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Alternative Energy - Tuesday, June 24, 2008

SunRun's End Run For Home Solar As Service

Thumb Reading about SunRun today we had the knee-jerk reaction to call them to become a client. If you are like us and want to do your part to pitch in with global warming putting up solar panels on your house is appealing but seems expensive and we know that the cost of panels will keep coming down. SunRun removes this friction by picking up the tab for the panels and installation and then charging you a monthly bill. They even do maintenance. SunRun scores with the factoid that between 1971 and 200... Full Story

Advertising - Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Stealth Ad Tool-Maker AdMeld Raises $5M In 1st Round

Thumb NYC's AdMeld has secured $5M of a $6M Series A-1 round, says PEHub. Backers are Foundry Group and Spark Capital. We had heard that the company's founders were meeting with publishers on the East coast to pitch their ad optimization platform, which i... Full Story

Wireless - Monday, June 23, 2008

Nokia Buys German Location-based Navigation Startup Plazes

Thumb Nokia has bought Germany location-based Web 2.0 and mobile firm Plazes for an undisclosed amount. as our sister site the a:c euro reported, Plazes is a Swiss company that was founded in December 2005 with R&D is in Berlin. Doughty Hanson Technology ... Full Story

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My Value Stock Neighbor, Autodesk

Monday June 23, 2008

My kids were playing at the park down the street where I ran into a couple that was visiting the playground for the first time. They introduced themselves and when asked where they worked, he responded "Autodesk". Even though the company is headquar... Full Story

Cloud Storage's Parascale Takes $11.37M In 1st Round

Monday June 23, 2008

Having just announced that it has named a new CEO, Cupertino's Parascale has closed an $11.37M Series A Round. New CEO Sajai Krishnan took the helm at Parascale from his prior post at Netapp. Parascale is a developing cloud storage solutions for ric... Full Story

Tech:stocker - Game On With EA Sports

Friday June 20, 2008

Having recently purchased a Wii, we at tech:stocker are feeling a little gamey and decided to look at our favorite company on the software side. Even when our wives wouldn't allow us to own a PlayStation or an XBOX, we enjoyed visiting our friends w... Full Story

German Kinder Site Smoodoos Raises First Round

Friday June 20, 2008

Community sites for kids have proven to be a winner. Just ask the founders of Club Penguin or Webkinz. But it has to start out in a genuine way. It cannot be the product of corporate AOL's Q4 goals. With that, it seems that Smoodoos is off to a good... Full Story

Giving The Pink Slip To Taleo

Thursday June 19, 2008

In uncertain economic times, two areas that often feel the brunt of layoffs are marketing (this includes public relations) and human resources. That shouldn't be a major revelation to anyone who reads this column but why would anyone invest in a com... Full Story

SoulTrain Bought-out. To Get Digital Makeover

Wednesday June 18, 2008

MadVision Entertainment has acquired the Soul Train franchise from founder Don Cornelius. No financial terms were disclosed. MadVision is an online/TV/print company focused on urban content. It is backed by private equity firm InterMedia Partners. T... Full Story

LinkedIn's $1B Valuation Spot On

Wednesday June 18, 2008

Visiting LinkedIn this week, a Microsoft video ad took over our screen targeting small business people.. We can only imagine the exorbitant CPM that Redmond paid for that ad. But where else can one reach millions of businesspeople in the act of doin... Full Story