Hulu, which has rapidly grown to be the top destination for broadcast shows online, is readying itself to go public in an offering that could value the company at $2 billion. But to make it independently, it’s going to need the support of its content partners. Read more »
Demand Media is feeling the glare of the spotlight as it prepares for an IPO expected to be in the $1.5-billion range. Its financial statements have drawn some red flags, there are concerns about its web traffic, and the quality of its content is being criticized. Read more »
In its IPO filing with regulators, paid-content producer Demand Media raises the possibility that Google could decide to use its knowledge of keyword ad trends to compete with the algorithm-driven content company. Google recently received a patent that relates to generating content based on search results. Read more »
Skype today filed to raise up to $100 million through an initial public offering. Last week saw Demand Media file for an IPO and NXP, a semiconductor company, actually go public on Thursday. Is the technology IPO back, or is this a false start? Read more »
Skype’s $100 million IPO filing could be seen as good news for the nascent video chat market. But despite 40 percent of all calls made through Skype being video chats, a look at its financials reveals that it doesn’t actually make any money from the service. Read more »
Skype, the Internet telephony company, is looking to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering, according to an S-1 filing with the SEC. The offering was widely viewed as in the cards, though I admit it came sooner than I thought. Read more »
Demand Media, the paid-content company started by MySpace founder Richard Rosenblatt, has filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission that are the first step on the road to an initial public offering of shares that is expected to hit the market later this year. Read more »
Facebook was initially rumored to be going public in 2010, and then in 2011. News reports suggest that the company now wants to wait until at least 2012 to show revenue growth. Is it such a smart move by the company to wait? Read more »
Russian investment fund Digital Sky Technologies is expected to go public sometime next year, according to reports. The company owns stakes in several of the hottest Internet companies around, including Facebook, social-game maker Zynga and group-buying site Groupon, as well as several leading Russian Internet companies. Read more »
RealD, which licenses the 3-D technology used by a majority of theaters in the U.S., is going public this week. Its IPO, which is the first by a company selling modern 3-D technology, could be a harbinger of the 3-D market as a whole. Read more »
Molycorp, which mines of a group of metals known as rare earth elements used in hybrid vehicle batteries, wind turbines, compact fluorescent light bulbs and other technologies, filed with regulators Friday afternoon to raise up to $350 million in an IPO. Read more »
There’s already 19 green IPOs on deck this year. Still more greentech firms have been rumored to be eying the public markets for some time. Here’s our 10 picks for which greentech startups could be next to file this year in the U.S.: Read more »
Will the iPad change the way we watch video? The jury is still out on questions like these, but let’s face it: iPad users love video, and the video world loves the iPad, with numerous sites and apps already serving up movies, TV shows and web […] Read more »
Tesla has just filed its first amendment to its S-1 filing, noting that it has begun drawing funds from its federal loan facility and has struck a deal that could shrink or eliminate a potential gap in Roadster sales anticipated for 2012. Read more »
The end of the week is here so time to share the past week at Mobile Tech Manor with you, my friends. It was a typical week full of gadgets, software and good e-books. I used a different notebook each day and it went well. Read more »
