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Find potential mate in 3 mintues using speeddate

Similar to WooMe (which is still in private alpha) dates are short, (hopefully) sweet, and one-on-one. SpeedDate will match you up based on some basic personality and geographical preferences. And starting more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Facebook Unveils Ad Strategy - Users Become Marketers

The company's approach to advertising boils down to an attempt at conversational marketing, where users become product promoters and are encouraged to spread the word about things they buy and use among more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Advertising  |  

How a Startup Inspired HP's Print 2.0 Strategy

Using Tabblo, you can mashup photos and add text, to create a kind of collage - which you then have the option to print out as a poster, book, card, etc. The collage is also available online, where other more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Services  |  

Are Platforms the Web 2.0 eMall?

Over the past few weeks a variety of platforms have launched including: Facebook, Meebo and Google OpenSocial. At a basic level, each one of these platforms allows a company to set up shop within these more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |  

Facebook Beacons - say goodbye to Privacy

While it seems to be a clever idea, a quick review reveals that Beacon might turn out to be a privacy hairball for the company. Facebook announced that they will be delivering more targeted ads based on more...
3 Comments  |  Topic: Advertising  |  

Dick Costolo's Entrepreneurial Experience

Dick Costolo is CEO and co-founder of Feedburner. He gave a talk at the Future of Web Apps about startup advice and being acquired & working for Google. more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

Impulse shopping app for BlackBerry

Digby has partnered with well-known retailers like Barnes & Noble and Fossil to create a downloadable shopping app that lets you indulge in impulse shopping from your BlackBerry. more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Mobile 2.0  |  

StumbleUpon Gets into Search

This is a very smart move by StumbleUpon. Stumbleupon rates the search results returned by the popular search engines by giving rating to each link based on the recommendation of Stumbleupon user community. more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Search  |  

Navini Networks got bought by Cisco for $330 million in cash

Cisco buys Navini Networks for $330 million and gets in to the WiMAX game. Their is a great pant-up demand in the developing countries for WiMAX. With this acquisition Cisco will compete with Motorola more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Wireless  |  

The Number one Problem in Web Design

The number one problem on the Web today is a mismatch between the desired message and the actual message being delivered. Remember the game of telephone, the one where you sit in a circle and whisper a more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Help  |