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Facebook Acq-hires Data Organization Startup Daytum Top
Facebook has just made a talent acquisition out of Daytum, a two-person New York-based data collection and organization startup. Founders Ryan Case and Nicholas Felton will be joining the product design team at Facebook. From the Daytum blog : We're thrilled to announce today that we just started a new phase of our careers: we've moved to California to join the product design team at Facebook. Building Daytum — and seeing how people use it — has been one of the most satisfying things we've done. We're excited to start the next chapter, working with the rest of the design team at Facebook to help people express themselves and share experiences with friends. While we'll be working full time at Facebook, Daytum will live on and will continue to work the same way as it does today. All the best, and happy counting. Ryan and Nicholas. CrunchBase Information Facebook Information provided by CrunchBase
 
TechCrunch Giveaway: 3 Tickets to Google I/O 2011 #io2011 Top
We have a surprise for you. We have three free tickets to Google I/O 2011 to give away to our readers. The event is being held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on May 10th through May 11th. Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days, focusing on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, and much more. There will be 80 sessions featured, more than 3,000 developers, and over 100 demonstrations from developers showcasing their technologies. The price of these tickets ran around $500 and sold out in under an hour. We will pick three winners tomorrow night. If you want a chance at winning a free ticket, all you have to do is follow the steps below. 1) Like our TechCrunch Facebook Page: 2) Then do one of the following: - Retweet this post (including the #io2011 hashtag) - Or leave us a comment below telling us why you want to go The giveaway starts now and ends tomorrow, April 28th at 7:30pm PST. Please only tweet the message once or you will be disqualified. We will make sure you follow the steps above, choose at random, and contact the winner tomorrow night with more details. Anyone in the U.S. is eligible to enter. Please note this giveaway is for 1 ticket only per winner and does not include airfare or hotel. We will update this post once we have our three winners. Good luck!
 
Yahoo Sells Delicious To YouTube Founders Top
Yahoo has finally found a buyer for long suffering Delicious . YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have acquired the company, says Yahoo, via a “new Internet company, AVOS.” We’re still gathering details, but here’s the official stuff: Yahoo’s statement: Today YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen announced they have acquired the Delicious technology from Yahoo!. They plan to continue the service that users have come to know and love and make the site even easier and more fun to save, share and discover the web's "tastiest" content. Providing a smooth transition for users is important to both companies. There will be a transition period where users can elect to sign up for a new account. Users' public and private bookmarks will be maintained through the transition period and transferred as they are today when it is complete. As we have said, part of our product strategy involves shifting our investment with off-strategy products to put better focus on our core strengths and fund new innovation. We believe this is the right move for the service, our users and our shareholders and look forward to watching the Delicious technology develop. Delicious blog : YouTube Founders Acquire Delicious Today, we're pleased to announce that Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, they have firsthand experience enabling millions of users to share their experiences with the world. They are committed to running and improving Delicious going forward. Providing a seamless transition for users is incredibly important for both companies. Yahoo! will continue to operate Delicious until approximately July 2011. When the transition period is complete, your information will be moved over to Delicious' new owner. Starting today, we will ask you to login to Delicious again and agree to let Yahoo! transfer your bookmarks to the new owner. That way, you'll enjoy uninterrupted use of the service and will keep your account and all of your bookmarks when we make the transition. For more information on the Delicious transition, please refer to this FAQ. Thank you for your patience in this time of transition and thank you for using Delicious! FAQ : Frequently Asked Questions The answers to frequently asked questions about the AVOS transition Whoa, what’s happening? Sorry if we’ve caught you by surprise. Delicious has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen and will become part of their new Internet company, AVOS. Here are a few links to catch you up to date on the latest news regarding Delicious (blog post, press release). Why has Yahoo! chosen to transition Delicious to AVOS? While we love Delicious (and our users love Delicious), we wanted to find a home for the product where it can receive more love and attention. We think AVOS is that place. When will AVOS officially start running Delicious? We anticipate Delicious in its current form will be available until approximately July 2011. By agreeing to AVOS’s terms of service upfront, you will allow us to move