Facebook Acquires Video Compression Startup QuickFire

Facebook Acquires Video Compression Startup QuickFire

Wall Street Jounal Facebook said Thursday it has acquired video-compression company QuickFire Networks, further underscoring the social networking giant’s increasing focus on video. Quickfire, based in San Diego, says it can quickly convert video formats and allow...
Chinese Fashion And Lifestyle Site Yetang Raises $5M Led By DCM

Chinese Fashion And Lifestyle Site Yetang Raises $5M Led By DCM

Yetang, a Chinese site that sells fashion and lifestyle products by smaller brands and designers around the world, has raised $5 million led by DCM. While smaller e-commerce sites face plenty of competition from formidable rivals like Alibaba’s marketplace Taobao,...