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December 14th, 2011

Outbrain Raises $35M In Series D Funding For Content Discovery Platform

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Today, content discovery platform Outbrain is announcing it has secured $35 million in Series D funding in a round led by Index Ventures. Existing investors Carmel Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners also participated in the round. As a part of the deal, Dominique Vidal, partner at Index Ventures, will join the company’s Board of Directors.
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September 18th, 2008

Released Sony Bravia SDK means widgets are coming

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July 23rd, 2007

iPhone Death Watch

Those pranksters at PC Mag have come up with a completely scientific methodology that predicts when your iPhone will bite the dust. Cuz, you know, you can’t replace the battery on your own. The iPhone is slated to hold 80 percent of a charge after 400 charges, but I think the foul weather has caused our friends to eat some mushrooms and they’re boosting that number to 450 cycles. They’ve also estimated that you’ll be charging your iPhone every 34 hours, so the math becomes very simple, 450 charges x 1.5 days = 675 days. Chances are you’ll be upgrading to 2G by then. iPhone Death Widget [PC Mag] → Read More

Vince Veneziani, Contributor
January 30th, 2007

Geek Proposes Via Dashboard Widget

Some would call this a story of love between two geeks. Apparently, some dork who goes by the username “Bjorn” on Flickr proposed to his girl by coding out a custom Dashboard widget. Shaped like a ring box, the widget has an image of a diamond engagement ring and the message “Jennifer Christensen Will You marry me?” He told her to hit F12 and the rest is history. Awwww. Who says geek romance is dead. I wonder where the reception is being held – Fry’s or Circuit City? Fanboy Proposes to Girlfriend with Dashboard Widget [Gizmodo] → Read More

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