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The Rubicon Project Raises Another $18 Million, Completes Fox Audience Network Acquisition Top
The Rubicon Project, a Los Angeles based display ad optimization platform, confirmed today that it has completed its acquisition of parts of the Fox Audience Network from News Corp. I outlined the main details of the deal last week. Rubicon is purchasing mostly the technology (ad server, MyAds self-service ad buying platform, targeting technology, realtime bidding algorithms) and taking on about 100 of FAN’s technology employees (after the other half of FAN’s employees, the sales team, lost their jobs last week). FAN’s third-party ad network is not part of the deal. News Corp now owns a minority stake in the Rubicon Project as a result of this transfer of assets. At the same time, the Rubicon project raised another $18 million from investors including News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, Mayfield Fund, and NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund. The company expects revenues to hit $100 million in 2010, and says it hit profitability for the first time in the month of October. [ Release ]
 
Next Batman Movie's Lack Of 3D & ESPN 3D Doubt Signs Of A Struggling Technology? Top
Is 3D already in trouble? Quite possibly, and there’s a few data points to back up that claim. As you know, Christopher Nolan has announced a few things pertaining to the next Batman movie, namely its name (the Dark Knight Rises), that The Riddler won’t be in it (much to fans’ chagrin), and that it won’t be filmed in 3D. I’m pretty sure the previous Batman movie, the Dark Knight, was a gigantic success, so to not film it in 3D is quite the snub. Sorry, 3D, but the prettiest girl at the dance wants nothing to do with you . (Stupid metaphors are stupid.)
 
Reports: Nearly Twice As Many Androids Shipped Last Quarter As iPhones Top
In a report that is raising eyebrows this morning, UK-based market research firm Canalys estimates that total shipments of Android phones in the U.S. during the third quarter were nearly twice as large as iPhone shipments. Out of 20.9 million smartphones shipped in the U.S., about 44 percent, or 9.1 million, are running the Android OS. Apple, shipped an estimated 5.5 million phones, or 26 percent of the total. Apple ships only one phone, the iPhone. And it became the single largest smartphone in the U.S., surpassing all Blackberry phones combined (with RIM shipping an estimated 5.1 million phones, or 24 percent). Apple’s market share in the U.S. jumped 4.5 percent from the second quarter , but the collective share of all the Android handsets now on the market jumped by nearly 10 percent (from 34 percent). On a worldwide basis, Canalys puts Android’s share at about 25 percent, also larger than the iPhone’s global share of 17 percent (and RIM’s 15 percent). These numbers are surprising given the fact that Apple claims to be activating 275,000 iOS devices a day , with Google a bit lower. Activations and shipments are different, but they should be more or less in line with one another. The numbers that have come out from both Apple and Google suggest that Android and iOS devices are neck-and-neck, not that Android is a length ahead. But Apple’s activation numbers include more than just iPhones (iPads are in there too). Other market research firms such as Nielsen and Gartner have yet to release their third quarter estimates. Will their numbers tell the same story as the Canalys numbers? Update : NPD Group came out with its numbers, which are pretty close. It also shows Android in the U.S. on 44 Percent of smartphones compared to 23 percent for Apple’s iOS, and RIM in third with 22 percent. CrunchBase Information Android iPhone 4 Research In Motion Information provided by CrunchBase
 
From Bootstrapping To $300M In Value: Meet The Founder Of Directi (TCTV) Top
When the press gathered to shoot pictures and videos of the likes of Jack Dorsey (Twitter), Niklas Zennstrom (Skype), Chad Hurley (YouTube) and Michael Birch (Bebo) last Thursday when I arrived at my hotel in Dublin, where the F.ounders event was being held, I was surprised to see a fifth man get prompted to be included by the event organizers. Particularly because I didn’t recognize who this guy was, and not even his name rang a bell. Over the course of the next few days, I’ve gotten to know him, and he has a fantastically inspiring story to tell alright: meet Divyank Turakhia , one of India’s youngest and most successful pirates – sorry, technology entrepreneurs. Turakhia started his first business when he was 14 years old, and co-founded what is now the Directi Group when he was 18. He famously made his first million when he was 18, and now ten years later it sounds like things are just getting started for him. Directi is now a holding company with a current market value of over $300 million (not bad for a venture that was bootstrapped on a $600 budget – loaned by Divyank and his brother from their parents – back in 1998). Its portfolio of products and business are all over the place, ranging from collaboration, social networking, instant messaging and content publishing software offerings to major domain parking company Skenzo . As for Divyank Turakhia, he’s set a large chunk of resources aside for his next bet: Media.net , which will formally make its debut at ad:tech New York later this week. It’s a contextual advertising play, and Turakhia aims for it to rival none other than Google AdSense. After what I’ve learned about him the past few days, I wouldn’t bet against him at the very least taking a really good shot at it. On a sidenote: he knows how to rival Lady Gaga, for one. From The Telegraph : “Turakhia arrived in Dublin with an improbably young wannabe actress/singer/model girlfriend he met at Disneyland in tow, having – so the rumour goes – booked out the Presidential Suite of the Westbury Hotel to upstage Lady Gaga, who is in Dublin this weekend. That story, whispered, variously, through snarls of envy and smirks of delight, speaks volumes about this controlled explosion of machismo.” Here’s my (admittedly far too brief) interview with Divyank: CrunchBase Information Divyank Turakhia Directi Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Biggest Browser Share Gain In October Goes To Chrome Top
Browser market share numbers are out for October from Net Applications . Chrome made the biggest gains with a 0.49 percent jump from September to 8.47 percent. Chrome is the third most popular browser after Internet Explorer (59.26 percent) and Firefox (22.82 percent). Both FireFox and IE saw their overall market share positions erode slightly by 0.39 percent and 0.14 percent, respectively. Safari was up a smidge (0.06 percent) to 5.33 percent, and Opera declined 0.11 percent to 2.28 percent. When you drill down into specific browser versions , IE 8 is the single largest browser with 29 percent share. IE 9, which just launched in beta in mid-September, is just now beginning to raise its head in the browser share tables at 0.32 percent share. On Windows 7 , IE 9 is up to 1.29 percent share and growing fast. CrunchBase Information Google Chrome Windows Internet Explorer Firefox Information provided by CrunchBase
 

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