The HowStuffWorks website was sold to Discovery Communications for $250 million. HowStuffWorks.com leverages the exclusive digital rights to over 30,000 books, 800,000 images and more than 180,000 maps and receives around 11 million monthly visitors.
Monthly Archives: October 2007
Gifts.com acquires GiveFun.com
Gifts.com, a site providing gift ideas and owned by IAC announced the acquisition of GiveFun.com, an online gift certificate provider.
Google acquired Jaiku.com
Google acquired Jaiku.com for an undisclosed amount. Jaiku is a micro-blogging websites that has been a part of the recent Web 2.0 revolution. Jaiku’s site is an activity stream and presence sharing service that works from the Web and mobile phones.
MSNBC.com acquires Newsvine
MSNBC.com acquires Newsvine. Newsvine is a site that pioneered the social media and participatory news space. Offerings include contributor columns, user profiles, group commenting and conversation tracking.