Baidu, the Chinese search giant, has signed an exclusive deal with France Telecom and its subsidiary Orange to co-brand and pre-load its Baidu mobile browser on Android smartphones in Africa and the…
Gaming M&A’s Break Records, Earn $4B in 2012
Acquisitions for gaming companies broke a new record last year, raking in $4 billion, an 18 percent increase from the $3.4 billion earned in 2011, according to recent research from Digi-Capital, the…
Apple: China to Become #1 Customer, Negotiating with China Mobile
While making his second trip to China as Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook told China’s state-run Xinhua news agency that China will one day become the company’s largest customer. Currently, China ranks as…
Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter, Rolls Out English Language Interface
Sina Weibo, a social microblogger that has sometimes been referred to as China’s “Twitter,” has rolled out an English language interface, widening marketing possibilities that could extend the service to more international…
Konsonant Rewrites How Movie Soundtracks Are Arranged
by MATT GALLAGHER, Red Herring Providing a one-stop shop for music soundtracks for TV and film producers, konsonant/ is rewriting the rules for how soundtracks are produced. The company’s database features music…
Twitter Valued at $11B, Potential IPO in 2014
Twitter has been valued at $11 billion in a Greencrest Capital report, according to Forbes, which reported the company is eying a possible IPO as early as 2014. The publication credits recent…
Pearson Buys pays $89.5 million for 5% Stake in NOOK Media
Pearson, the British education publisher, purchased a 5 percent stake in NOOK Media, the Barnes & Noble subsidiary that’s behind the NOOK reader and its digital content store, for $89.5 million. “We…
2012 in Review – IPO Market Manages Slight Momentum
Despite the cynicism of the public market following the Facebook debacle, the IPO market actually managed marginal improvements for 2012, though its success was severely hampered by Facebook and similar market disappointments…
RingRevenue Dials Up $3.25M to Expand Its Call Marketing Automation
by Matt Gallagher, Red Herring RingRevenue, a provider of call marketing automation solutions that uses analytics to identify which callers offer the most promising leads, recently landed $3.25 million in funding in a…
US Removes Taobao from “Notorious Markets” List for Piracy
The US Trade Representative removed the Chinese ecommerce site Taobao from its “Notorious Markets” for piracy, citing efforts on the part of the company to work with copyright holders after it was placed on…