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Yahoo acquires Zimbra for $350

It is payday for Zimbra folks after acquisition of Zimbra by Yahoo for $350 Million. Zimbra is a unique startup with open source development model. This is Yahoo's entry into the application space. more...
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Mososo and Social Networking

Mososo or Mobile Social Software is supposed to change the way we network socially on the move. more...
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Jaxtr enabling voice in social networks

Jaxtr is a promising startup in social networking space enabling voice everywhere. more...
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Mahalo, Techmeme and Facebook are going to beat Google?

Mahalo is human powered search engine, the new kid on the search block putting a new twist on search. Techmeme is innovating in news arena while Facebook's social graph may fuel a future social powered more...
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List of companies presenting at Techcrunch40

List of startups presenting at Techcrunch40 (old name: Techcruch20) is now available before officially being released thanks to blogosphere. Paul Boutin compiled the list be reading the names of the presenting more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Web 2.0  |  

Docstoc Announces Series A Funding

Looks like Docstoc is going to take on scribd sooner than later. The Beverly Hills-based company announced its Series A financing today, but the amount was undisclosed. According to CEO Jason Nazar, the more...
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Yahoo buys Buzztracker.com for $5 Million

I have to confess that while I have heard of Buzztracker, it seems like a distant also-ran in the meme-tracker game. I check Techmeme.com religiously because it is by far the best (most timely, least spam-fille more...
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Sky-Click - Your web call-center with Skype

Switzerland based Sky-Click is a an interesting idea released by Ads-Click that already launched a white label adwords/adsense-like plateform (used by Wanadoo ISP in Europe) as well as a pay-per-call ad more...
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Greylock Partners Invests In Stealth Search Engine Cuill

Cuill, which was founded by husband and wife team Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, can supposedly index web pages at 1/10th the cost of Google (a significant competitive advantage) and has claims of relevance more...
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How to hire the best people you've ever worked with

There are many aspects to hiring great people, and various people smarter than me have written extensively on the topic. So I'm not going to try to be comprehensive. But I am going to relay some lessons more...
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