your data when the time comes to transfer control to AVOS. What does AVOS plan to do with Delicious? AVOS plans to continue the service that users have come to know and love and by working with the community, make the site even easier and more fun to save, share and discover the web’s “tastiest” content. Will AVOS maintain the Delicious service with all of its functionality? Yes, that’s the plan. There may be a time of adjustment as AVOS re-launches Delicious, but the company’s intention is to add new features and grow the service overall. Where can I find the AVOS Terms of Service and Privacy Policy? Right here. AVOS Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. How do I transfer my bookmarks? To transfer your bookmarks, you need to “opt-in” to allow your account and all associated data to be moved. You can do this from the opt-in page. What will happen to my public and private bookmarks? By agreeing to the AVOS terms of service, you will allow us to send your account information, bookmarks, and all the data associated with your Delicious account to AVOS when they re-launch Delicious. Your public and private bookmarks will be maintained as they are today. The information transferred would include: Delicious username Delicious password Email address First Name Last Name Bookmarks, Tags and Notes Inbox items Tag Bundles Tag Descriptions Network Members Subscriptions Blogpost jobs Twitter Auth credentials (if supplied) What if I don’t opt-in to migrate my bookmarks to AVOS? You will no longer be able to use Delicious or access your bookmarks after the transition is complete. Is AVOS going to build a Delicious extension that is compatible with Firefox 4.0? Yes. This is a top priority. AVOS plans to release a new extension as soon as possible. For information on workarounds, please see here. Please visit blog.delicious.com for the latest news on upcoming product releases. Can I export my data from Delicious? Yes. Please use our export tool. Who can I contact for more information? If you require assistance, our support team can help you. Press Release: YOUTUBE FOUNDERS ACQUIRE DELICIOUS FROM YAHOO! Promise Users the Same Great Service And Even Easier & More Fun Ways To Save, Share, and Discover the Web's "Tastiest" Content. San Francisco, CA., – April 26, 2011 – Delicious.com, the leading social bookmarking service, has been acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. As creators of the largest online video platform, they have firsthand experience enabling millions of users to share their experiences with the world. Their vision for Delicious is to continue to provide the same great service users love and to make the site even easier and more fun to save, share, and discover the web's "tastiest" content. Delicious will become part of AVOS, a new Internet company. "We're excited to work with this fantastic community and take Delicious to the next level," said Chad Hurley, CEO of AVOS. "We see a tremendous opportunity to simplify the way users save and share content they discover anywhere on the web." "We spoke with numerous parties interested in acquiring the site, and chose Chad and Steve based on their passion and unique vision for Delicious," said John Matheny, SVP of Communications and Communities at Yahoo!. The YouTube founders plan to work closely with the community over the next few months to develop innovative features to help solve the problem of information overload. "We see this problem not just in the world of video, but also cutting across every information-intensive media type," said Chen. Going back to their roots, Hurley and Chen located Delicious in downtown San Mateo, California, blocks away from where they started YouTube. They're aggressively hiring to build a world-class team to take on the challenge of building the best information discovery service on the web. About Delicious Delicious is the leading social bookmarking service for saving, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Started in 2003 and acquired by Yahoo! in 2005, Delicious has built a passionate, worldwide community of millions of users. In 2011, Delicious was acquired by the founders of YouTube, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen. Previously, they co-founded YouTube, the world's largest video site in 2005, which was acquired by Google 18 months later for $1.76B. Delicious is part of AVOS, a new Internet company based in San Mateo, California. CrunchBase Information Yahoo! delicious Information provided by CrunchBase
 
There Are Now More Free Apps For Android Than For The iPhone: Distimo Top
App store analytics provider Distimo today published its latest report , once again zooming in on the pricing of mobile applications across a variety of platforms. We got an exclusive early look at the new report. According to Distimo, Google’s Android Market currently offers 134,342 free applications for download, while Apple’s App Store for iPhone offers 121,845 free applications. The number of paid applications available in Android Market, in contrast, is about one-third of the total number of paid applications available in the Apple App Store for iPhone. According to Distimo’s data, the App Store for iPhone remains the largest store in terms of all applications available, although it was among the slowest growing mobile applications stores in terms of relative growth in March 2011. The Apple App Store for iPad grew by 12 percent last month to 75,755 applications, of which 34,120 are designated