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Gilt Launches Groupon Competitor ‘Gilt City’ In NYC
Gilt, the well-funded company that sells high-end luxury goods online at steep discounts in short-term “flash sales”, has its eyes set on a new target: Groupon. At least, it’s launching a new service...Expand this post »
Gilt, the well-funded company that sells high-end luxury goods online at steep discounts in short-term “flash sales”, has its eyes set on a new target: Groupon. At least, it’s launching a new service...Expand this post »
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LikeSanta Clara County Police Now Looking Into the Lost iPhone Prototype
About eighteen seconds after word got out that a prototype of Apple's next iPhone had been lost, found, and then subsequently sold to Gizmodo (for somewhere around $5,000), commenters and pundits...Expand this post »
About eighteen seconds after word got out that a prototype of Apple's next iPhone had been lost, found, and then subsequently sold to Gizmodo (for somewhere around $5,000), commenters and pundits...Expand this post »
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LikeMopho.to Blends Location Based Check-Ins With Photo Sharing
Location based apps and services are all the rage now, with Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and Twitter leading the space. Startup ChoiceVendor has launched a location based iPhone app and service called...Expand this post »
Location based apps and services are all the rage now, with Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, and Twitter leading the space. Startup ChoiceVendor has launched a location based iPhone app and service called...Expand this post »
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LikeYouTube’s IPL Cricket Streams Near 50 Million Views, Blow Away Internal Expectations
Last January, news broke that YouTube had signed its first international sports streaming deal, gaining multi-year rights to broadcast the Indian Premiere League’s 45-day cricket tournament worldwide....Expand this post »
Last January, news broke that YouTube had signed its first international sports streaming deal, gaining multi-year rights to broadcast the Indian Premiere League’s 45-day cricket tournament worldwide....Expand this post »
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LikePalm Shake-Up Imminent, Rubinstein May Be Out
Palm right now is a disaster. Its sales are going nowhere, its market share is plummeting, and try as it might, it can’t even find a buyer. Industry sources tell us that a major restructuring and...Expand this post »
Palm right now is a disaster. Its sales are going nowhere, its market share is plummeting, and try as it might, it can’t even find a buyer. Industry sources tell us that a major restructuring and...Expand this post »
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LikePalm Post: Another Exec Set To Take Off
Palm has seen better days. Following the departure of senior vice president of software, Michael Abbott (who landed at Twitter), the company has been offering packages to try and keep other executives...Expand this post »
Palm has seen better days. Following the departure of senior vice president of software, Michael Abbott (who landed at Twitter), the company has been offering packages to try and keep other executives...Expand this post »
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LikeFacebook’s Open Graph: It Depends On What The Meaning Of The Word “Open” Is
Grab the popcorn. There is a serious nerd fight brewing. Following Facebook’s big Open Graph announcements at f8 a couple days ago, many of the leaders of the so-called “open web” are taking...Expand this post »
Grab the popcorn. There is a serious nerd fight brewing. Following Facebook’s big Open Graph announcements at f8 a couple days ago, many of the leaders of the so-called “open web” are taking...Expand this post »
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LikeSupersonicAds Sets Out To Help European Publishers Monetize Virtual Currency
Arik Czerniak, founder and former CEO of social video sharing site Metacafe, has co-founded a new company with a couple of people he used to work with at Metacafe, namely former VP of Sales Gil Shoham and lead developer Nissim Romano. The company is called SupersonicAds, is based in London and is referred to as a virtual currency monetization startup by its three founders.Expand this post »
Arik Czerniak, founder and former CEO of social video sharing site Metacafe, has co-founded a new company with a couple of people he used to work with at Metacafe, namely former VP of Sales Gil Shoham and lead developer Nissim Romano. The company is called SupersonicAds, is based in London and is referred to as a virtual currency monetization startup by its three founders.Expand this post »
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LikeSEC Ogled Porn As The Financial Crisis Unfolded! So Did You
One SEC accountant tried to access porn 1,800 times in two weeks, another tried 16,000 times in one month. In another case, an SEC attorney spent eight hours a day looking at and downloading porn— as...Expand this post »
