Carr On Keen: Andrew Keen Talks About His New Book, “Digital Vertigo”

“It would be weird if the board wasn’t discussing whether I’m the right guy to do the job.”

“I think that for me, it’s God, family and Yahoo—in that order.”

Crowdsourced design site 99designs has launched a version of its site in French, several months after acquiring its German clone and launching in German language as well. [Source: 99designs]

Bizible, a graduate of TechStars Seattle, has raised $1.7 million for its ad effectiveness tools from Madrona Venture Group. The company has raised just over $2 million to date. [Source: Geekwire]

iSchool Campus has raised $2 million in a Series A round of funding from Crocker Ventures. The provider of smart school” systems to K-12 schools allows them to integrates mobile devices onto the school’s wireless network. It’s seeking to raise another $2 million in this round. [Source: Vator News]

Israeli startup Everything.me, an HTML tool that helps connect various apps within one phone, has raised a huge round of funding worth $25 million from Mozilla and carrier partner Telefonica. It marks Mozilla’s first ever venture capital investment. [Source: All Things D]

Fashion social media website Polyvore has launched an iPhone app to compliment its website, which has accumulated 19 million users since launch, a 91 percent increase over the last year. [Source: Polyvore]

“Step right up and place your bids on AMD’s Austin campus,” or so soon will say an auctioneer. The stock price for the struggling chip-maker is down 60 percent this year and rumors persist that its looking for an acquirer, while struggling under $2 billion in debt. Looking to dig out from under this hole, the company is apparently looking to sell its 58-acre facility for approximately $150 million and then aims to lease it back from the acquirer. The company announced the layoffs of 1,700 employees just one month ago. [Source Reuters]

Microsoft is apparently turning to schoolyard name-calling if its latest anti-Google campaign is any indication. Redmond rolled out its “Scroogled” – aka. don’t get screwed by Google – holiday shopping campaign on Bing. In a statement, the company said “Simply put, all of [Google's] shopping results are now paid ads,” to which Google replied “I’m rubber and you’re glue.” [Source Microsoft]

This morning, Amazon joined all the cool kids by offering a public Maps API. The company acquired 3D mapping startup UpNext in July and released a beta version of its Maps product in September. Now, CEO Jeff Bezos and Co. are hoping that developers will integrate the service into their Kindle apps. [Source Amazon]

Cloud-based predictive marketing intelligence company AgilOne has raised $10 million in Series B financing led by Mayfield Fund with participation from Sequoia Capital. The company reportedly has 50 customers including Bosch, PetCareRx, and Shazaam,which it assists in analyzing social marketing data. [Source AgilOne]

The next version of Microsoft’s OS is codenamed Blue, and will be updated annually, much like Apple’s approach it its OS. Windows Blue, due out in mid-2013, will have user interface updates, and the company will be aggressively pushing developers to eventually move from Windows 8 to the new OS.

[Source: The Verge]