Shelby.tv Adds Hulu to Its Social Video Recommendations

By Ryan Lawler  GigOm Things are heating up in the social video recommendations space, as a number of startups seek to become the go-to place for discovering new content based on what their friends are watching. But one of the newest…  Read More

Nanigans gets $3M, and EA as ad partner

Mass High Tech by Rodney H. Brown Boston startup Nanigans Inc., barely a year old, has been chosen by Electronic Arts Inc. to supply its advertising platform for EA social games on Facebook, according to a release. In addition, Nanigans…  Read More

Nanigans raises $3M for Facebook ad platform

VentureBeat by Dean Takahashi Nanigans said it has raised $3 million in a first round of funding for its Facebook advertising platform. Boston-based Nanigans has created a real-time bidding platform for Facebook that makes it a lot easier to maximize…  Read More

Smartphone firm adopts nanomaterial touchscreens

+Plastic Electronics by Dan Rogers One of the top six manufacturers of smartphones worldwide has adopted a nanomaterial touchscreen from US firm Cambrios, signalling the success of disruptive, next-generation technologies in the touchscreens markets.

Avalon Ventures #2 – CalPERS IRR List

Solcaltech.com CalPERS (the California Public Employees’ Retirement System), one of the biggest limited partners in venture capital funds, has released its best and worst performing venture capital and private equity funds as of December 31st, showing that two Southern California…  Read More

Syndax Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of US Patent for Entinostat — Extends exclusivity to 2029 supporting commercialization in breast and lung cancer —

 PRNewswire Syndax Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage epigenetics oncology company, today announced allowance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of Patent Application Serial No. 12/549458 entitled: ” N-(2-AMINOPHENYL)-4[N-(PYRIDINE-3-YL)- METHOXYCARBONYL—AMINOMETHYL]-BENZAMINE (MS-275) POLYMORPH B.”   This follows the UK issuance which was…  Read More

Avalon Ventures’ Levandov on Outlook for Zynga

Bloomberg Avalon Ventures’ Levandov on Outlook for Zynga Richard Levandov, managing member at Avalon Ventures, talks about the outlook for Zynga Inc. and the impact of his stake in the company on his future investments. The biggest maker of games…  Read More