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Jeudi, 07 Octobre 2010 22:12

Bit.ly Raises $10 Million Series B, Still Growing Like Crazy

It looks like short links are here to stay, at least for a while longer. Bit.ly, the largest independent link shortening service out there, closed a $10 million Series B financing. The round was led by RRE Ventures, with AOL Ventures also becoming a new investor. Existing investors betaworks, O’Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, SV Angel, Founders Fund, and a few angels participated as well.

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Jeudi, 07 Octobre 2010 22:12

Bit.ly Raises $9 Million Series B, Still Growing Like Crazy

It looks like short links are here to stay, at least for a while longer. Bit.ly, the largest independent link shortening service out there, closed a $9 million Series B financing. (Correction: An earlier version of this story had $10 Million as the amount raised. The actual amount was $8.9 million). The round was led by RRE Ventures, with AOL Ventures also becoming a new investor.

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Jeudi, 07 Octobre 2010 21:53

Facebook Groups Don’t Have A Privacy Problem, But Someone Needs To Can The Spam

This morning there has a rash of reports claiming that Facebook Groups may be somehow violating your privacy, possibly heralding the latest in Facebook’s long string of privacy blunders. The uproar, if you can even call it that, was sparked in part by Jason Calacanis who was “