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Archive for September 17th, 2007

Facebook, Accel and Founders Fund Launch fbFund; To Give Grants … (Mark Hendrickson/TechCrunch)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Facebook, Accel and Founders Fund Launch fbFund; To Give Grants To Facebook App Startups  —  During his keynote conversation with Michael Arrington this afternoon at the TechCrunch40 conference, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will be launching a new entity called fbFund with Accel and Founders Fund.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Mark […]

Facebook Launches fbFund with Accel and Founders Fund to Invest in New Facebook Apps (Mark Hendrickson/TechCrunch)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Facebook Launches fbFund with Accel and Founders Fund to Invest in New Facebook Apps  —  During his keynote conversation with Michael Arrington this afternoon at the TechCrunch40 conference, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company will be launching a venture fund called fbFund with Accel and Founders Fund.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Mark […]

TC40 Keynote Conversation: Mark Zuckerberg (Duncan Riley/TechCrunch)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

TC40 Keynote Conversation: Mark Zuckerberg  —  Our live blogging coverage of the Keynote Conversation with Mark Zuckerberg, refresh for updates.  —  The boss (Michael Arrington) comes on stage to introduce Mark Zuckerberg.  The conference space is packed: no matter what your views on Facebook …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Duncan Riley
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/17/tc40-keynote…

Times to End Charges on Web Site (Richard Pérez-Peña/New York Times)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Times to End Charges on Web Site  —  The New York Times will stop charging for access to parts of its Web site, effective at midnight Tuesday night, reflecting a growing view in the industry that subscription fees cannot outweigh the potential ad revenue from increased traffic on a free site.

Source:   New York Times
Author: […]

AOL Launches BlueString (Nick Gonzalez/TechCrunch)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

AOL Launches BlueString  —  AOL is launching a new collaborative multimedia story telling service called BlueString at TechCrunch 40.  The site ,is a Flex application that lets you pull in all your image, video, and audio content from across the web and mix them together into a multimedia slide show presentation.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Nick […]

Yahoo! Announces Agreement to Acquire Zimbra (Yahoo!)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Yahoo! Announces Agreement to Acquire Zimbra  —  Acquisition of Innovative E-mail Company Bolsters Leadership in Communications; Extends Expertise to Universities, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Service Provider Partners  —  Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO), a leading global Internet company …

Source:   Yahoo!
Link:   http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press…

Zimbra is so damn cool (Brad Garlinghouse/Yodel Anecdotal)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Zimbra is so damn cool  —  If you’re a student at Georgia Tech or an employee at Digg or Mozilla.org, you know just how excellent your email and group calendaring experience is.  That’s because it’s powered by Zimbra, creator of an innovative Ajax-based mail client that integrates email …

Source:   Yodel Anecdotal
Author:   Brad Garlinghouse
Link: […]

Yahoo! Acquires Zimbra (Zimbra - Blog)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Yahoo! Acquires Zimbra  —  We are excited to announce today that Yahoo! is acquiring Zimbra to extend its email leadership to the University, Business and ISP markets.  In order to focus on this effort, the Zimbra team will report to the communications group where we will remain fully committed …

Source:   Zimbra - Blog
Link:   […]

Adobe Reports Record Results (Business Wire)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Adobe Reports Record Results  —  Company Posts 41 Percent Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth  —  SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE - News) today reported financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2007 ended August 31, 2007.

Source:   Business Wire
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070917/20070917006382.html

Yahoo! Announces Agreement to Acquire Zimbra (Business Wire)

Monday, September 17th, 2007

Yahoo! Announces Agreement to Acquire Zimbra  —  Acquisition of Innovative E-mail Company Bolsters Leadership in Communications; Extends Expertise to Universities, Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Service Provider Partners  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO …

Source:   Business Wire
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070917/20070917006387.html