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Friendster Joins the Platform Party

Friendster is joining the widget party late and is announcing that starting Nov. 30th, Friendster API with be available to developers to integrate their widgets. Unlike Facebook where the developers have more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

Facebook Is Now 5th Most Valuable U.S. Internet Company

Microsoft invested $240 million into Facebook, valuing the company at $15 billion. They are now positioned with a huge war chest of cash. more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Funding Announcement  |  

Ex-Googlers Ready to Start a VC Fund

More Google Executives leave to Start a VC fund, and in an interesting twist join hand with ex-Microsoft Executive. more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Venture Capital  |  

Top 10 Bootstrapping Tips

Bernard writes about how to boot strap your company. He clearly distinguishes between bootstrapped businesses focused on consumers verses the once providing services or products to other businesses. This more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Startup Help  |  

Location Based Services for mobile and social networking

LBS provides the user with two way communication model. Users can request the kind of information he needs, and the operator can cater to the user needs by filtering the content. Location based services more...
1 Comment  |  Topic: Mobile 2.0  |  

To Bootstrap or Get Funding - from a startup founder

I founded Banner Blue in my spare bedroom during September 1984, then sold it to Broderbund in May 1995. I left the company in November of 1996, having been responsible for over 200 product releases (including more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Stories  |  

Impulse shopping app for BlackBerry

Digby has partnered with well-known retailers like Barnes & Noble and Fossil to create a downloadable shopping app that lets you indulge in impulse shopping from your BlackBerry. more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Mobile 2.0  |  

Dick Costolo's Entrepreneurial Experience

Dick Costolo is CEO and co-founder of Feedburner. He gave a talk at the Future of Web Apps about startup advice and being acquired & working for Google. more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Startup Lessons  |  

StumbleUpon Gets into Search

This is a very smart move by StumbleUpon. Stumbleupon rates the search results returned by the popular search engines by giving rating to each link based on the recommendation of Stumbleupon user community. more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Search  |  

Navini Networks got bought by Cisco for $330 million in cash

Cisco buys Navini Networks for $330 million and gets in to the WiMAX game. Their is a great pant-up demand in the developing countries for WiMAX. With this acquisition Cisco will compete with Motorola more...
2 Comments  |  Topic: Wireless  |