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Startup Kayak Raises $196 Million, Buys Rival SideStep

Michael Arrington reveals that travel startup Kayak is buying its rival SideStep for $200 Million. SideStep and Kayak are the two leaders in the discount travel search space (along with Mobissimo and more...
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Startup Aims to Revive SF Free WiFi Initiative

Greg Sterling writes about Meraki, the Silicon Valley wireless startup that is aiming to solve a problem that Google and Earthlink had taken up but gave up: providing free WiFi blanket to all those wonderful more...
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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  |  

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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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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Have you pondered the moral implications of your startup?

I'm working on a start-up that, if successful, has potential to be a major reference of human knowledge (think wikipedia in terms of vastness and impact, although it isn't particularly similar to wikipedia). more...
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Getty Images Up For Sale; Could Fetch $1.5 Billion

Getty Images, based in Seattle, founded in 1995, is the world’s biggest supplier of stock pictures and video (and increasingly a digital player) has put itself on the auction block and could fetch more more...
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WordPress.com Creator Raises $29.5M

Om Malik said today that Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic and creator of open-source blogging system WordPress released details of a big round of funding led by True Ventures. The New York Times more...
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Efficient light company Luxim, raises $21M more

Four year old Sunnyvale company Luxim boasts that it has the most efficient light sources in the world has raised another round of funding of $21 Million from leading Silicon Valley venture firm Sequoia more...
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How to Improve Your Startup Business Plan

Peter shares good advice on how to improve the business plan and use it as a funding tool. more...
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