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Yahoo will buy 10 percent of Alibaba.com IPO shares

Alibaba.com, the leader of Chinese e-commerce is preparing its IPO and going through the motions for doing this. Yahoo, in a bid to strengthen its presence in the competitive Chinese market is buying more...
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Oracle Acquires LogicalApps

Sequoia and Mission backed startup LogicalApps has been grabbed by Oracle for an undisclosed amount, which continues Oracle's bid to strengthen its position in fighting SAP and Microsoft. more...
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Virgin Mobile IPO has a modest rise

Virgin Mobile IPO raised about 200 million British pounds, rose a modest 5% from its relatively low-priced opening. In an event that has triggered lots of comments about the viability of MVNO business, more...
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Solar startup Konarka Raises $45M

Solar startup Konarka which makes photovoltiac arrays that power the buildings housing offices and residences, has raised a big amount of funding: $45 million to be exact. more...
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Got 3-minutes? Startup can set you up with a date

San Mateo based Speeddate.com is offering speed-dating services based online and on a round-robin style. What started as a Stanford Business School project, has become a company now with service offerings. more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Did you know? 10 Reasons to Join a Startup

Ben Yoskovitz, the Co-Founder of Standout Jobs shares his list of 10 reasons why someone should be joining a startup. They include more influence, ownership and of course, fun. more...
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Ad-supported video offered by Blinkxx

Blinkxx is releasing its AdHoc technology that could enable bloggers to make more money by just embedding video clips on their website, regardless of where the video comes from. Now, that sounds interesting. more...
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Got a video startup?

If you are a video startup, based in UK or Ireland, then please do contact TechCrunch because it is doing a study of all online video startups. You can contact Mike Butcher or submit your company directly. more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: New Media  |  

Google gobbles Jaiku

Jaiku, the presence messenger which was making its own waves in this area, has been acquired by Google for an unspecified amount. It was rife in the blogosphere that Google would be 'powncing' on one more...
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2001 Internet stars: Where are they now?

Tracking: Michael Merhej, Randy Conrads, Jared Polis, Farhad Mohit, Vanchau Nguyen, Omar Wasow and others who were the stars of 2001, coming up with popular internet businesses which were quite 'successful'. more...
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