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Kodak Knows About Dying Business Models

Explaining in detail about why Kodak has managed to re-invent itself from a 20th century dinosaur to a nimble, fast-moving 21st century player, Philip J. Faraci, Kodak’s president, cited the global newspaper more...
Discuss  |  Topic: New Media  |  

Rumors? Plaxo Sold to Google for $200M?

Plaxo, which was founded in 2001 by Stanford classmates Cameron Ring and Todd Masonis along with Napster cofounder and Facebook founding president Sean Parker is mulling a sale to Google. It is backed more...
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Microsoft buys 3D company for Virtual Earth

In December, Microsoft bought Multimap, which also became a wholly owned subsidiary and works with the Virtual Earth and Search groups. Multimap develops online mapping services and now it has bought Caligari, more...
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Dealipedia Wants to Unveil Secretive Business Deals

With his new startup Dealipedia, based on a WiKi model, Michael Robertson, who made $115 million when he sold his startup MP3.com to Vivendi in 2001, wants every other entrepreneur to tell the world how more...
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Israeli startups follow money to Silicon Valley

Startups from Israel are trying to woo Silicon Valley Investors and VCs by conducting the IsraelWebTour 2008, was like a Demo for Israeli companies, but with potentially more upside for a start-up looking more...
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PodCamp Midwest Up To Date In Kansas City

PodCamp Midwest co-organizer, Rob Walch said that it is being held next weekend, February 16, 2008, in the Kansas City metro suburb of Overland Park, Kansas and that things are moving smoothly for this more...
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TurnHere Gets $7.5M for Sponsored Videos

A boutique, internet focused version of SpotRunner, TurnHere, a company that commissions and distributes online video advertisements on behalf of customers like Simon & Schuster and Citysearch, has rounded more...
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Ex-Googlers Launch Howcast - YouTube for Instructional Video

Jason Liebman, Daniel Blackman and Sanjay Raman — who worked with Google on YouTube and Google Video have left to create their own YouTube of Instructional Video. They have $8 million series A financing, more...
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Genius.com Raises $19M, But ...

Led by Accel Partners, Genius.com has raised its third round of funding ($19 Million), taking its total funding to a cool $34 Million. Its product: SalesGenius is a “push” product that allows salespeople more...
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Why Social Applications Will Thrive In A Recession

Giving these points, Josh argues why Social Apps will thrive in Recession: It's not a tech bubble; But social applications are about consideration, not awareness; It's cheap; It's measurable. more...
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