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Panasonic today announced the purchase of two subsidiaries, namely Sanyo and Panasonic Electric Works.As quoted from the site TechCrunch,

Online monetization platform gWallet, which offers social gaming developers a variety of ways to monetize their apps and boost engagement, is looking to put its money where its mouth is: the company is launching a $20,000 cash guarantee to any social gaming publishers that don't generate more revenue when they switch from their current ...

As the name implies, the idea behind Voyurl is to make it so you can see what other people are looking at on the web (and to make your clickstream seen). It sounds creepy as hell. It's like Blippy but with more potential porn.

Today, during our Social Currency CrunchUp, angel investor Ron Conway had some interesting data to share for the first time. Conway says that his company, SV Angel, has recently done an audit on the over 500 companies they've invested in over the past 12 years. And he was surprised with the results.Conway expected it would show that about one-t

In January, we broke the news that prolific Silicon Valley angel investor Dave McClure was to set up its own venture capital fund.Yesterday, the man filed for the fund with the SEC, providing us with more details (hat tip to FormDs.com). The name will be 500 Startups - McClure has long called himself the master of 500 hats - and the initial fun

It's no secret that loyalty programs like those hole-punch cards that give you a free Slurpee every ten visits are a great, cheap way to keep customers coming back to your business. Thing is, running these programs isn't always as easy as it seems, especially if a business wants to do something more complex than the basic

Google will soon launch a music service, we've heard from multiple sources, and the company has spent the last several weeks securing content for the launch of the service from the major music labels.

... to some, it may actually be a religion. Better, they wonder if Apple shouldn’t pursue that path. Here’s Fox News’ keys as to why Apple is similar to a religion: ...