Barnes & Noble this morning reported sales and earnings for its second quarter ended October 29, 2011, and they’re a mixed bag. Total sales decreased slightly, from .9 billion to .89 billion, compared to the prior year. The company posted a net loss of .6 million for the quarter, or .17 per share, as...
LOS ANGELES: Fenton Communications plans to open a Los Angeles office to service a million PR and advertising account for new client First 5 California, as well as other LA-based work. Latest articles from PRWeek US News
Online privacy certification company TRUSTe has raised million led by Jafco Ventures with DAG Ventures, Accel Partners and Baseline Ventures participating in the round. This brings TRUSTe’s total funding to million. TRUSTe certifies that companies are meeting online privacy standards for consumers. Websites which are certified by the company bear a “trustmark,” indicating that...
Twitter COO Dick Cosotolo offered some updated stats at the Conversational Media Summit today in New York City. Twitter is now attracting 190 million visitors per month and generating 65 million Tweets a day. “We’re laying down track as fast as we can in front of the train,” says Costolo. These numbers are up...
We first wrote about Israeli startup eToro way back in 2007 when it launched. Since then investors have put more than million into the company. Today they’ll announce that Social Leverage has led a third round, adding .4 million more. What is eToro? It’s commodity, currency and index trading made fun and social. Yes,...
Seattle startup BigDoor Media has raised million in venture funding as it’s readying the launch of its automated platform that allows website and mobile application publishers to add game-like mechanics and loyalty programs to their sites and apps. The fresh capital injection comes from Foundry Group, the early-stage investment firm that has backed up...