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| Jan 6, 2015 | SweetLabs Reaches 1 Billion App Installs Worldwide | SweetLabs, an app distribution platform that lets developers reach Windows and Android users via high-quality app install ads, today announced that they have officially reached 1 billion app installs. The installations spanned 180 countries... |
| Nov 8, 2014 | Advice on advisers: What separates the great ones from the rest | First-time startup founders and entrepreneurs get their fair share of advice. While most advice can be taken with a grain of salt, I’m a huge believer in the importance and value of leaning on experienced advisers to help you build your com... |
| Nov 8, 2014 | Advice on advisers: What separates the great ones from the rest | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
First-time startup founders and entrepreneurs get... |
| May 31, 2014 | San Diego’s Hottest Showcasing Startups Are… | Recently we celebrated Tech Cocktail’s San Diego Mixer and Startup Showcase at Analog in the historical Gaslamp district. Of course it wouldn’t be possible to put on such a great show without great sponsors, and we’d like to thank SweetLabs... |
| May 16, 2014 | SweetLabs Rolls Out An App Recommendation Platform For Android, Windows OEMs | Building on the success of Pokki, a lightweight app store and Start Menu replacement originally built for Windows, SweetLabs today announced its new “App Install Platform,” a service with an aim to help hardware manufacturers (OEMs) increas... |
| May 16, 2014 | SweetLabs Drops Their New App Install Platform For Developers and OEMs | The San Diego-based SweetLabs today dropped a major announcement on us with the launch of their new App Install Platform. Their new offering will enable device manufacturers (OEMs) to simultaneously improve revenues and the user experience ... |
| Apr 18, 2014 | Surf, Sun, and Startups – San Diego is Becoming a Major Player: Part 3 | My exploration into the San Diego tech startup scene has alerted me to a common gripe for startups that revolves around venture capital funding and talent. That is, many would argue venture capital opportunities in San Diego are slim, and k... |
| 2014 | Windroid: What if Microsoft forked Android? | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Chester Ng is the co-founder and CMO of SweetLabs.
With the constant talk of Samsung pulling an Amazon and someday forking Android, it ... |
| 2014 | Windroid: What if Microsoft forked Android? | Chester Ng is the co-founder and CMO of SweetLabs.
With the constant talk of Samsung pulling an Amazon and someday forking Android, it is frankly hard to imagine a compelling Samsung device that is missing Google Search, Gmail, Google Docs,... |
| Aug 22, 2013 | Renegade Windows App Store Pokki Lands Lenovo As Its Latest OEM Partner, Will Preload On Its PCs | After securing Acer as its first major OEM deal, Pokki, an alternative Windows application marketplace and Start Button replacement, today secured Lenovo as its newest partner. The deal will see Pokki’s game arcade and Start Menu shipped wi... |
| Jun 25, 2013 | Pokki To Come Pre-Installed On Acer PCs, With Zynga Games | SweetLabs, the startup behind Pokki, an app platform for Windows, has landed two big-name deals to get pre-installed on Acer computers with Zynga games. |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Put Away The Eulogy, The PC Is Alive And Well | Editor’s note: Chester Ng is co-founder and CMO of SweetLabs, makers of Pokki, a modern app platform for the PC. Follow him on Twitter @chest.
Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been blessed by the prescient researchers at Gartner and IDC... |
| Oct 18, 2012 | Upgrade, Downgrade: Pokki Offers Windows 8 Users a Familiar Menu | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Next week, Microsoft is scheduled to officially kick off its marketing campaign for Windows 8, described as the most radical overhaul of the PC operating system since Bill Gat... |
| Oct 16, 2012 | Miss the Start menu in Windows 8? Pokki has you covered | One of the biggest changes Windows 8 will bring to users when it is released next week is the removal of the Start menu on the desktop. Many Windows users will find it jarring.
That said, SweetLabs‘ new Pokki app for Windows 8 offers its ow... |
| Oct 16, 2012 | Miss the Start menu in Windows 8? Pokki has you covered | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
One of the biggest changes Windows 8 will bring to users when it is released next week is the removal of the Start menu on the desktop.... |
| Jul 9, 2012 | Acquired by SweetLabs, Instagrille relaunches to make Instagram photos shine on PCs | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
How sweet it is to be loved by Instagram users.
