4 posts and columns on self service

Verve Wireless Acquires Mobile Ad Company Deconstruct Media

in Commerce on February 2, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Verve Wireless, which helps create smartphone applications for newspapers and other publications, has acquired Deconstruct Media, a mobile advertising technology company.

Google Willing to Start From Scratch to Enter Daily Deals Market

in Commerce on January 21, 2011 at 12:20 am PT

Google appears to be entering the daily deals business on its own after Groupon rejected its jaw-dropping $6 billion buyout offer.

Tim Armstrong Makes One Last Pitch for AOL: “No More Hail Marys”

in Media on December 9, 2009 at 10:15 am PT

AOL is about to cut ties to Time Warner, and CEO Tim Armstrong has been making his case to current and potential investors. Here’s one last pitch, delivered to the crowd at the annual UBS Media and Communications Conference in New York.
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RightNow Threatened by Salesforce Acquisition, JMP Says

in News on August 20, 2008 at 11:36 am PT

Half-a-billion-dollar (market cap) Rightnow Technologies (RNOW), which sells software over the Web to automate customer support, could be threatened by this morning’s announcement from Salesforce.com (CRM) that it’s buying privately held Instranet for software to expand in the call center market, according to a report out today from JMP Securities analyst Patrick Walravens.