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To compete with cable and satellite TV companies. AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and a slew of competitive local exchange carriers, or CLECs, are pouring millions of dollars into Internet protocol television, or IPTV. Instead of using traditional broadcast, cable or satellite transmissions, IPTV delivers video using the same techniques developed for computer networks. By the end of 2010,...

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Kara Swisher over at the BoomTown blog thinks so. She cites sources who say the social network is talking about another round of venture capital at some hefty valuations that would give Facebook Inc. the freedom to operate independently for a few more years. Facebook thinks pretty highly of itself according to some numbers bandied about by board member...

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We’re not sure what exactly investors are expecting to hear from Yahoo! Inc. CEO Jerry Yang following his 100th day in office next month, though we doubt anyone expects him to come up with something that would make us forget about Google Inc. Seeking to defuse speculation that some big announcement with streamers and confetti is being planned, “people familiar...

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Facebook Inc.'s new public search feature is surely prompting the many startups that specialize in people search to huddle with their venture backers to figure out whether the social network's move is a death sentence, or the best thing that could happen to them. On its way to becoming an operating system for social networking, Facebook is letting standard search engines, including Google...

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When Tech Confidential spoke with BlueLithium Inc. CEO Gurbaksh Chahal in May, he acknowledged receiving feelers from potential buyers, but said the behavioral advertising firm was focused on an IPO in early 2008. Whether that was a subtle negotiating ploy or the company’s actual strategy is uncertain, but BlueLithium is now a part of Yahoo! Inc. after it was...

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VCs have found another reason to gripe about Google Inc. Not only is the search giant diverting talent from VC-backed startups, but it's starting to compete with private investors for deals. BusinessWeek reports that Google has begun making small investments, of $500,000 or less, in promising young companies and then, in some cases, turning around and acquiring them on...

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Unnamed investors pumped $2.9 million into 30 Second Software Inc., a startup that has created a shopping site for BlackBerry users. According to an article in The Austin American-Statesman, the firm filed papers disclosing the funding with the Texas State Securities Board. The company makes Digby, which allows users to buy everything from flowers to chocolate in less than a...

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Unable (or unwilling) to acquire hot social networking sites Facebook Inc. or Bebo Inc., Yahoo! Inc. is building its own social job network. News.com has all the details about Kickstart, which connects college students with alumni who work at companies they may wish to join. It's a clever idea. The question is whether Yahoo! is too late to the game and whether...

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Look out Facebook Inc., Ripl Corp. is on your tail. Well, not exactly, but the college-based social networking startup did manage to score $4.25 million in funding, according to peHub.com. This comes on top of the $2 million the Seattle-based company received in April. The site, which is currently restricted to students who attend the University of Washington or...

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During his first investor call in July after being named CEO of Yahoo! Inc., Jerry Yang said he would spend the next 100 days or so coming up with a fresh, strategic plan for the company he co-founded. Let’s hope he’s more successful than the Democrats were in the first 100 days after taking over Congress. The 100 days aren’t...

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