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The WiMAX party

WiMAX is an interesting technology which is very promising and supposed to make wireless broadband a reality. In this post Jitendra talks about all the major players and their interesting moves. more...
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Microsoftie dealmaker Bruce Jaffe going startup

Bruce Jaffe, a top corporate-development Microsoft executive who helped engineer its $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive and its $240 million investment in Facebook, is leaving the company to start his more...
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Bankers See Modest Growth in Tech M&A for 2008

Stacy Higginbotham gives some positive news amid the gloom: M&A will be active in 2008 with two-thirds of bankers expecting an expansion in their deal flow in 2008, a mere 13 percent (or four times as more...
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Plaxo and FriendFeed: More On Presence And The Social Feed

Mike Gotta discusses how Plaxo and FriendFeed solve a very important problem with the social networking sites: there’s been no good way to see what your friends are doing on different sites around the more...
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Aruba Acquires AirWave

Aruba has acquired AirWave for about $37 Million in cash and stocks; AirWave's software allows enterprises to manage different wireless networks, including WiFi, mesh, and WiMax, and equipment from a dozen more...
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Jango and Seeqpod Trying to Monetize Music

Stacey Higginbotham explores why new startups keep entering this crowded market to monetize online music - Kasian Franks, CEO of Seeqpod, and Dan Kaufman, CEO of Jango come up with ways of trying to do more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Music  |  

Earth Class Mail gets $13.3M to turn snail mail to e-mail

Earth Class Mail, which is based in Seattle operates post office boxes around the country. It offers its services to both individuals and businesses, for a monthly fee. The $13.3 million first round funding more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Services  |  

Startup WeGame Launches As YouTube For Gamers

Jared Kim has launched a new website called WeGame that provides both the place and the tools for gamers to share screencasts of their favorite in-game moments. Kim and his team of four have been working more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Internet Video  |  

9 VCs You’re Gonna Want to Avoid

Serial founder Larry Chiang shares his wisdom by actually listing (yes, just check it out) 9 Venture Capitalists that one must avoid when seeking funding. He tells you that if your company has revenues more...
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Cisco Invests in SoonR

Two year old startup, SoonR, which is based in Campbell, CA has landed a Series B funding of a nice $9.5 million by a group of investors led by Cisco which is looking to bank on the convergence of mobile more...
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