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Klout Gets Some More Clout–$8.5M in Funding and a Big (Actually, Bing!) Board Members

Kara Swisher in News on January 10, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

Online influence measurement site Klout got $8.5 million in new funding, led by Kleiner Perkins and from its socially focused sFund. Kleiner’s venture partner Bing Gordon will join the board. Greycroft Partners is also participating in this round.

Hot Potato Is Ready to Eat: Do Twitter, Facebook Users Want Another Real-Time Chatter Service?

Peter Kafka in Media on November 25, 2009 at 7:25 am PT

Last month I told you about Hot Potato, one of the buzziest start-ups in the very buzzy “real time” sector. Now you can check out the service yourself. Or at least you can get a glimpse of it in this video.