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Viral Video: Foursquare's Dennis Crowley Is Character Approved

in News on March 17, 2011 at 12:05 am PT

Recently, Foursquare was selected for an “award,” as part of an advertising campaign for USA Networks, whose motto is “Characters Welcome.” Now, a commercial featuring co-founders Dennis Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai is in heavy rotation on the cable television channel–what can BoomTown say, except, “NCIS” rocks, and thus, I have had to endure the ad 67 times so far!

News Aggregator Daylife Ties Up With Getty: $4 Million Investment

in Media on September 16, 2009 at 7:32 am PT

Daylife, a news aggregator that launched a few years ago with a good deal of hype but has since retreated to the back pages, has landed another investor: Getty Images has bet $4 million on the company, which has raised some $12 million to date.
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