Blog tech and advertising company Six Apart has acquired micro-blogging platform Pownce for an undisclosed sum, VB reports. But don't expect Pownce, which lets users broadcast short messages (including videos, photos and mp3s) to be embedded into any of Six Apart's current blogging tools—at least not in its current form—as Six Apart is pulling the plug on the service as of Dec 15. Pownce's lead developers Leah Culver and Mike Malone will likely take on ...

After weeks of denials and "no comments," political blog The Huffington Post has closed a $25 million third round funding from Oak Investment Partners, the company said in an e-mailed press release this morning. We reported earlier about a $20 million and above round with post-money valuation in the $110 million range. This probably puts it right at $115 million. The company said it planned to use the proceeds to support general growth efforts and ...

Don't be surprised if you haven't heard of Total Prestige—you may not have made the cut. The NY-based, invitation-only social net is geared toward millionaires (boasting both Saudi Arabian oil magnates and former soap stars among its roughly 650 members); and it's about to get a $1 million cash injection from private investor Frank DeRose. According to the NY Post, DeRose is backing Total Prestige in the hopes of transforming it from a mere social ...

Monster Worldwide (NSDQ: MNST), parent company of Monster, has bought a 50 percent stake in CareerOne, one of the biggest jobs sites in Australia. CareerOne is part of News Limited, the news media arm of News Corp (NYSE: NWS). With this deal, the two companies will offer joint online and print recruitment services as part of News Limited's 140-newspaper portfolio. The JV will initially carry the CareerOne and Monster brands, and the organization will continue ...

You may have noticed over the years that a fair amount of our information on fundings comes from PEHub via its access to paper filings from the SEC. The paper versions of the Form Ds, as PEHub's Dan Primack explains, weren't duplicated in online database EDGAR; PEHub, now part of Thomson Reuters (NASDAQ: TRIN), had access through a deal owner Thomson struck with the agency to scan paper filings in for subscription database Thomson Research. ...

The world's still turning for online publishing startups, a bit: tech and business news blog network Xconomy, based in Boston, has closed its second round of funding. Previous investor CommonAngels led the round, which included new investor LaunchCapital and previous angel investors, though the amount was not disclosed. Likely it is enough to help them through a prolonged downturn. The company, launched in June last year, was founded by Robert Buderi, previously the editor-in-chief of ...

Social music service iLike is on the block, MediaMemo reports—with existing stakeholder Ticketmaster and online music pioneer RealNetworks at the top of the potential buyers list. ILike has raised about $16 million in funding since its launch in 2006, with Ticketmaster and Bob Pittman's Pilot Group as its investors. If this situation sounds familiar, it's because it is. Fellow music-focused social media company Imeem is also on the hunt for a buyer, a sign that ...

Online marketing and widget development firm Nabbr has raised $2.57 million in its latest round of funding, peHub reports. Previous investors Allen & Co. and Avalon Ventures participated in the round, though we could not confirm whether there were additional investors. Chicago-based Nabbr has raised money from a number of different sources, including record label S-Curve, and private investors like Rocket Fuel founder and CEO Michael Wolfson. Previous funding amounts were not disclosed. The company ...

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I have never done this before and I think I’m going to walk on in a little bit as they pass by my hood. Eighteen mile walk from Union Station to Santa Monica, you can keep posted of their location on twitter.

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Vamos con mucho retraso, sobre los planes iniciales, con el tema de la Jardinería de Guerrilla. No es fácil pero ya hemos dado un paso importante: identificar lugares. Cogimos nuestras bicis la semana pasada y fuimos recorriendo Oviedo fijándonos también en otroas cosas. Aquí van algunas fotos y comentarios. En Capitán Almeida hay un prado ideal para la jardinería de guerrilla: En la antigua vía de FEVE en la Ronda Sur, sigue habiendo un vertedero ...

Online video discovery engine Taboola has secured $4.5 million in a second round of funding. Previous investor Evergreen Ventures led the round, which also included funds from a new group of Israeli and American investors. The Tel Aviv-based company rolled out a new product called ViDiscovery (NSDQ: DISAB), which lets publishers incorporate its search and recommendation tools on their site. It also has a service called DiscoverAd, which inserts both text and video ads within ...

Tonight on HBO, they showed Cool as Ice. I watched it. I'm not sure which is worse.I totally had that jacket.