July 30, 2008
Live, from New York Panera Bread in Raleigh, it’s Pilgrim’s Picks!
Ask.com helps IAC enjoy a good financial quarter.
Dashboard ad management company Clickable has raised $14.5 million in Series B funding.
I wonder where MyYearbook got the inspiration for its name? Anyway, the social network for teens just raised $13 million in funding.
Google Checkout and PayPal [...]
July 28, 2008
I feel sorry for any tech company trying to announce any news today–just about all focus is on Cuil. Still, these brave souls decided to take the plunge:
Live video streaming web site Mogulus has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from media conglomerate Gannett. Pretty lame to announce funding, but not the amount–don’t you think?
Yahoo’s [...]
July 24, 2008
Darn it! I had a really good opening for today’s Picks, but I think I left it sitting at the coffee shop.
I’ll be right back…er…enjoy today’s Picks while I’m gone.
Click fraud rates were down slightly in Q2. Maybe it’s summer break for the fraudsters.
Mobile advertising network AdMob is launching a whole [...]
July 22, 2008
Another day, another dollar edition of Pilgrim’s Picks.
Could changes at The Patent and Trademark Office nullify Google’s patents?
The New York Times have announced a content syndication deal with LinkedIn.
Apparently Propeller, AOL’s social news site, doesn’t want to copy Digg’s system anymore. Instead, they’ve announced a new algorithm that will calculate the most popular items.
Wordpress comes [...]
July 18, 2008
What is it they say about the squeaky wheel? Well, it’s been over 13 hours now and my Google Calendar is still blank. I have no idea what my appointments or deadlines are for the day. Thanks Google!
For those of you with their lives fully diarized, I present today’s Picks.
Wikipedia is testing a new system [...]