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Acquisition: Twhirling Seesmic's Underweb

Ross Mayfield shares his wisdom on the latest buzz on the acquisition drama that is unfolding (first revealed by TechCrunch): Seesmic of San Francisco has acquired the Twitter client Twhirl and thus makes more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

RoadBlocks aims to stream Supply Chains Via the Web

Aiming to stream your supply chain online, RoadBlocks, spun out of Tourtellotte Solutions in December of 2007, Wayland, Mass.-based RockBlocks already has a large list of well-known retail clients, including more...
Discuss  |  Topic: E-Commerce  |  

Analysis of How Yahoo! buying IndexTools changes Web Analytics

Eric T. Peterson, who has been working in web analytics for over ten years provides his analysis of the Yahoo shopping; Yahoo bought IndexTools to boost its Web Analytics kitty and shore up against the more...
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SilkFair: An eBay Alternative that Shines - AppScout

Alan Henry of AppScout reviews www.SilkFair.com an ecommerce startup that launched in March. Mr. Henry gives high marks on the sites design and functionality and discusses SilkFair as an alternative to more...
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SilkFair - Socialized Web 2.0 Shopping and Selling, E-Bay Rival and Alternative | Tech2All | Gadgets

Ruhani Rabin of Tech2All reviews new ecommerce startup SilkFair.com highlighting unique search features and SilkFair.com's sandbox where the curious can try out all the features before signing up. more...
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The Social MishMash: Friend Connect, Open Social, Ning, and the web

After Google announced its initiative to create the Open Social as a way of open, collaborative social networking development, many big names have joined the bandwagon. Now, Marc Andreessen's Ning has more...
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Question is - To VC or Not to VC?

Every entrepreneur will face this pivotal question and needs to carefully evaluate raising PE/VC money as he/she thinks about scaling their ventures. The barriers to entry and capital requirement to start 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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Webroot founder found dead in Hawaii

Considered by many to be a security visionary for having come up with the anti-spyware idea and founder of the startup Webroot in 1997, Steven Thomas was declared missing for a few days and has finally more...
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EuropeanKiss | Free Online Dating Community

EuropeanKiss.org takes traditional online dating to the next level by integrating social networking features and giving singles the tools to communicate and have fun. This social dating community is the more...
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