Bubbly

"Bubbly" is a song by American recording artist Colbie Caillat from her debut album, Coco (2007). Written by Caillat and Jason Reeves and produced by Mikal Blue, the song was released as the album's lead single in May 2007. It remains Caillat's biggest hit in the US to date, and her only single to reach the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.

The single's music video, directed by Liz Friedlander, aired on MTV, VH1 and CMT. A still from the music video was used as the cover for Caillat's debut album, Coco. The video/single is also featured in the hit PlayStation 2 karaoke game SingStar Pop Vol 2, released in late September 2008 in the United States. It was also featured in SingStar Hottest Hits in PAL regions.

Background and composition

"Bubbly" was written by Colbie Caillat and Jason Reeves. It is an alternative pop song, folk song, and acoustic song. "Bubbly" is written in the key of A and primarily features a gentle guitar instrumentation which uses a capo of 7th fret. The guitar uses open D tuning (low to high): D-A-D-F♯-A-D.

Bubbly (social network)

Bubbly is a social voice service working across feature phones and smartphones. For feature phones, users can record their voice by dialling a short code and speaking, as well as listen to popular posts. Subscribers get a text with the short code number for dialling into Bubbly’s servers to have the voice message play back. To cater to smartphone users, Bubbly was made available on iOS and Android platforms in April 2012.

History

Bubbly is developed by the Singapore-based start-up previously known as Bubble Motion, which was founded in 2005. The company has since changed its name to Bubbly.

Bubbly received its angel funding of $5 million in March 2004.

In 2006, the company raised $10 million in its Series A from Sequoia Capital US and India. In 2008, they received $14 million in Series B funding from Sequoia Capital, Comcast Ventures and North Gate Capital.

In 2010, total subscribers on Bubbly surpassed 2 million.

The most recent Series E funding in 2012 took the company's total funding to $50 million from a range of backers including JAFCO Asia, SingTel Innov8, Infocomm Investments and Palomar Ventures.

Larry

Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence, Laurence or Laraib. It can be a shortened form of those names.

Larry may refer to the following:

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Larry Pinto de Faria

Larry Pinto de Faria, (born in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, November 3, 1932) is a former Brazilian football (soccer) player. He currently lives in Porto Alegre.

With Bodinho he formed the most invaluable double striker attack of Internacional.

He began his career at Fluminense Football Club where he played from 1951 to 1954, and champion of Campeonato Carioca in 1951 and the Copa Rio (International) in 1952, that year he was also the top scorer of the Brazilian team in the 1952 Summer Olympics, when he scored four goals in three games.

Larry competed for Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Larry (cat)

Larry Cameron is the 10 Downing Street cat and is Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office. Larry is a brown and white tabby, believed to have been born c. January 2007.

First year in Downing Street

Larry is a rescue cat from the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and was chosen by Downing Street staff. Media speculation had raised the possibility of a new feline arriving in Downing Street after rats had been seen on two occasions behind television news correspondents reporting live, with a Downing Street "pro-cat faction" having apparently won the argument. The cat is also intended to be a pet for the children of David and Samantha Cameron. After moving into Downing Street, Larry immediately courted controversy by taking a swipe at ITV News reporter Lucy Manning whilst being required to pose for a news item.

He has been described by Downing Street sources as a "good ratter" and as having "a high chase-drive and hunting instinct". Soon after he was taken in at Downing Street, a story ran in the press claiming that Larry was a lost cat and that the original owner had started a campaign to retrieve him. However, the story was later revealed to be a hoax, and no such owner nor campaign existed. David Cameron has said that Larry is a "bit nervous" around men, speculating that, since Larry was a rescue cat, this may be due to negative experiences in his past. Cameron mentioned that U.S. President Barack Obama is an apparent exception to this fear: he said, "Funnily enough he liked Obama. Obama gave him a stroke and he was all right with Obama." Unlike his predecessors since 1929, Larry's upkeep is funded not by taxpayers but by the staff of 10 Downing Street. Fund-raising events to pay for his food are believed to have included a quiz night for Downing Street staff held in the state rooms. Larry's exploits and observations on life at Number 10 became the subject of a weekly cartoon in The Sunday Express drawn by cartoonist Ted Harrison.