VHX Raises $1.25 Million From Lerer Ventures And Angels To Democratize Video Distribution Online
Posted by TechCrunch
For years, independent video producers have waited for the time when it would finally make economic sense for them to cut out the middle man and distribute their content directly to their fans. Then a funny thing happened: Louis CK sold an hour-long comedy special online for just $5, DRM-free — and it was a huge hit. Since then, a few others — like fellow comedians Aziz Ansari and the indie producers behind Indie Game: The Movie — have decided to try their hands at the same model, forgoing traditional delivery platforms and going straight to the consumer.It’s a trend that is slowly gaining steam, and one that New York City- and San Francisco-based startup VHX is looki[...]
Continue ReadingLook out Pandora: Spotify brings free radio to iPhone & iPad
Posted by VentureBeat
Streaming music startup Spotify has added a Pandora-like radio service to its iOS applications, finally giving free Spotify users in the U.S. a reason to download the Spotify app for their iPhones and iPads.
Spotify has offered its own radio service inside the Spotify desktop application since mid-May. If you used Spotify and Pandora, it would most likely make you want to drop Pandora to make your music-listening-life simpler.
Now Spotify is bringing that radio app to the iPhone and iPad, and both free and premium Spotify users can take part. Previously, free Spotify users had virtually no reason to use the mobile app because only premium users who pay $10 a month get access to streaming mus[...]
Continue ReadingSpotify has offered its own radio service inside the Spotify desktop application since mid-May. If you used Spotify and Pandora, it would most likely make you want to drop Pandora to make your music-listening-life simpler.
Now Spotify is bringing that radio app to the iPhone and iPad, and both free and premium Spotify users can take part. Previously, free Spotify users had virtually no reason to use the mobile app because only premium users who pay $10 a month get access to streaming mus[...]
Facebook takes the like button to mobile partners
Posted by Gigaom
Facebook�announced Thursday that mobile developers using the company’s API will now be able to cleanly integrate Facebook’s iconic like button into their design, allowing users to perform the equivalent of a “like” within another app and then cross-posting that action to Facebook.
The development, announced in a press release on Facebook’s blog, makes sense as the company has grown and begun�acquiring�other mobile apps such as Instagram, and the tech world doubles down on mobile as the most exciting area of growth in social technology.
While it seemed like only a matter of time before an Instagram “heart” turned into a Facebook “like” pos[...]
Continue ReadingThe development, announced in a press release on Facebook’s blog, makes sense as the company has grown and begun�acquiring�other mobile apps such as Instagram, and the tech world doubles down on mobile as the most exciting area of growth in social technology.
While it seemed like only a matter of time before an Instagram “heart” turned into a Facebook “like” pos[...]
Tencent Acquires Minority Stake In Epic Games, Maker of Infinity Blade, Unreal Engine
Posted by TechCrunch
Chinese social networking giant Tencent took a minority stake in Epic Games, the maker of the very high-end Unreal gaming engine and smash hit mobile game Infinity Blade. It’s yet another toe in Western waters for the Shenzhen-based company, which boasts more than 700 million users on its platform in mainland China. Last year, Tencent acquired Los Angeles’ Riot Games. Tencent didn’t disclose how much it paid for the stake in Epic. We had heard from multiple sources that they were competing with Warner Brothers over the deal. Tencent says that Epic will continue to operate independently and the deal should close in about one month[...]
Continue ReadingCodecademy gets new money from Index, Kleiner Perkins, & Richard Freaking Branson
Posted by VentureBeat
Sir Richard Branson: When he’s not figuring out commercial space travel, he’s making it rain on the kids from Codecademy. Gotta love the guy.
Branson is just one of a whole school of big fish who’ve chipped in on Codecademy’s newest round of funding. The team took home $10 million in toto, and the round also brought in Silicon Valley firms such as Index Ventures and Kleiner Perkins as well as Russian entrepreneur/investor Yuri Milner.
Codecademy, the drop-dead simple site that teaches you how to code, also saw participation from all its previous investors (Tim O’Reilly, Mike Arrington, Ron Conway, and a few others), a good sign, to be sure.
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Continue ReadingBranson is just one of a whole school of big fish who’ve chipped in on Codecademy’s newest round of funding. The team took home $10 million in toto, and the round also brought in Silicon Valley firms such as Index Ventures and Kleiner Perkins as well as Russian entrepreneur/investor Yuri Milner.
Codecademy, the drop-dead simple site that teaches you how to code, also saw participation from all its previous investors (Tim O’Reilly, Mike Arrington, Ron Conway, and a few others), a good sign, to be sure.
Codecademy certainly[...]
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