Philadelphia

Hurricane Irene Is Over; Power Still Out for Many

Arik Hesseldahl in News on August 29, 2011 at 6:27 am PT

Hurricane Irene is now a memory, but the mess it left will take days if not weeks to clean up.

Philadelphia Looks to Condom-Locating iPhone App to Help Slow Spread of AIDS

Ina Fried in Mobile on April 15, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Public health officials in Philly hope that technology can play a role in slowing the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. The city is partnering with iCondom on an iPhone app that helps those on the go locate free condoms nearby, a move it is hoping will lead more young people to practice safe sex.

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

Kara Swisher 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.

How to Watch Free, Live Broadcast TV on Your iPad, Right Now

Peter Kafka in Media on November 5, 2010 at 9:27 am PT

The broadcast networks only put their stuff on the Web under very specific conditions. So this is exactly what they don’t want: Free, live streams of their stuff delivered to your iPad, via the browser.

Today's Deal of the Day Debut: DailyCandy, Of Course

Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2010 at 6:48 am PT

There are now so many Groupon-like Daily Deal start-ups that it’s nearly impossible to track them all. And here’s another one! It’s from DailyCandy, and it will start up next month.

NBC U Perks Up a Bit for Its New Owners

Peter Kafka in Media on October 15, 2010 at 5:56 am PT

This should make the folks in Philadelphia feel a bit better about their purchase-to-be: GE says that its NBC Universal unit, soon to become a Comcast property, had a “pretty solid” third quarter.

Take That, Mark Cuban! Bengals Receiver Chad Ochocinco Pays $520 a Word for NFL Twitter Fine

Peter Kafka in Media on August 25, 2010 at 5:22 am PT

A $25,000 fine for two tweets comes out to $520 a word (more or less). Or in terms that mean more to an NFL superstar: That’s two months’ worth of Bugatti payments.

Exclusive: Google Buys Invite Media

Peter Kafka in Media on June 2, 2010 at 6:18 am PT

Google has indeed bought ad technology start-up Invite Media, I’ve confirmed with multiple sources. As I wrote last month, Invite is a three-year-old “demand-side platform” designed to help buyers navigate high-volume display-advertising exchanges–like the one Google launched last year.

Social E-Commerce Goes Into Overdrive: LivingSocial Raises Another $14 Million

Kara Swisher in News on April 29, 2010 at 4:30 am PT

Could the social group-buying space get any frothier? Well, yes, it could. After the recent $135 million funding of Groupon that valued the Chicago start-up at upwards of an eye-popping $1 billion, rival LivingSocial announced to today that it had raised a more modest $14 million in a Series C round. That gives the Washington, D.C. start-up almost $50 million in venture funding since 2008 and an estimated valuation of several hundred million dollars now. The newest round for LivingSocial was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners; Earlier investors U.S. Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures and Steve Case’s Revolution are also participating.