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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...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

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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New startup PoliticalBase launched

Shelby Bonnie and Halsey Minor co-founded CNET. He quit last year to work on something of his own - his new startup is called PoliticalBase, which is an open wiki that encourages research and debate on more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: User Generated Content  |  

Skype Founder says eBay Overpaid for Skype

Niklas Zennstrom was speaking at a tech conference in Budapest and said that eBay had over-estimated the valuation of Skype in the first place and that is a surprisingly candid comment to make. more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

An Interview with Geospatial Startup WeoGeo

Florida based startup WeoGeo operates in a different area - Geospatial stuff. It seeks to operate as a sort of Exchange between the suppliers and consumers of various types of Geospatial content and applicatio more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: E-Commerce  |  

Pownce - Lessons Learned building a social networking site with one web developer

This is a very good post by Leah Culver, the web developer for pownce where she shares her experience building Pownce, a social networking startup. Pownce uses Amazon S3 to host the files. more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

Facebook - Long Tail Rules

A really interesting post by Tim O'Reilly on the rise of Facebook as the application platform. As per this article, there are currently about 5000 applications for Facebook but 87% of the usage goes to more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Start-up as comodity, start-up as nine-to-five

If you don't want the hassle of taking on employees and trying to increase year-on-year returns for investors but do want a job in a field you know and like, working for yourself, the barriers to entry more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

Adam Bosworth on a new startup

Health care guru Adam Bosworth who quit Google Health recently, has started blogging again and has said that he is working on a new startup, writing prototype code, testing it and yes, moving his blog more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Healthcare  |