Groupon recently has attracted substantial institutional investments, thought to signal an upcoming IPO in 2011. Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price and Morgan Stanley have reported financial commitments with Groupon. The new round of financing, which could reach as high as $950 million, could be closed in the next few weeks, according to TechCrunch. Groupon, the…
Read MoreYesterday we reported the troubling news that Yahoo would be shutting down Delicious and we shared how to save your bookmarks. We shared our thoughts on the idea of Yahoo selling Delicious. Today, there is word that Yahoo is thinking of selling Delicious. Who should acquire Delicious from Yahoo? We would love to get your…
Read MoreSeeing the rumors today that Delicious may be shut down by Yahoo makes me want to vomit. Ok, that’s sugar-coating it a little, but you get the idea. And it’s now been confirmed by Liz Gannes that the social bookmarking site that lead the “Web 2.0″ movement with its open sharing infrastructure is going to…
Read MoreYesterday, there was a report from AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher that Google may be taking a close look at acquiring Chicago-based social shopping startup Groupon. This is not the first time there have been reports on a Groupon acquisition, as there were similar reports of a Yahoo offer of $3 to $4 billion this past summer….
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that AOL and a couple of different firms are exploring the idea of purchasing Yahoo. The purchase would bulk up AOL’s advertising offer but would also lead to redundancies within the company which would need to be purged before they could move forward together as Aolhoo! My biggest concern…
Read MoreWhile Google and Yahoo Answers still offer a place to pose your questions, new Q&A products and forums have been popping up like dandelions in an open meadow lately. Some of the most recent products include Aardvark, which sold to Google this past February for around $50 million and Hunch which was founded by Flickr founder Caterina…
Read MoreMonster.com which has been connecting employers with job seekers for the past decade announced today that it is in an: “indefinitive agreement to acquire the assets of Yahoo! HotJobs, a leading online recruitment website, from Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) for $225 million in cash. Monster and Yahoo! have also entered into a three year commercial traffic agreement,…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was written by Shashi Bellamkonda. He works for Web hosting company, Network Solutions, as the first-ever Network Solutions ‘Social Media Swami’. In this position he has helped Network Solutions aggressively move into the online space to actively listen to and interact with its customers. A prolific Twitterer, blogger, and product innovator,…
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