Mashable has raised $13. 3 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Updata Partners with participation from New Market Ventures Partners, Social Starts, Buddy Media co-founders Michael and Kass Lazerow, Iglo Group CEO Elio Leoni Sceti, and Havas Global CEO David Jones.
GSMA has released an assessment of the impact of the mobile industry in Latin America.
The report, known as “Mobile Economy Latin America 2013,” revealed that during 2012 the mobile industry generated over 3.7 percent of Latin America’s GDP, contributing US $211 billion to the region’s economy.
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Fusion –the news, pop culture and satire network from ABC and Univision– announced today that several of America’s most recognized brands have signed on as launch partners.
By serving the Hispanic entrepreneurial marketplace, Crowdismo is a relatively new startup that is taking a fresh approach towards the already crowded crowdfunding market.
Media buzz around new Univision-ABC TV channel targeting Hispanic millennials is loud and solid. What are they saying?
StartMeApp, Latin America’s largest mobile ad network, reports 8.6 billion impressions across LATAM region, as well as a 63% rise in North America impressions to 2.95 billion monthly during Q3.
Turner Digital Ad Sales announced it partnered with Rubicon Project to launch a new programmatic advertising platform, Turner Premium Xchange.
Netflix now has more than 40 million subscribers worldwide. Its solid results allow it to pursue expansion into new markets in 2014.
Although it had announced plans to go public in 2014, Outbrain has added US $35 million in its latest fundraising round, bringing its overall investment to US $99M, thus staying ahead of the content recommendation business.
Telefonica is making a strategic investment in Rhapsody, which will also bundle and resell Rhapsody’s Napster music service and catalog to Telefonica mobile and broadband subscribers.
Foursquare has just announced its advertising platform is now open for businesses of all sizes, all over the world.
CallidusCloud opens a new office in Mexico City’s centric business area.
Samsung is the biggest smartphone maker worldwide and also the sales leader of affordable smartphones in emerging markets.
San Francisco-based social network Twitter made public its initial public offering filing with the US Securities Exchange Commission, its stock ticker symbol being TWTR. The filing indicates Twitter hopes to raise up to US $1 billion.
Visa, MasterCard and American Express have proposed a new global standard of “digital tokens” to enhance the security of digital payments and simplify the purchasing experience when shopping on a mobile phone, tablet or personal computer.