One SEC accountant tried to access porn 1,800 times in two weeks, another tried 16,000 times in one month. In another case, an SEC attorney spent eight hours a day looking at and downloading porn— as...Expand this post »
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LikeFinally A Green Story I Can’t Mock: The Sun Chips Biodegradable Bag
I love our planet as much as the next person, but I despise efforts by companies and people to get credit for caring about the earth with empty gestures. Like Pepsi’s ridiculous Aquafina press stunt....Expand this post »
I love our planet as much as the next person, but I despise efforts by companies and people to get credit for caring about the earth with empty gestures. Like Pepsi’s ridiculous Aquafina press stunt....Expand this post »
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LikeBlippy’s Response To Credit Card Data Breach: “It’s A Lot Less Bad Than It Looks”
Earlier today, VentureBeat detailed a major Blippy privacy breach that exposed user credit card information to search engines. The breach appears to have occurred on a small scale — Blippy believes...Expand this post »
Earlier today, VentureBeat detailed a major Blippy privacy breach that exposed user credit card information to search engines. The breach appears to have occurred on a small scale — Blippy believes...Expand this post »
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LikeRemaining Assets of SeeqPod To Be Acquired By Social Charity Site Bloson
The story of music search engine SeeqPod may be finally nearing an end. It appears the remaining assets of the troubled startup have been purchased by Bloson, a recently launched social network to...Expand this post »
The story of music search engine SeeqPod may be finally nearing an end. It appears the remaining assets of the troubled startup have been purchased by Bloson, a recently launched social network to...Expand this post »
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LikeTime is Money: a review of the Meeting Cost Calculator and Clock
Many people lament about how unproductive the traditional "business meeting" is. One or more participants feel the need to assert their opinion at great length, or simply regurgitate the same...Expand this post »
Many people lament about how unproductive the traditional "business meeting" is. One or more participants feel the need to assert their opinion at great length, or simply regurgitate the same...Expand this post »
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LikeTwitter Buys Cloudhopper To Bolster Its SMS Service
In a blog post published just minutes ago, Twitter has announced another snack-sized acquisition. This time, it has purchased a small wireless technology company called Cloudhopper, based in Seattle,...Expand this post »
In a blog post published just minutes ago, Twitter has announced another snack-sized acquisition. This time, it has purchased a small wireless technology company called Cloudhopper, based in Seattle,...Expand this post »
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LikeArctic Explorer Eric Larson Becomes First Person To Tweet From The North Pole
Earlier today, arctic explorer Eric Larson became the first person to Tweet from the North Pole. After a 51-day trek over ice flows and open water, he finally made it to his destination with two...Expand this post »
Earlier today, arctic explorer Eric Larson became the first person to Tweet from the North Pole. After a 51-day trek over ice flows and open water, he finally made it to his destination with two...Expand this post »
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LikeFabulis Launches Social Network For Gay Men – Built On Top Of Facebook
Today sees the public beta launch of Fabulis, a fresh community and lifestyle (and explicitly not dating) website for homosexual men. We’ve covered the company before – and not its product,...Expand this post »
Today sees the public beta launch of Fabulis, a fresh community and lifestyle (and explicitly not dating) website for homosexual men. We’ve covered the company before – and not its product,...Expand this post »
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LikeSkyGrid Streamlines Realtime News Consumption With iPad App
SkyGrid, which offers a powerful business news aggregator, has developed a compelling iPad app that makes accessing realtime news content simple. You can download the free app here. SkyGrid’s app...Expand this post »
SkyGrid, which offers a powerful business news aggregator, has developed a compelling iPad app that makes accessing realtime news content simple. You can download the free app here. SkyGrid’s app...Expand this post »
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LikeCrowdEye Adds Location And Sentiment Filters To Realtime Search
Realtime search has come a long way from just a year ago when the only option really was Twitter’s own search engine. Now Google, Bing, and a gaggle of realtime search startups all have products up...Expand this post »
