Dabble db acquired by twitter



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dabble db

Dabble db gets acquired by Twitter. Smallthought Systems the brains behind Dabble db will be integrated into the mirco blogging giant Twitter. There is a fair amount of speculation surrounding why Twitter would acquire Dabble db best know for its smart analytics based on csv or excel data. Think of dabble db as the bridge between static excel data (say for sales) and a robust customer relationship management software CRM. Dabble db allows fast and accurate importing of static data that can be analyzed, customized and generate meaningful reports like a database or CRM software would do. Although dabble db is the well known product, Trendly is Smallthought Systems other product helping businesses analyze Google analytics an important changes.

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trendly


According to PaidContent the Dabble db Twitter acquisition was mainly for trendly and is most likely to be integrated into Twitter’s forthcoming paid premium accounts. This is yet another acquisition made by Twitter since December of this year. In April, Twitter acquired Cloudhopper a mobile messaging company shortly after it acquired Tweetie

Twitter and Linkedin partner



In a partnership that actually makes sense Linkedin will allow status updates to be pushed out to your Twitter account and/or pull your tweets into your professional profile. You will have privacy and broadcast options obviously as the two services differ a bit in target audience. Linkedin remains the professional service of choice and twitter is more casual. As the lines continue to blurr between social media and services this may chance.

At least we have the option for now to promote yourself or business with a filter.

Twitter project $100 million dollar deal



twitter 100 millionTwitter the social messaging service is close to raising a $100 million from as many as seven investors. The Wall Street Journal reported today with people familiar with the matter. Private equity firm Insight Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Institutional Venture Partners and mutual fund T. Rowe Price (if you can believe it). The twitter project break out to date is as follows:

Year Type Amount

07/2007 - Series A - $5 Million

Investors: Charles River Ventures, Marc Andreessen, Dick Costolo, Naval Ravikant, Ron Conway


05/2008 – Series B - $15 Million


Investors: Spark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Union Square Ventures, Digital Garage

02/2009 - Series C - $35 Million

Investors: Benchmark, Institutional Venture Partners