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Here’s Gowalla CEO’s Non-Denial Denial Email to Investors About Facebook Acquisition

Kara Swisher in Social on December 4, 2011 at 9:54 pm PT

Let’s put this one in the “done” column, shall we?

Nextdoor Launches Private Social Networks for Neighborhoods

Liz Gannes in Social on October 26, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Nextdoor, which opens to the public today, hopes to connect neighbors through highly local social networks where their identities are carefully verified.

Red Robot Labs Raises $8.5 Million to Try to Bring Mobile Games to Real Life

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 14, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Red Robot Labs has secured $8.5 million with the aim of integrating real locations into mobile games.

Pixazza Changes Name to Luminate, Launches Image Apps Platform

Kara Swisher in Media on July 27, 2011 at 3:00 am PT

Pixazza is dead. Long live Luminate.

Video: Pixazza's Bob Lisbonne Talks About "AdSense for Images"

Kara Swisher in News on March 22, 2011 at 12:50 pm PT

Recently, BoomTown took a walk down digital Memory Lane with Bob Lisbonne, CEO of Pixazza, the photo-tagging service that has nicknamed itself “AdSense for images.” That’s because Lisbonne used to be a big wheel at Netscape Communications. We talked about the old days, of course, but more about the new days and his business focused on putting all kinds of advertising within online images.

Five Questions for Spiceworks Co-Founder Jay Hallberg

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 3, 2011 at 5:45 am PT

For all the attention that’s been paid in the last several days to social enterprise applications, few can make the claim that they’ve already built a successful one. Spiceworks, often described as the Facebook for IT professionals, certainly can.

Seven Questions for Sunny Gupta, CEO of Apptio, the CIO's New Best Friend

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 28, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

All CIOs struggle to get a true understanding of the costs associated with IT infrastructure and also of the value it provides their companies. Apptio is a cloud-based service that tracks those costs every month and helps you get the most out of an IT budget.

Like Movies, Only Shorter: Movieclips Rounds Up More Cash

Peter Kafka in Media on November 9, 2010 at 5:34 am PT

Here’s an interesting niche video play: Movieclips, a site that does exactly what it sounds like. Why head there instead of Hulu and YouTube? It’s a $3 million question.

Exclusive: Digg Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer Departs for Start-Up

Kara Swisher in News on October 25, 2010 at 9:04 am PT

Chas Edwards, the publisher and chief revenue officer for Digg, the social news discovery service, is leaving the San Francisco company, according to sources. The exec, who came to Digg in May of 2009 from Federated Media, will move to a start-up called Pixazza, a photo-tagging site for advertising, “by enabling consumers to simply mouse over images to learn more and see related products.”