right direction.
The Journey to a $15 Million Blog Sale
As all Murdok readers are probably aware by now, Bankaholic, a blog run by 22-year-old Johns Wu was sold to BankRate.com for $15 million, a price some people find shockingly high, but enough to change a man’s life dramatically. We’ve covered this inspirational story extensively since we first learned of it.
Interview with the $15 Million Blogger
Friday, we reported on Bankaholic, a blog written by Johns Wu, being sold for $15 million to BankRate.
Friendster Gets New CEO, $20 Million In Funding
Friendster is a social network that almost never gets mentioned in the same breath as MySpace and Facebook. Googlers living in Australia are also a little distance away from what’s seen as the mainstream. Add these two things together, though – and toss in $20 million – and you have an intriguing development.
Twitter Buys Summize For $15 Million
The not-so-quiet rumors circulating last week about Twitter buying social search engine Summize are no longer rumors but are confirmed. Twitter founder Biz Stone confirmed it on his blog today, and one report has the deal valued at $15 million in cash and stock. Two surprises there: 1. $15 million is exactly what Twitter just secured in its latest round of financing. 2. Twitter has stock.
eBay Fined $61 Million By French Court
A Paris court has ordered eBay to pay $61 million (38.6 million euros) to luxury goods designer LVMH for allowing counterfeit merchandise to be sold on the auction site.The decision comes about a month after a French court ordered eBay to pay $30,000 to luxury goods maker Hermes for its role in the sale of fake handbags.
7 Million Search For iPhone In April 2008
According to comScore, the company that measures searches on the web, we searched seven million times for the Apple iPhone during the month of April, 2008. They also are reporting that Google delivered a disproportionate number of iPhone-related clicks.
MySpace Wins $6 Million In Spam Suit
A Westminster, Colorado Internet marketing company has been ordered to pay MySpace $6 million in damages and legal fees for spamming its users.An arbitrator ruled that Scott Richter and his online marketing company, Media Breakaway LLC, must pay MySpace $4.8 million in damages and $1.2 million in legal fees for spamming MySpace members.