for iPad only. The total number of available iOS applications now equals – a whopping – 367,334. Distimo observes that applications for the iPad have become more expensive over time, while other application stores have trended in the opposite direction. The proportion of applications featuring in-app purchases has apparently decreased over time as well. Interestingly, Distimo expects Android Market to become the largest store in terms of number of applications in about five months from now, provided current grow rates across all different application stores are somewhat maintained. When that happens – not if – Android Market will trump the App Store for iPhone and iPad, Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, BlackBerry App World and Nokia Ovi Store in size (in that order). Distimo also forecasts RIM’s BlackBerry App World to double in size over a six-month period and likely surpass Nokia’s Ovi Store in size by the end of May 2011. A couple of months later, even Windows Phone 7 Marketplace will be bigger than the Ovi Store, the company adds. CrunchBase Information Distimo Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Android Gets A (Sort Of) Native Google Docs App Top
If you’re a heavy user of Google Docs and are sporting an Android device, Google has some very good news: it’s just launched a new ‘Docs’ application that gives you quicker access to your cloud-based collection of documents. You can download the free app right here . Fire up the app and you’ll see a slick-looking interface that lets you jump to your documents, images, starred items, and collections (you can also use filters to toggle between all items in your account and just those that are ‘owned’ by you). There’s also a very nifty feature: take a snapshot of a document, and Google Docs can immediately turn it into a text document using OCR (the original photo is presented in the document as well). The one quirky thing that I noticed is that when you go to edit a document, it looks like the native application actually loads the web-based Google Docs mobile editor that was launched in November. This means that the app requires an internet connection — you can’t edit documents where there’s no service and sync your changes later. Then again, given that one of the most compelling features of Google Docs is real-time collaboration with coworkers (which gets messy with offline syncing), this isn’t all that surprising. CrunchBase Information Google Docs Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Sibblingz Launches New Version Of Multi-Device, Social Gaming Platform Top
Multi-device social gaming platform Sibblingz, announced a new version of its cloud-based platform, codenamed Spaceport. Sibblingz allows developers to create games on Facebook as well as iOS and Android devices, allowing players to continue the same social game as they switch between devices. The platform also offers the developers the ability to monetize free-to-play games with virtual goods. Spaceport allows game developers to build a game once, using Javascript, and have it play across all smartphone operating systems, with a native app-like experience and fast performance. The games run as a hybrid HTML5 – native app, and the code for the game is written once, in a simple scripting language, so that they ca then run on any device. The updating process is also relatively simple for developers using the platform. With Spaceport, developers just need to revise the JavaScript code for their game in the HTML page once. After doing so, they will see immediate updates take place in their game across every device. The Spaceport platform, which is a server-side solution in the cloud, will initially roll out with Sibblingz’s own synchronous role-playing game, MiniQuest which demonstrates the technology. MiniQuest, which has been developed once in Javascript/HTML5, will be available in Nokia, Apple, and Android app stores this year and playable across 1 billion smart phones says the company Sibblingz is part of the YouWeb family, a social and mobile company incubator that created global brands such as OpenFeint and CrowdStar. Over the past year, Sibblingz’s first generation multi-device gaming engine powered two of the top Facebook games, Happy Island and It Girl. CrunchBase Information Sibblingz Information provided by CrunchBase
 
White Label App Platform Appia Launches Pay-Per-Download Service For Developers Top
With Apple clamping down on incentivized downloads, white-label mobile app platform Appia (formerly PocketGear ) has launched a new performance based advertising network for app developers to increase app downloads and only pay for results. In case you aren’t familiar, Appia powers a white-label content and commerce platform for everyone and anyone who needs a mobile app store. The company now powers mobile app storefronts for more than 40 partners, including four of the world’s top five handset manufacturers (Samsung, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless). The bonus of using Appia's white-label offering is that it enables its partners to deliver apps to more than 3,200 different mobile device makes and models. Via its partnerships, Appia currently powers more than 500,000 downloads a day from a catalog of 140,000 apps with projections to double by mid-2011. Appia’s ad network allows developers to access a pay-per-download service that allows developers to promote their apps by targeting ads by country and platform (Android, iOS, Java, Symbian, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, and Palm). Developers only pay for actual downloads of their apps. Developers will now be able to target consumers across Appia's distribution network, which delivered 22 million downloads in March. The network now reaches more than 200 million mobile subscribers in over 200 countries. Appia's performance based advertising network is directly integrated into the Appia Developer Program. Once an application has been uploaded to the the Appia developer portal, the developer simply sets the bid price they want to pay per download, chooses the geographies they want to target, and select a payment method. Appia’s online reporting shows campaign activity broken down by platform, device and geography; giving developers insight into where their campaign is driving app downloads. Prior to today's launch, Appia's performance based advertising service has been in private beta since February but has already delivered high value sponsored downloads to trial partners including Flirtomatic and Blue Lion. While Appia’s app platform doesn’t have the same scale as the Apple App Store, it certainly is an outlet for developers to advertise and profit. And the company’s reach is steadily increasing. Appia recently announced partnerships with Opera Software , to power the Opera Mobile Store for more than 100 million users, as well as with Telcel, Mexico's largest operator, to power the Ideas Appstore for Telcel's 64 million subscribers. Incentivized downloads have become a big business, and it should be interesting if developers expand to Appia’s platform to capitalize on this. CrunchBase Information Appia Information provided by CrunchBase
 
The Realtime Web: RealTidbits Teams With Echo To Breathe New Life Into Forums Top
RealTidbits , a San Diego-based product development company, today announces the release of its RealTime Forum , an embeddable widget that allows you to add a dynamic stream and to build a realtime community on your company’s website. RealTidbits is a spinoff of 3ones , a product development company for hire, and is a launch-partner of Echo , which recently launched its StreamServer , a realtime database and suite of services equivalent to that of Amazon Web Services . But in realtime, of course. Those familiar with AWS (which you may have heard recently suffered from some downtime ) might know that Amazon’s cloud platform allows developers to build and scale online services without the high costs typically associated with infrastructure management. In Echo’s case, the service does the computing required to capture and manage the activity of the realtime Web, which brands and publishers can then use as a service to build their own white-label applications and tie-in various social platforms, like Twitter. In essence, it’s RaaS, or realtime-as-a-service. Echo allows companies to virtualize their data through its realtime database, and to build realtime tools and products on top of its cloud. The goal of Echo, then, is to encourage startups to rely on its StreamServer for all their realtime components — just as they might rely on AWS for cloud storage and processing. Enter RealTidbits. RealTidbits President Kelly Abbott told me that, because Echo alleviates the startup’s infrastructure and scaling concerns — and, at the same time, enables its clients to leverage their existing partnerships with media companies, like Sports Illustrated, NBC, and Reuters — his team was able to simply focus on building a product. In turn, Abbott said that he is a big believer in the realtime web, so the best place to prove the viability of Echo’s services and RealTidbits’ vision would be to attack an area with high activity that is also a well-known entity by most Web users. So, he decided to focus on forums, a medium that has been around since the dawn of the Web, as one of the original communication spaces for specialized communities that date back more than a decade. Of course, all in all, forums have remained pretty much the same since they appeared on the Web landscape. As other communication media have sprouted to offered groups better ways to connect and share, some of the conversation moved elsewhere, and those that didn’t seemed content with the forum template. Yet, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, users still continue to flock to forums, and Abbott said that Vanilla Forums has over 400K forums, for example. So, with the rise of realtime commenting platforms like Disqus and those created by Echo, among others, it seemed only natural that forums should become transportable, easy-to-use, and incorporate those interactive, realtime elements as well. Thus, RealTidbits has built its RealTime Forum to enable brands and businesses to engage their communities in a realtime forum system that is both customizable, embeddable, and platform agnostic. It is enterprise-capable for sites with high traffic volume, but also works for smaller businesses. The service offers infinite hierarchy, and allows users to customize the look and feel of each category, as well as the ability to filter spam and naught language. Users can log in and share with their choice of social network, or use the administrator’s own proprietary log in. It integrates a tidbit of game mechanics, in that you can track user behavior, reward desirable actions, and you can view analytics to see your top contributors or biggest pests, rewarding or penalizing them accordingly. And you can