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Factual Kicks Off Universal Translator for Places

in Social on August 8, 2011 at 11:00 pm PT

Big data provider Factual has launched a new free API called Crosswalk that unites the mess of online place pages for various businesses. Fwix, Hunch, CityGrid, Citysearch, Urbanspoon, SimpleGeo, Loopt, GrubHub, Gogobot, OpenMenu, GreatSchools, Retailigence, HotelsCombined, Menuplatform and Allmenus are all contributing their entries (U.S. only for now) to Factual’s canonical database of URLs. This could open up cool opportunities to integrate and analyze data from the oh-so-many local reviews and social sites.

LivingSocial's Head of New Business Initiatives Dishes on What's Next for Daily Deals

in Commerce on April 18, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Dozens of companies are cropping up offering discounts to everything from fancy dinners to vacations around the world. As VP of new business initiatives at LivingSocial, Doug Miller has helped the company expand into vacations and activities. He dishes on how that business is doing today, and where they plan to go next.

Exclusive: Comcast's Top Digital Exec Amy Banse to Open New Silicon Valley Equity Fund for Cable Giant and NBC

in News on November 15, 2010 at 12:09 am PT

Amy Banse, currently the president of Comcast Interactive Media, is shifting into a job as head of a new Silicon Valley-based equity fund aimed at making digital investments for the television cable giant, as well as its new NBC Universal unit, according to sources with knowledge of the plans. As part of the shift, sources said, Banse will be charged with combining two existing corporate investment funds: NBC U’s Peacock Equity and Comcast Interactive Capital.

Almost Famous: Keith Lee of Booyah Games

in News on February 8, 2010 at 1:07 am PT

This week, we took a short walk down University Avenue in Silicon Valley with Keith Lee, co-founder and CEO of Booyah Games. We talked about his time as lead developer for Blizzard, his total lack of common sense, and how he’s trying to make the whole social game world “level up.” Don’t worry–we made him translate most of the gamer lingo.

Two in a Row for IAC

in News on October 27, 2009 at 5:34 am PT

Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp racked up its second profitable quarter in a row Tuesday despite a decline in advertising. The company–which runs Ask.com and the Citysearch online city guide, among other things–posted earnings of $21.3 million, or 16 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier loss of $15.2 million, or 11 cents a share.
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Life After Liberty: Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO, IAC

in D6 on May 28, 2008 at 11:12 am PT

Barry Diller needs almost no introduction–he is one of the best-known executives in the U.S., straddling a number of industries. He has recently been embroiled in a high-profile battle for control of IAC/InterActiveCorp. (IACI) with major investor John Malone. And then there’s Diller’s other company, travel services outfit Expedia, whose shares are surging this morning on market rumors that Diller is planning on taking it private.
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Barry Diller Shatters John Malone's Stake Into Little Itty Bits

in News on November 6, 2007 at 6:14 am PT

Yesterday, the battle between InterActiveCorp.’s Barry Diller and John Malone of Liberty Media got much more interesting. As luck would have it, I will be interviewing Diller on stage at the Monaco Media Forum in Monte-Carlo this week–yes, it’s as glamorous as it sounds–so now there will be lots more to talk to him about at the digital gathering. Diller is an excellent interview as he likes to parry more than the average CEO and he is good at it. Very good, as it turns out, when dealing with Malone. Also in BoomTown today: Marc Canter talks a blue streak about Google’s OpenSocial and we actually listen! Slide’s Max Levchin plays all the angles in the Google-Facebook war over OpenSocial–very clever, Max! Major lunch room snub of BoomTown by Yahoo’s Jerry Yang!