NetTech Corp » jobs http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog Technology, Innovations and Experiences Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:06:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Digg Valued At $175 Million In Latest Funding http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/digg-valued-at-175-million-in-latest-funding/ http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/digg-valued-at-175-million-in-latest-funding/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 admin http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/?p=88 Digg’s latest funding round valued the company at “around $175 million” we’ve heard from a source with knowledge of the deal. The company raised nearly $29 million in the round, which was announced earlier this month. The valuation seems about right for the company, which attracted 15.7 million worldwide visitors in August, up from 10.1 million a year ago (Comscore) (click here for Quantcast data, which shows much higher traffic). The financing was a second choice for Digg, which thought it was getting bought by Google for $200 million until a last minute glitch killed the deal . After it was clear the deal wasn’t going to happen, the company pursued a financing instead

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]]> http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/use-google-moderator-to-crowdsource-group-questions/feed/ 0 MySpace Music To Launch Tonight. Here’s What You’ll See (And Hear) http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/myspace-music-to-launch-tonight-here%e2%80%99s-what-you%e2%80%99ll-see-and-hear/ http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/myspace-music-to-launch-tonight-here%e2%80%99s-what-you%e2%80%99ll-see-and-hear/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:10:23 +0000 admin http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/myspace-music-to-launch-tonight-here%e2%80%99s-what-you%e2%80%99ll-see-and-hear/ The ambitious new MySpace Music joint venture will launch this evening at 9 pm at music.myspace.com . All four major labels – Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI – are on board (EMI was a last minute addition). Also joining the venture is The Orchard, an independent music distributor, and four major publishing companies. Basically, everyone who controls rights to music is part of the new venture. MySpace Music allows users to stream virtually any song ever published for free.

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]]> http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/myspace-music-to-launch-tonight-here%e2%80%99s-what-you%e2%80%99ll-see-and-hear/feed/ 0 State of The Blogosphere: The More You Post, The Higher You Rank http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/state-of-the-blogosphere-the-more-you-post-the-higher-you-rank/ http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/state-of-the-blogosphere-the-more-you-post-the-higher-you-rank/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:48:58 +0000 admin http://www.nettechcorp.com/blog/2008/09/state-of-the-blogosphere-the-more-you-post-the-higher-you-rank/ All week, Technorati is releasing data from its 2008 State of the Blogosphere report. On Monday, Technorati told us that bloggers only need 100,000 visitors a month to make $75,000 a year (yeah, right). Today , it offers up something more believable: the more you post, the higher you are likely to rank on Technorati. Blogging is a volume game.

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