moderate your forum. RealTidbits has already attracted Universal Music Group to its service, and Abbott tells me that they are soon to close a deal with another large business pulling in millions of page views a month. The base-level product is free, with the price grade increasing depending on your site’s level of traffic. If your site is pulling in up to 200K pageviews per month, the service costs $20 a month. From my experience, RealTidbits’ product works smoothly, and the price shouldn’t be too much of a barrier for entry — at least for larger businesses. But its success of course depends on user adoption and its ability to scale. But you should test it out for yourself. To see it in action, click here , and scroll to the bottom of the page. CrunchBase Information RealTidbits Echo 3ones Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Visa Makes A Strategic Investment In Disruptive Mobile Payments Startup Square Top
There is no doubt that mobile payments company Square is on a roll. The company just landed a lucrative deal selling its credit card readers in Apple’s retail stores and is growing at a fast clip. And now the company has just received a strategic investment from a giant in the credit card industry—Visa. For background, Square offers iPhone, Android and an iPad app which allows merchants to process and manage credit card transactions with a handy little credit card swiping device that plugs into the headset/microphone jack. The device and service is the brainchild of Twitter co-founder and recently appointed product lead Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey, and recently raised $27.5 million in new funding. In Q1, Square did $66 million in payment volume (the company expected $40 million) and plans to triple that in the second quarter of 2011. So clearly, Square probably doesn’t need the cash (Square declined to reveal how much Visa invested). This is a strategic investment, and one that gives Square major clout as a payments product. Simply put, it’s a huge stamp of approval for the startup. COO Keith Rabois tells us that the investment will not only help accelerate the business, but the partnership with Visa will help spread the word about Square to small businesses. In fact, there are currently 27 million U.S. small businesses that don’t accept credit cards currently. “The best way to grow a small business is to accept credit cards,” he explains, “Square allows these businesses to accept credit cards in minutes with minimal effort.” He tells me that as part of the investment, a Visa executive will become an advisor to the company. Square will also be adding an exec from bank J.P. Morgan Chase (J.P. Morgan participated in Square’s Series B round) as an advisor. So why Visa? Rabois says that while Visa is one of the giants in the industry based on reputation alone, roughly two-thirds of transactions using Square’s payments service are through Visa credit cards. He adds that over time, the partnership means that Square can work on making the payments experience better for Visa customers. For Visa, the investment gives the company access into the innovations taking place within the company and the mobile payments industry. In February, Visa published a glowing post, praising the startup’s product as a "big deal." Back then, it was thought that Visa could be looking to partner with the startup or even acquire it. And on Square’s homepage, the company depicts a user swiping a credit card on Square’s mobile reader using a Visa Signature card. It is telling that Square chose to feature Visa, when the reader accepts MasterCard, American Express and Discover, which are all widely used across the globe. Visa has been steadily trying to ramp up innovation within its own payments network, launching a PayPal like payments service, and buying virtual goods monetization startup PlaySpan . But Visa hasn’t made many investments in companies in its history (the company invested in mobile commerce security and development company Ecrio back in 2007). Mobile payments is a business that a number of players are looking to profit from, including VeriFone and Intuit, and through the investment, Visa is able to gain insight into this emerging market. Another important angle to note in this transaction is that with the investment, Visa is standing by Square’s security as a credit card reader. Two months ago, VeriFone, which makes a competing card reader, wrote an open letter to consumers and the industry, warning users of a "gaping security hole" in mobile payments startup (and competitor) Square's hardware. Dorsey shot back, vehemently denying the security flaw and calling out the apparent flaws in VeriFone’s argument. Still, being charged with putting consumer card information at risk is a serious accusation and certainly not one that Square wants associated with its name. Visa’s investment in the startup certainly validates the fact that there’s no credit card fraud taking place via flaws in Square’s devices and system. This has certainly been an eventful first half of the year for Square. Not only has the company signed a retail deal with one of the most well-known retailers in the world, but it has raised funding from a group of marquis investors, dropped the $0.15 per transaction charge for businesses using the mobile payments service, debuted a massive billboard in Times Square, and now has a strategic partner in one of the biggest credit card giants in the world, Visa. So what’s next for Square? “Our product can get better,” says Rabois and he along with the rest of his staff will be doubling down on development. In fact, Square is looking to double or triple its engineering and design teams. “Reinventing payments is a difficult experience,” Rabois says. “But we have a lot of things in the works in the coming year.” CrunchBase Information Square Visa Information provided by CrunchBase
 
