4 posts and columns on Likeness

Ness: The Latest, Smartest and Prettiest App to Help You Figure Out Where to Eat

in Social on August 25, 2011 at 1:22 pm PT

Ness Computing today launches its first product: a sexy, smart, ingenious iPhone app that does … restaurant recommendations. Yes, that again!
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RockYou: The $400 Million Widget?

in News on March 19, 2008 at 1:58 am PT

RockYou, widget maker, is the latest example of a sane valuation heartbreaker, as it is undertaking efforts to secure an investment from mainstream financing firms that would value the company at between $300 million and $400 million. First reported by Valleywag last night, the start-up, said one source, “is being squired around Wall Street” by investment behemoth Morgan Stanley, in search of the same kind of deal its rival Slide got in January.

Kara Visits the Offices of RockYou

in News on October 22, 2007 at 8:59 am PT

So I recently ventured into the heart of the empire of toddler developers with a visit to the San Mateo, Calif., HQ of RockYou, the super-popular maker of third-party apps on hot social-networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. I have been on a bit of a grumpy tear of late about the juvenile nature of [...]