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eBay Trying To Sell Off StumbleUpon

This is actually Mike Arrington story, but Peter Kafka asks a good question here. After buying the website recommendation engine StumbleUpon for a crazy $75 Million, eBay is now trying to sell it off. more...
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Start-up raises €1m to help cut down server energy usage

A technology company based in Limerick, Ireland has raised €1m in venture capital to help it target the global server energy monitoring market using a technology it describes as “an internet of things”. more...
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Big Fish Games Garners $83.3 Million For Casual Game Distribution

Originally founded in 2002 as a game development studio, Big Fish Games has gotten pretty nice funding from Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners, and Salmon River Capital. It has secured $83.3 more...
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Top 5 Reasons to Move Your Startup Out of Silicon Valley

Howard Anderson is a founder of The Yankee Group, a cofounder of Battery Ventures, and a professor of business at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He lists 5 very interesting reasons for moving more...
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Search Engine Marketing Firm iProspect Buys Range Online Media

Range Online Media, which boasts of clients like Calvin Klein, Macys.com, Toshiba, The Sundance Channel, Hermes of Paris, Burberry, and Neiman Marcus, has been acquired by iProspect for an undisclosed more...
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Yammer wins the TechCrunch50 Award

So, this is the case of Twitter going into the corporate world as Yammer. Yammer operates on the question - “What are you working on?” instead of the overarching question of Twitter which is “what more...
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Start-Up Offers a Way to Pay Workers Abroad - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

Payoneer enables businesses to pay freelancers, contract workers or salaried employees with a prepaid MasterCard card that payees can use to withdraw cash from an A.T.M. and as a debit card in stores and more...
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MyShowroom.TV launched today!

Myshowroom.TV is a live broadcast service located at Europe, which offers up to 6 different sources for users to broadcast and mix in their live shows. more...
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Soungle.com - Download Sounds For Free

Soungle is 2 months old free site for searching and finding any kind of sound FX and samples! No matter if you are a pro or are working on a school project: Soungle is an excellent resource. Usability more...
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Nested GUIs

Microspaces has released it's innovative new technology 'Nested GUIs' for public view and comment, as well as private beta signup. Videos are availalbe available that best explain the new category and more...
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