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Symantec buys authentication assets of VeriSign for $1.28B
Written on 19 May, 2010 at 22:35 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Continuing an acquisition spree, Symantec said today it agreed to buy the authentication business of VeriSign for $1.28 billion in cash. The deal includes the secure socket layer, certificate services, public key infrastructure, VeriSign Trust Services, and VeriSign Identity... (Continue reading)
Tweetdeck, Seesmic up their game with new versions; add support for Buzz
Written on 19 May, 2010 at 22:35 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Two of the biggest social media dashboards around are raising the stakes with a host of new features. Seesmic and Tweetdeck , which were early players in building third-party software to read tweets and status updates from social networks,... (Continue reading)
Roundup: Jason Calacanis quits Facebook, eVenues wins Founder Showcase
Written on 19 May, 2010 at 22:35 in MobileCrunch, TechCrunch, VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Here’s the latest action: Jason Calacanis quits Facebook — The Mahalo chief executive sent out an email declaring that he will broadcast the deletion of his Facebook account live on Ustream on Friday afternoon. He wrote: “Simply put, I... (Continue reading)
Jeremy Wright Steps Down As CEO of Blog Network b5media
Written on 27 Jul, 2009 at 15:06 in TechCrunch | viewed times | 0 Comments
Jeremy Wright has stepped down as CEO of b5media , the blog network he helped co-found, mostly for unspecified personal reasons. While Wright will remain a board member and shareholder of the venture-backed startup, he already has a replacement:... (Continue reading)