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Affectiva, a Massachusetts start-up spun out of the MIT Media Lab, has nabbed $5.7 million in Series B funding to help it pursue technology which helps recognize and measure human emotions. The company sees big opportunities in helping companies understand and gauge how people are feeling. Read more »

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One of the keys to monetizing NewNet technologies like real-time feeds and social media will be harnessing the massive amounts of data they create. In recent weeks, there have been a handful of announcements illustrating creative ways of using this data. But most of them have ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Adding mobile apps to ride-sharing options will open up the services to all those car poolers that just don’t want to plan in advance. On the other hand, maybe that’s not such a good thing. Read more »

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Fall Season Start Not That Great; despite the rosy stories about strong debuts, NBC, ABC and the CW’s ratings are down. (TV by the Numbers) Get Some Sony Movies on the Go; new feature on select Blu-ray discs will allow users to transfer movies from PS3 […] Read more »

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NebuAd, the company that planned to enable Internet Service Providers to offer behavioral advertising based on a person’s web surfing history, has shut its doors, according to MediaPost, which cites court documents. The controversial service, which is akin to Phorm in the UK, had conducted advertising […] Read more »

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Pump-and-dump is not a phrase normally associated with startups. But that is exactly what WPP is accusing its fellow investors in Los Angeles-based interactive advertising agency Spot Runner of doing. The global advertising giant, which owns a 3 percent stake in Spot Runner, is suing Battery […] Read more »

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SAI: WPP Sees Some Ad Slowdown in the U.S., More to Come ArsTechnica: Intel Unveils New Embedded 45nm Xeons, Updates Chipsets Austin American Statesman: Dell Net Income Falls in Fourth Quarter LightReading: AlcaLu Climbs to 16.4 Terabits Over Fiber AP: Microsoft Cuts Price for Vista Read more »