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TweetDeck for Mac is shutting down as Twitter pushes users to web app
Twitter’s long-ignored social media dashboard app, TweetDeck for Mac, will be shutting down on July 1. The company informed users of the Mac app of its impending closure via a…
Near acquires the location data company formerly known as UberMedia
Data intelligence company Near is announcing the acquisition of another company in the data business — UM. In some ways, this echoes Near’s acquisition of Teemo last fall. Just as that deal…
UberMedia connects cross-channel ad impressions to actual store visits
Mobile ad company UberMedia is expanding its measurement and attribution business in a big way. You may remember UberMedia as the company that owns social apps like Echofon and UberSocial.…
After Betting On Mobile Ads, UberMedia Raises Another $8M
Mobile ad targeting company UberMedia is announcing that it has raised $8 million in new funding. UberMedia first became known for creating social apps, and it still offers the Twitter…
UberMedia Quietly (Inadvertently?) Releases Chime.in, A Mobile Social Networking App
A tipster informs us that UberMedia, the company behind social networking apps like Echofon and UberSocial / Twidroyd, has unintentionally pushed its new iPhone application onto the App Store (iTunes…
As Seesmic Bids Adieu To RIM, UberMedia Introduces UberSocial 1.2 For BlackBerry
The popular UberSocial Twitter client for BlackBerry (formerly known as UberTwitter) just got an update with a bunch of new features and bug fixes. Notably, its developer UberMedia is doubling…
No Chirp This Year, So Twitter Developers Holding Their Own Summit
Last year, Twitter held the first Chirp, a large developer conference in San Francisco akin to Facebook’s f8, Google’s I/O, and Apple’s WWDC. Everyone assumed this would become an annual…
German Media Giant Burda Puts $5.6M In Twitter Application Developer UberMedia
Bill Gross’ UberMedia has announced a $5.6 million investment from German media giant Burda Digital through its investment arm, DLD Ventures. This brings UberMedia’s total funding to $26.6 million. UberMedia…
Twitter Confirms TweetDeck Acquisition: It's All About The Power Users
Boom. After about a thousand blog posts, Twitter has officially announced that it has bought TweetDeck. We first reported that the total price of the sale was around $40 million,…
Twitter To Buy TweetDeck For $40 Million – $50 Million
Twitter has acquired TweetDeck, we’ve heard from a source with knowledge of the deal, and the transaction will be announced in the next few days. The $40 million – $50…
How a Tweetdeck, UberMedia deal could cut down Twitter's bird
In the world of Internet startups people can become obsessed with the function of a product or app, often ignoring how a company can change the dynamics of a market…
How A Tweetdeck, UberMedia Deal Could Cut Down Twitter's Bird
In the world of Internet startups people can become obsessed with the function of a product or app, often ignoring how a company can change the dynamics of a market…
UberSocial For BlackBerry + 50 Cent= Uber50
I didn’t think I’d ever write about UberMedia and 50 Cent in the same sentence but here goes—UberMedia is partnering with rap star 50 Cent to launch a branded Twitter…
TweetDeck Launches #NewTwitter Rival
After the success of its Chrome web app, TweetDeck is launching a full-fledged web app, which should pose major competition to both Twitter and Seesmic. According to a blog post,…
Twitter Reinstates UberSocial And Twidroyd, UberMedia iPhone Apps Still Await Review
Looks like Bill Gross’ UberMedia has had its API access reinstated for at least two of its apps this Sunday afternoon, after a dramatic turn of events led to them…
This Is Business, Not Personal.
In Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 film The Godfather, there’s a scene between Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) and Sonny Corleone (James Caan) that plays out like this: Tom: Your father wouldn’t…
UberMedia CEO Bill Gross: Twitter Turn-Off "Took Us By Surprise," But "We Will Change"
I just got off the phone with UberMedia CEO and Idealab founder Bill Gross on the heels of Twitter’s suspension of two of UberMedia’s products, UberTwitter and Twidroyd, for violating…
UberMedia, Indeed. Bill Gross' Twitter Ecosystem Empire Just Acquired TweetDeck
The number of companies in the Twitter ecosystem keeps contracting. But not for a necessarily bad reason, but because they keep getting purchased. And what’s crazy is that it’s largely…
UberMedia Continues Shopping Spree; Buys Social News Platform Mixx
UberMedia (formerly known as PostUp and TweetUp) is on a serious shopping spree. In the past two weeks, the company has acquired Twitter client developers EchoFon, and UberTwitter. Today, the…
