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Analyzing the Twitter-Jaiku-Pownce Business Model and Issues

Micro- or Nano-blogging, Presence Messengers and ways to share or send stuff are part of the same ecosystem: services that operate with a slightly different or overlapping focus. Tumblr, Dodgeball, Jaiku, more...

Discuss | Topic: Web 2.0 | by Vic 441 days ago (startupnewz.com)

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Pownce lets you share your stuff and life with your friends

I have been checking out Pownce. I am not impressed by the browser interface but the desktop application is much cooler since it is based on Adobe’s AIR. While we are still waiting for the Pownce API more...

Discuss | Topic: Web 2.0 | by Vic 441 days ago (startupnewz.com)

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Startup touts a single-die, global mobile TV chip

A tiny startup is announcing a single-die IC for world mobile TV. Now, it competes with DiBcom, Siano and Newport Media in this space. more...

Discuss | Topic: Semiconductor | by G2g 436 days ago (eetimes.com)

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Solar firm gains $52 million in funding

SolFocus Inc., a developer of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems, announced the closing of $52 million in funding. more...

Discuss | Topic: Clean Tech | by G2g 436 days ago (eetimes.eu)

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New Social Sites Cater to People of a Certain Age

New startups are targeting the baby-boomers and providing niche social networking sites to cater to their needs. MySpace with wrinkles. more...

Discuss | Topic: Social Networking | by G2g 436 days ago (nytimes.com)

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Arbitron Portable People Meter Eavesdrops on Your Musical Life

A new fangled way to get stats on who's listening to what. more...

Discuss | Topic: Gadgets and Tools | by G2g 436 days ago (wired.com)

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Last.fm Acquired By CBS

Last.fm understood the importance of listeners, putting the listener in charge, and was successfully acquired by CBS in May this year. Read the post by Richard on being acquired. more...

Discuss | Topic: Music | by Vic 436 days ago (blog.last.fm)

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Why Newsvine is Not Just About Social Bookmarking and Networking

I'm sure many Newsviners will offer various reasons but mine comes from finding out for myself in a very distressing way (don't worry the story has a happy ending). As I was saying it was on Saturday that more...

Discuss | Topic: New Media | by Vic 436 days ago (knowmoremedia.com)

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Tagworld - MySpace for Web 2.0

Tagworld is being widely heralded as the next big thing in social networking - it’s really an updated version of MySpace with oodles of Ajax and a spattering of Flash. more...

Discuss | Topic: Web 2.0 | by Vic 436 days ago (mashable.com)

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Xsigo launches — joins rush to virtualize the data center

Former Juniper engineers formed Xsigo three years ago with top VC firms investing in it. They offer something similar to VMWare and promise a reduction in costs of data centers through Virtualization. more...

Discuss | Topic: Hardware | by G2g 435 days ago (venturebeat.com)