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Folks keep an eye out on K2 Network, Irvine, Calif.-based start-up that is a distributor of casual games and MMOs. The company has raised $20 million or so, with just over $16 million in Series B funding from Intel Capital, Greycroft Partners, Khosla Ventures and Novel TMT Ventures as well as returning investors BV [...]

This week we speak with “big man” Richard Moross, founder and CEO of Moo.com. Learn how moo.com was conceived and get an inside scoop on an untapped industry. Check out customer moo cards via flickr.

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Cisco Systems (CSCO) CEO John Chambers is headed to India and in an email interview with Livemint.com he outlined the progress made by Cisco in India:
* Cisco sales in India are over $1 billion. Chambers is bullish about prospects of wireless in India. (It might also explain why the company snapped up WiMAX vendor Navini [...]

Outspark, a San Francisco-based casual games publisher with offices in Seoul, South Korea, launched its North American games portal yesterday. Like Nexon’s South Korean-developed MapleStory, Outspark games will be free to play — in addition to advertising built into the games and the portal, the company will rely on micro-transactions of virtual [...]

We like Harvard Working Knowledge, and today we picked up another quick post by marketing guru, John Quelch. It’s billed as “How To Build a Global Brand,“ but we think his five simple rules for how to brand effectively are applicable to any startup trying to establish its name and image — globally or not. […]

EarthLink (ENLK), the beleaguered Atlanta-based Internet service provider, is scoring a big fat zero out of two when it comes to capital-intensive technology bets. Earlier this year, the former dial-up darling started pulling back on its MuniFi business and CEO Rolla Huff said EarthLink had repositioned its Wi-Fi business without the high-cash spend. Yesterday, with […]