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Payoneer?s Virtual US Bank Accounts Make International Cash Out Easier

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day old

Contrary to their name, these accounts are not virtual at all. Their “blessing” is necessary because they may already (or can easily in the future) update their terms and conditions to stipulate that ACH transfer to payees from certain countries are barred.

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TechCrunch50 Exhibitor Packages On Sale Now

Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day old

Beginning today, early stage start-ups, Web or tech firms seeking to showcase a product or service at TC50 can purchase a TC50 Exhibitor Package. The TC50 agenda is simple: we put on stage the 50 best companies we can find to launch new products over a three-day format, September 8-10, 2008.

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VideoEgg Launches New Video Ad Units. Maybe YouTube Should Pay Attention

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 11:34 pm, Over one day old

As YouTube struggles to make money on advertising, according to a story today in the Wall Street Journal, and reportedly may resort to pre-roll ads (which consumers hate, but advertisers love), maybe they should take a look at some of the innovative ad units coming out of VideoEgg.

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Dimdim Gets $6 Million For Open Sourced Web Meetings

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 11:34 pm, Over one day old

We originally wrote about Dimdim in Fall 2006, when the company released an alpha version of its web meeting software. Earlier this year Dimdim introduced a hosted version of its web meeting software that allows companies to host meetings on Dimdim servers “in the cloud”.

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50 Tickets Available To The Mobile Web Wars Roundtable (Attendees Also Get In to August Capital MeetUp)

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 10:14 pm, Over one day old

The mobile Web has been a long time coming. Sponsors will receive tickets to the Roundtable, the August Capital MeetUp and prominent branding as hosts of our Roundtable discussion. We also have demo tables and other sponsorship opportunities specifically for the August Capital MeetUp.

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Yahoo Takes A Gander At Demand Media To Plug Some Holes

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 5:55 pm, Over one day old

Demand Media, founded by former MySpace CEO Richard Rosenblatt, has quietly grown into a pretty large business, with rumored revenues of around $250 million, and profitable. Demand uses both Yahoo and Google, but mostly Yahoo, for ads on those pages under a long term deal.

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Gosh, How Many Diggs Does It Take To Get To The Home Page, Anyway?

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 7:04 pm, Over one day old

In this case, that didn’t happen, and the story just continued to get a ton of votes by users, but was never promoted to the home page (from a brief perusal of the destination story, it seems that this is a story that should have been buried quickly).

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BT Has Acquired Ribbit For $55 Million To Build GrandCentral Competitor, Say Ribbit Execs To Friends

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 pm, Over one day old

This is a strange story. The strange part is this - while Ribbit executives are denying the acquisition to the press, they’ve simultaneously been (quite happily) telling all their friends that BT has acquired them for $55 million, says a source who’s heard the story.

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SpeedDate: Another Facebook App Bites The Dust

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 3:41 pm, Over one day old

The most recent victim of the Facebook vs. annoying application war is SpeedDate. SpeedDate is a web-based speed dating service that also offers a Meebo application, and until recently, a Facebook application.

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Virtual Worlds Are So Hot Right Now: $345 Million Invested So Far This Year

Posted Tuesday July 8, 2008, 2:34 pm, Over one day old

A report put out today by Virtual Worlds Management tracks $161 million put into 14 virtual-world investments during the second quarter of 2008. In the first quarter there was even more activity, with $184 million put into 23 virtual worlds and supporting technology companies.

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