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vic Facebook Beacons - say goodbye to PrivacyWhile it seems to be a clever idea, a quick review reveals that Beacon might turn out to be a privacy hairball for the company. Facebook announced that they will be delivering more targeted ads based on more... 3 Comments | | by Vic 393 days ago (gigaom.com)Dell's acquisition EqualLogic may not be fun for EMCStorage brings in about $2.4 billion a year for Dell, much of it from the resale of devices made by EMC Corp. (EMC). In other words, despite making a lot of sales, Dell doesn’t get a bigger piece of more... 2 Comments | | by Vic 393 days ago (gigaom.com)DreamBox Learning raises $7 million in angel fundingDreamBox Learning raised $7.1 in million in angel funding. DreamBox Learning is an online learning startup. The interesting part is that they have raised a big sum from the angel investors, that means more... 1 Comment | | by Vic 414 days ago (bizjournals.com)A Guide to Startup FundingThe veteran Ben Yoskovitz goes through the details of the ins and outs of the funding cycle for startups, right from being boot-strapped, through angel investing and of course, venture funding. more... 1 Comment | | by Jitendra 414 days ago (instigatorblog.com)Google gobbles JaikuJaiku, the presence messenger which was making its own waves in this area, has been acquired by Google for an unspecified amount. It was rife in the blogosphere that Google would be 'powncing' on one more... 1 Comment | | by Jitendra 422 days ago (jaiku.com)New startup PoliticalBase launchedShelby Bonnie and Halsey Minor co-founded CNET. He quit last year to work on something of his own - his new startup is called PoliticalBase, which is an open wiki that encourages research and debate on more... 1 Comment | | by Jitendra 422 days ago (techcrunch.com)Skype Founder says eBay Overpaid for SkypeNiklas Zennstrom was speaking at a tech conference in Budapest and said that eBay had over-estimated the valuation of Skype in the first place and that is a surprisingly candid comment to make. more... 1 Comment | | by Jitendra 422 days ago (blogs.wsj.com)2001 Internet stars: Where are they now?Tracking: Michael Merhej, Randy Conrads, Jared Polis, Farhad Mohit, Vanchau Nguyen, Omar Wasow and others who were the stars of 2001, coming up with popular internet businesses which were quite 'successful'. more... 1 Comment | | by Jitendra 422 days ago (wired.com)Facebook - Long Tail RulesA really interesting post by Tim O'Reilly on the rise of Facebook as the application platform. As per this article, there are currently about 5000 applications for Facebook but 87% of the usage goes to more... 1 Comment | | by Vic 422 days ago (radar.oreilly.com)Pownce - Lessons Learned building a social networking site with one web developerThis is a very good post by Leah Culver, the web developer for pownce where she shares her experience building Pownce, a social networking startup. Pownce uses Amazon S3 to host the files. more... 1 Comment | | by Vic 422 days ago (leahculver.com) |
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