Buzzd Aggregates Check-Ins From Foursquare, Gowalla And Others In Social City Guide

We’ve written about the social city and nightlife mobile app, buzzd, which pulls its data from Twitter and other buzzd users, for a bigger picture of the places that are hot in a given location. The startup just released an Android app in December and today is launching a new version of its iPhone and BlackBerry apps that integrates location-based services in the mix. The buzzd network compiles information from its base of over a half-million users, Twitter, and other real-time sources to provide users with activity updates for almost half a million venues across the United States, the U.K

AOL Co-founder Steve Case Backs Online Wine Marketplace Vinfolio

Co-founder of AOL Steve Case (who will be up on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt this morning – live stream here ) has invested an undisclosed sum in online wine marketplace Vinfolio . The funding comes from Case’s investment company Revolution – partners David Golden and Philippe Bourguignon will join the startup’s board of directors. The deal terms were not disclosed.

Xmarks Begins Monetizing Bookmarks With Advertising And Analytics Platform SearchBoost

Following a rebranding last year, Xmarks , a social bookmarking and search tool, has been growing steadily in users. Following the addition of its search feature last March, Xmarks now has 4.5 million active users and has bookmarked 1 billion URLS. Xmarks is free as a plug-in to users (and is available on IE8, Firefox, Chrome and Safari) but until now, has not turned on any revenue streams

Class Action Lawyers Declare Victory Over Yelp, Still Want Damages

Local business review site Yelp is drawing a ton of headlines today as the company has announced a number of changes to the way it conducts business in the wake of several lawsuits that accused the company of extorting businesses to advertise .

Flixster Gets A Thumbs Up From Investors, Raises $12.5 Million

Movie ratings site Flixster raised $12.5 million in new funding, according to an SEC filing . The last time Flixster raised money was a $5 million Series B in April, 2008

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