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Startup Challenge by Amazon - Win $100,000 for creative use of AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for the next hot start-up that is leveraging AWS to build its infrastructure and business. Do you have a great idea or an existing application that uses services more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Funding  |  

Why most Startups Fail and why this one is different

Gigamon recently announced that two years after they launched their product in May 2005, they have acquired their 150th customer while their sales continue to grow organically, from new customers as well more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Stories  |  

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  |  

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  |  

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  |  

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  |  

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  |