Realtime search has come a long way from just a year ago when the only option really was Twitter’s own search engine. Now Google, Bing, and a gaggle of realtime search startups all have products up...Expand this post »
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LikeOprah Goes Mobile With iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm and Android Apps
Oprah is going mobile today with the launch of branded mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm Pre and Google Android. You can download the apps here. Developed by Hands-On Mobile and...Expand this post »
Oprah is going mobile today with the launch of branded mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry, Palm Pre and Google Android. You can download the apps here. Developed by Hands-On Mobile and...Expand this post »
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LikeWorkstreamer Is A Realtime Listening And Tracking Platform For Businesses
The social web is now an integral part of any CRM or sales operation. Information from blogs, news sites, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, has become a necessary element to help convert sales leads....Expand this post »
The social web is now an integral part of any CRM or sales operation. Information from blogs, news sites, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, has become a necessary element to help convert sales leads....Expand this post »
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LikeAre Like Buttons Evil? The Open Web Reacts To Facebook’s Not-So-Open Graph
The tech community is still digesting the implications of Facebook’s plans to spread its “Like” buttons everywhere and take over the Web with its so-called Open Graph. The Open Graph is a hugely...Expand this post »
The tech community is still digesting the implications of Facebook’s plans to spread its “Like” buttons everywhere and take over the Web with its so-called Open Graph. The Open Graph is a hugely...Expand this post »
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LikeNew Market Study Shows iPhone Continues To Be Big In Japan
A lot has been written on how the iPhone performs in Japan, the world's most advanced mobile nation, but the general consensus in this country now is that it sells very well (even though both Apple...Expand this post »
A lot has been written on how the iPhone performs in Japan, the world's most advanced mobile nation, but the general consensus in this country now is that it sells very well (even though both Apple...Expand this post »
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LikeExodus! Movement of G People… From Facebook After F8
Well I bet they didn't quite expect that. In the wake of Facebook's F8 conference this week, where it apparently bid to become the new Sheriff of the Internet, Facebook's plans to effectively put...Expand this post »
Well I bet they didn't quite expect that. In the wake of Facebook's F8 conference this week, where it apparently bid to become the new Sheriff of the Internet, Facebook's plans to effectively put...Expand this post »
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LikeNook Update Adds “Read in Store” Functionality
Huh. This is interesting. So Barnes & Noble just added "Read in Store" functionality to the Nook, a feature that allows you to browse any ebook on your Nook while you're in the store. When you leave,...Expand this post »
Huh. This is interesting. So Barnes & Noble just added "Read in Store" functionality to the Nook, a feature that allows you to browse any ebook on your Nook while you're in the store. When you leave,...Expand this post »
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Mac Beach - I wish there were more competition like this among the primarily e-book readers without regard to what the more general purpose (and LED based) devices like iPad are up to.
This seems like a reasonable idea to me. If you are in a store you can sit in the coffee shop (most have one) and research which physical books you wish to buy on your device.
Only flaw in this right now is that the vast majority of hardcopy books are not available electronically at all.1:01 pm
This seems like a reasonable idea to me. If you are in a store you can sit in the coffee shop (most have one) and research which physical books you wish to buy on your device.
Only flaw in this right now is that the vast majority of hardcopy books are not available electronically at all.1:01 pm
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LikePalm Runs Out Of Options As HTC Reviews, Declines To Buy The Company
According to a report based on a source from an Asia-based Reuters correspondent, smartphone maker HTC has decided not to bid for Palm after looking at the company’s numbers. The source, which...Expand this post »
According to a report based on a source from an Asia-based Reuters correspondent, smartphone maker HTC has decided not to bid for Palm after looking at the company’s numbers. The source, which...Expand this post »
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