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Joost raises $45 million
Okay, we're getting about as tired of writing Joost news as you are of reading it. But this is kind of big. The internet television platform started by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström has raised $45 million in capital.Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Li K-shing, and CBS have all put some money in, although that's not a comprehensive list. So far, Joost had been funded primarily out of the pockets of Friis and Zennström.
Given the game-changing nature of the duo's last project with Skype, it shouldn't be a huge surprise that Joost is gaining momentum as it nears an official release. The company continues to sign major content partners, overcoming one of the earliest criticisms: that there was nothing worth watching.
And while Joost has experienced some server overload since widening its beta test group in recent weeks, the overall user experience is pretty innovative and nothing at all like YouTube, which is what most people think of when you mention internet video these days.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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martin said 12:03AM on 5-11-2007
please could somebody send me an invite ??
martin@pocagentesabe.com
;) thanks !
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AlabamaRon said 12:04PM on 5-11-2007
I would very much appreciate an invite.
Thanks
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Brian said 8:15AM on 5-27-2007
Finally. It's about time.
http://bsjpark.blogspot.com/2007/05/joost-funding-of-45-million.html
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