Zynga Continues International Expansion; Acqhires UK Mobile Gaming Studio Wonderland Software Top
Another day, another “acqhire” for social gaming giant Zynga. The company is announcing the acquisition of UK-based Wonderland Software , the social gaming studio behind the hit iOS game GodFinger. Zynga is acquiring the team and select IP from Wonderland but not GodFinger the game. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Wonderland Software will become Zynga Mobile UK and will be based near Guildford, a famous game development center in the UK. This marks Zynga's first studio in the UK, a market that Zynga says is important for the company. Wonderland Software CEO Matthew Wiggins immediately assumes the role of General Manager, Zynga Mobile UK, reporting to Zynga Mobile Chief David Ko. Founded in 2009, Wonderland Software spawned from former staff members of Fable series developer Lionhead. The company’s most popular game GodFinger has been voted by Apple has one of the best iOS4 apps. The company says that Zynga Mobile UK will use Wonderland’s talent and technology to focus on creating new mobile social titles that build on and expand Zynga's current mobile portfolio of games. This is also the fourth acquisition that represents Zynga’s expansion to a country outside of the U.S. Currently Zynga has studios in Tokyo, Beijing and Frankfurt (and has operations in Bangalore, India). Zynga’s prior acquisitions in 2011 include JamLegend, MarketZero, Floodgate, social browser Flock, and New York’s Area/Code. CrunchBase Information Zynga Information provided by CrunchBase
 
LinkedIn Takes A Data Dive To Examine What's In A Professional Name Top
There have been many studies examining the most popular and ideal names for CEOs and professionals. But what’s better than examining the actual data from over 100 million professionals from around the globe? Professional social network LinkedIn has done a deep data dive on the top CEO names, and most popular names by industry and country. LinkedIn contrasted CEOs with the average LinkedIn professional to find the top names that are over-represented among CEOs. The top CEO names found on the network, in order, are: Peter, Bob, Jack, Bruce, Fred, Deborah, Sally, Debra, Cynthia, and Carolyn. One trend LinkedIn highlights is that the most over-indexed CEO names for males tend to be either short or shortened versions of popular first names. Female CEOs, on the other hand, use their full name to project a more professional image, reports the network. In terms of name length by industry, short, four-letter names are even more popular in sales (Chip, Trey, Todd) but not in engineering (Rajesh, Jeremy, Andrew) or the restaurant industry, where the top over-represented names are Thierry, Philippe and Laurent. By country, Howard took the top CEO name in the U.S., Ray won in Canada, Charles for the U.K., Tony for Ireland, Gilles for France, Wolfgang for Germany, Guido for Italy, Xavier for Spain, Rajiv for India, Mike for New Zealand, Bruce for Australia and Roberto for Brazil. Of course, it’s important to note that these names correlate with members who indicated they are CEO positions at companies around the world on their LinkedIn profiles. CrunchBase Information LinkedIn Information provided by CrunchBase
 
AdSense For Images Pixazza Surpasses 100M Unique Monthly Visitors; Hires CFO Top
Pixazza, a Google Ventures-backed photo tagging service that has been compared to an "AdSense for Images," has hired a new executive officer today, appointing Terry Murphy has Chief Financial Officer. The company has also surpassed 100 million unique visitors per month, which is up from 70 million unique visitors per month in March. Murphy joins Pixazza from RiseSmart , where he was CFO. Previously, Murphy was the senior vice president of finance for virtual call center company LiveOps. In his six years at LiveOps, he helped led the company’s financial operations during a period of explosive growth as annual revenues increased from $18 million to $140 million. In his new role, he will direct Pixazza's finance, accounting, human resources, facilities and legal functions. As we’ve written in the past, Pixazza allows publishers to identify, tag and match products found within online images on their sites and then link them back to the inventories of Pixazza's network of advertisers. The service, which can be integrated in a site by adding a single line of code, allows consumers to browse the photos featured on a site and mouse over it to reveal information and pricing about similar products, and if desired, click to purchase. Through the company’s network of publishers, Pixazza now reaches more than 100 million unique users per month, a 45% increase in just one month. Pixazza currently works with thousands of publishers, including US Weekly and Access Hollywood. The startup, which has raised nearly $20 million in funding , faces competition from Image Space Media, GumGum and others. CrunchBase Information Pixazza Information provided by CrunchBase
 

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