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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...
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VantagePoint kills Startup 3Guppies, a $20M investment

The company, originally named Mixxer, first came into existence through a complicated deal in which VantagePoint spent $20 million to buy two companies: MoPhone, a mobile social networking company, and more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

Twitter's Open Platform Advantage

Twitter from the beginning has kept itself open, resulting in many applications based on its API. The old perception is that closed data is a competitive advantage. The new reality is that open data is more...
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Magnify.net Raises $1M for Video Discovery

Next Stage Capital, New York Angels, Rose Tech Ventures, Active Angel Investors, Ogden Capital, Gideon Gartner, and Chris Anderson have come together to put in $1 Million into New York based startup Magnify.net more...
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VC firm 3i quits early-stage investments

Inspite of some successes, 3i’s venture capital business has shrunk steadily since it suffered about £1bn of writedowns from the technology crash of 2000 and therefore it is closing down its worst-performing more...
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