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Is Digg wooing the Guardian for an acquisition?

After Guardian acquired PaidContent last week for $30 Million, there are very strong rumors floating around that Digg is looking to the Guardian as a possible buyer. The startup has been in the news and more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

Ad startup IntroNiche claims to be different

An ad marketplace is just what we were all missing. IntroNiche is claiming that its offering - a marketplace where small companies and entrepreneurs find the right partners to promote each other in the more...
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The Story of Tesla’s Founders' Fight

Tesla Motors has been in the news for a lot of reasons. Some of it has been positively negative - the fight between the investor, founder Elon Musk, who it is now reported had put in about $55 Million more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

25 Big Names Who Ditched Infotech for Cleantech

Katie has dug out the list of 25 prominent names from the world of IT and the high-tech as we know it and have moved on to changing this world into something more green. The list includes top names such more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Clean Tech  |  

Sequoia pumps $4.5 million on casual-game site

Boasting of angel investors like Ron Conway, the casual gaming site Challenge Games is now crowing in delight as Sequoia Capital has invested $4.5 Million into the company. Challenge Games is aiming to more...
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Glum VCs mull over the startup horizon

The startup crisis (hey, didn't you know there was one?) is growing larger. On the heels of the recent spate of news that exits are going south and there was not a single IPO in the last quarter, VCs more...
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Mippin Promises to Bring the Web to Mobiles

Half a million users and a name change from Refresh Mobile, London based startup Mippin is promising the moon - bringing the web to the mobile phones. Judy Gibbons, the new CEO thinks that Mippin has more...
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Do you a-Spire.com?

Ooooh, here comes another social networking site that caters to the rich - Boston based startup Spire.com is now competing against the likes of DiamondLounge and aSmallWorld to gather eyeballs - well, more...
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Our Playbook - Social Community for Sports Fans

OurPlaybook.com, the community for sports fans of both pro and college sports recently launched. The free community allows sports fans to create a free profile, share pictures and videos, create their more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Networking  |  

Tech Newsjunk

Dave Winer has launched a new tech news site. It is called Tech Newsjunk. Its like techmeme but exclusively focused on products. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: New Media  |