So it looks like Twitter has entered some rarefied air for sure. According to ReadWriteWeb and TechCrunch the micro-blogging juggernaut is moving into an exclusive club by securing a new round of funding ($50 million) based on a valuation of $1 billion (yup, it’s a b). No doubt, this will begin to stir the supporters and detractors alike.
Report: Twitter Secures $250 Million Valuation
There was some excitement generated this weekend when rumor spread about Twitter nailing down a third round of venture capitalist funding, effectively raising its value to as much as $250 million.
NowPublic’s News Network Secures $10.6 Million
Backfence.com folded about a month ago, and many onlookers interpreted that as a death knell for hyperlocal news sites. The “participatory news network” of NowPublic is doing just fine, however – the company has received $10.6 million in funding.
SEO Firm Secures $70 Million In First Round
In a press release, Vantage Media has announced that it has concluded a $70 million Series A preferred financing that is led by Montgomery & Co. Scale Venture Partners. Two others who participated in the round were Tudor Ventures and Integral Capital Partners.
SimpleFeed Secures RSS Feed Publishing
SimpleFeed has made a secure RSS option available for businesses that wish to publish RSS feeds while requiring a login to view their content.
Google Secures Wireless Access
The company’s experimental wireless network in San Francisco can be accessed with a new VPN tool.
Google Secures Patent For Geocoding
Today, Google was awarded the geocoding patent, which will allow them to issue geocodes (longitude and latitude readings) for postal addresses they’ve gathered from documents and web sites, among other places.
NewsGator Secures RSS
RSS platform company, NewsGator Technologies announced that it will launch NewsGator Enterprise Server (NGES) in the third quarter.
One Way Link Building Secures Long Term Ranking Results
One-way link building is a great way to improve your link popularity and ranking in the search engines. One-way links are more difficult to obtain than traditional reciprocal links, but pay off in securing solid long-term search engine ranking results.
Sense of Security Secures Sales
Sometimes, people ask me about security or liability issues online. I do teach some of the realities in my college courses, but I’m far from being an expert in this field and I always recommend checking with a competent, legal professional in every case. But here are some of my thoughts …