Evernote, which is up for a Crunchie award, rang in the New Year with an extra $4.5 million of cash from Russian investment firm Troika Dialog. A mid-December report had put the investment at $5 mil read more » DiscussBury
JibJab, a site popular for its parody videos and irreverent eGreetings, has closed a $7.5 million Series C funding round with participation from new investors Overbrook Entertainment (a production co read more » DiscussBury
"Telecoms companies must be clearer about additional charges they levy and must help customers to understand them better, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said." read more » DiscussBury
The FCC needs either an overhaul or a complete dismantling. At a conference in DC this week, academics and former FCC staff argue that the agency can be fixed. A new website offers their ideas and se read more » DiscussBury
An information technology think tank proposes a $30 billion stimulus plan for the IT industry, saying it would create nearly 1 million jobs. read more » DiscussBury
CheckFree and some of the banks that use its electronic bill payment service are notifying more than 5 million customers after criminals took control of several of the company's Internet domains and read more » DiscussBury
A currently active malware campaign is taking advantage of bogus LinkedIn profiles impersonating celebrities in an attempt to trick users into clicking on links serving bogus media players. LinkedIn read more » DiscussBury
