WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M
Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic and creator of open-source blogging system WordPress, stopped by my apartment earlier this week.
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Venture Capital & Acquisitions

Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs in Their Own Bubble
"It's feeling awfully bubbly, isn't it?" one attendee close to the venture-capital industry confided. This was not a reference to the one free glass of champagne...
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Venture Capital & Acquisitions

Publicis, Google Reveal Digital Advertising Cooperation
France's Publicis and Web search engine giant Google Inc on Tuesday revealed they were combining their expertise to expand in the fast-growing digital advertising market.
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Cheer Up, Ben: Your Economy Isn't As Bad as This One
In the real world, banks are reeling from the subprime-mortgage mess. In the online game Second Life, a shutdown of the make-believe banking system is causing...
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Digital Media

Microsoft Joining DataPortability.org
Chris Saad, Chairman of the Data Portability Working Group, confirmed to me this morning that Microsoft's David Treadwell, a VP at Windows Live, will be ...
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Website Design & Development

MPAA Admits Mistake on Downloading Study
Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong.
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Digital Media

Life After Google, With Millions
What would you do if you were flush with $10 million or $100 million? Would you retire, go to work every day at the company that made you rich, or chase other dreams?
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Content Sites & Blogs

Rackspace Goes Down Again, Loses Tumblr's Business
Microblogging service Tumblr went down for a few hours yesterday. The outage cost the world several hours of vintage pinup girls and ironic reblogging. And it cost...
eBusiness News | Posted 01/23/2008 | Web Hosting & Domain Names

eBay CEO Whitman Eyes Exit Amid Auction Worries
eBay CEO Meg Whitman is reportedly pondering retirement as the online auction giant struggles with slowing growth. Makes you wonder about those fourth quarter results eh?
eBusiness News | Posted 01/22/2008 | eBay & eCommerce

Yahoo Layoffs For Real—But What’s the Real Number?
Last Friday, when I reported that a small team of about 30 people at Yahoo had lost their jobs, I hinted that “more substantial layoffs are around the corner.”
eBusiness News | Posted 01/22/2008 | Content Sites & Blogs

Pownce From Possible Deadpool To Here For The Long-Term
Pownce will be opening its doors to the public tomorrow and will launch some new features says Mike Arrington over at TechCrunch who got a sneak peak.
eBusiness News | Posted 01/22/2008 | Content Sites & Blogs

Vista Virtualization Move Opens Real Doors
Microsoft's decision to allow Home versions of Vista to run inside virtual machines may have far-reaching benefits in the coming years.
eBusiness News | Posted 01/22/2008 | Digital Media

Latest iPhone Firmware Unlocked
The latest version of the firmware for Apple's iPhone has fallen to hackers less than a week after its release.
eBusiness News | Posted 01/22/2008 | Digital Media

Yahoo, Please Put Up A Fight
Yahoo has lost about $20 billion in market cap over the last two years. The fight that it was supposed to put up against Google has been full of Brownian Motion...
eBusiness News | Posted 01/22/2008 | Content Sites & Blogs

LinkedIn Founder Has Golden Touch
Few Internet entrepreneurs practice what they preach as devoutly as LinkedIn Corp. co-founder Reid Hoffman, whose business revolves around his belief that good fortune...
eBusiness News | Posted 01/22/2008 | eBiz Startup & Management