A... |
| Feb 28, 2012 | Kabam expands social games to CNET’s Download.com | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Continuing its diversification beyond Facebook, Kabam is announcing today will take four of its games to CNET’s Download.com service on... |
| Feb 28, 2012 | Kabam expands social games to CNET’s Download.com | Continuing its diversification beyond Facebook, Kabam is announcing today will take four of its games to CNET’s Download.com service on the web.
San Francisco-based Kabam (it’s moving from Redwood City, Calif.) started as a hardcore game pu... |
| Dec 20, 2011 | In Search of Next Killer App, SweetLabs Partners with Kabam on Games | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
SweetLabs co-founder Chester Ng tells me a new class of intense social network games are threatening to disrupt some of the established players in the desktop gaming business,... |
| Dec 20, 2011 | SweetLabs adds Kabam games to Pokki tool bar for app-like experience on desktops | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
SweetLabs is announcing today that Kabam’s social games will be available on its Pokki app platform, which delivers a one-click app exp... |
| Dec 20, 2011 | SweetLabs adds Kabam games to Pokki tool bar for app-like experience on desktops | SweetLabs is announcing today that Kabam’s social games will be available on its Pokki app platform, which delivers a one-click app experience to the desktop computer.
That means that Kabam games such as The Godfather: Five Families (pictur... |
| Oct 3, 2011 | SweetLabs Raises $13M, Entropic Invests $10M, Young & Restless Prefer Other Cities to San Diego, & More San Diego BizTech News | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
While some tech companies said last week that they are expanding their operations, fresh concerns are emerging about San Diego’s ability to attract and retain the young entrep... |
| Sep 30, 2011 | Psilos, Box, Blekko: Bay Area BizTech By the Numbers | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
It’s time for our data-driven news roundup. From the biggest number to the smallest:
$400 million—The target size of a new venture fund being raised by health IT investor Psil... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs raises $13M for desktop apps interface | SweetLabs has raised $13 million in funding to bring the one-click app experience to the desktop computer.
The San Diego, Calif. company makes an app platform called Pokki, which lets developers create and distribute rich connected desktop ... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | Intel Capital Leads $13M Round for SweetLabs in Bid to Re-Invent Desktop Experience | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
SweetLabs scored what could be construed as a Google seal of approval in April 2010 when the San Diego startup, then known as OpenCandy, landed $5 million in a Series B round ... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs Nabs $13M Led By Intel Capital For Pokki App Platform | Rdio app on Pokki |
| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs Raises $13M in Series C Funding | SweetLabs, Inc., a San Diego-based developer of an advertising network (OpenCandy) and an app platform (Pokki), has raised $13m in Series C funding.
The round was led by Intel Capital, with participation from existing investors Google Ventu... |
| Sep 29, 2011 |
SweetLabs Snags $13M
| San Diego-based SweetLabs, the company headed by Darrius Thompson, and which runs both the OpenCandy advertising network and the desktop Pokki app platform, said today that it has raised $13M in a Series C funding round. The round was led b... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs Raises $13 Million From Intel, Google And Others For Pokki App Platform | SweetLabs, the San Diego company behind the Pokki app platform and the OpenCandy advertising network, has raised $13 million in funding in a Series C round led by Intel Capital, with earlier backers Google Ventures and Bessemer Venture Part... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs Raises $13 Million Led By Intel Capital; To Double Staff in 12 Months | SweetLabs, the creators of OpenCandy, an advertising network, and Pokki, a desktop app platform, has announced that they have raised a $13 million C Round of funding from Intel Capital. Existing investors Google Ventures and Bessemer Ventur... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs lands $13M from Intel, Google, Bessemer | PC-focus desktop apps poised for growth
The parent company of Pokki, a personalizing desktop application platform, SweetLabs secured $13 million in Series C funding on Thursday. Intel Capital led the Series C round of funding with investmen... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs Raises $13M Series C |
Investment from Intel Capital, Google Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners will Enable SweetLabs to Ramp Up Development on Pokki, Expand to Multiple Devices and Operating Systems.
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| Sep 29, 2011 | SweetLabs raises $13M for desktop apps interface | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
SweetLabs has raised $13 million in funding to br... |