Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Facebook Gives $10 Million in Free Advertising to Small Businesses

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Facebook is cozying up to small businesses in a big way with a new program that gives away $10 million in free ... Read More >>

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VMware wants hypervisor hooked into Android kernel

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At Mobilize, VMware CTO Steve Herrod laid out a mobile plan that reeks of success on par with what VMware has achieved in ... Read More >>

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Watch out tech world. This CEO knows consumers

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Say what you will about Meg Whitman as the new HP CEO. She knows consumers. Now she’ll have a chance to apply her consumer ... Read More >>

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Sunday, September 18, 2011

Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Program: Posterous Raises $5 Million

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Um, oh hey guys, what's up? Nothing much over on my side, except that I'd really like a Diet Coke. Also, I'm hearing that ... Read More >>

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

SEC Watch: Social Media Dashboard HootSuite Raises $3 Million

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Social media dashboard company HootSuite has raised $3 million in new funding according to a new SEC filing. HootSuite has ... Read More >>

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Forget Apps, Carbyn Has Built A HTML5 OS

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HTML5, HTML5, HTML5 — it seems to be the only thing anyone wants to talk about these days. And that excitement could get kicked ... Read More >>

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Google Launches First Google APIs

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Google has unveiled the first developer application programming interfaces for Google+, the company’s new social ... Read More >>

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New Skype for Mac Beta features Facebook integration

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Skype released a new beta for Mac users on Thursday, which features Facebook integration. You can now chat directly with your ... Read More >>

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Facebook gives devs easy access to Heroku cloud

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Facebook and Heroku have completed an integration that gives Facebook developers direct access to Heroku's cloud ... Read More >>

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Piictu app invites users to communicate through photos

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Piictu, a New York start-up that is part of TechStars' New York class, is launching its iPhone app out of beta. The app invites ... Read More >>

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

GoInstant Is Browser Sharing With No Downloads

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Vanguard browser collaboration technology Go Instant launches in private beta today at TechCrunch Disrupt, for the first time ... Read More >>

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Twitter Releases Web Analytics Tool

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How much traffic does your website receive from Twitter? Twitter Web Analytics, a new tool announced Tuesday, should help ... Read More >>

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Aviary arms mobile apps with photo editing tools

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Thought you'd seen enough mobile photo apps? Well, Aviary has some different ideas. The New York City-based developer of ... Read More >>

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Ooyala gets social, grabs Motorola Mobility money

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Online video distribution startup Ooyala has received a strategic investment from hardware maker Motorola Mobility. The ... Read More >>

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Monday, September 12, 2011

Demo: Zirtu creates virtual desktops that slash corporate computing costs

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A lot of companies are trying to use a combination of cloud computing and virtualization to bring down the cost of corporate ... Read More >>

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MicroPlace Makes It Easy To Invest In--And Make Money From--Organizations Doing Good

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The eBay-owned micro-investment vehicle is coming to the United States, starting with California's Freshworks Fund. If you ... Read More >>

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How Consumers Interact With Brands on Facebook [STUDY]

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People interact with their favorite brands on Facebook far more than on any other social network, according to a recent ... Read More >>

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Contour Adds Low-Cost Roam Camera To Its Helmet-Cam Lineup

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The Contour family of cameras, which competes with GoPro and other small, hardened imaging devices, has a new member. The Roam ... Read More >>

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Facebook Hires HTML5 App Store Builder

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Over the past few months, my colleague MG Siegler has been piecing together the puzzle around Facebook's Project Spartan, which ... Read More >>

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Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Can a Tweet Button Drive More Traffic to Your Web Page?

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Installing social sharing buttons is an easy way to increase the visibility of your website. Read More >>

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Personal Capital offers financial advice online and on the go

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Digital financial advising company Personal Capital came out of stealth mode and announced $25 million of combined first and ... Read More >>

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Entrepreneur-Sourced Ideas For Reducing Barriers To Business Creation

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Back in the 1910s, my Grandpa Jack was working in a shoe store, but he had bigger aspirations. So, he put a few machines in the ... Read More >>

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Making Agriculture Preserve Land, Not Destroy It

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Combining principles of conservation with the needs of agriculture might be the only way to keep growing enough food to feed an ... Read More >>

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Why Niche Social Networks Encourage More Meaningful Interaction [OPINION]

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On Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, it’s all about the feed. Tidbits of information, usually about current happenings, move down ... Read More >>

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Checking In Is the Least Popular Smartphone Activity [STUDY]

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Checking in to locations with geosocial services like Foursquare is the least popular activity among smartphone users, finds ... Read More >>

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YouTube Links Last Twice as Long as Those on Twitter or Facebook [REPORT]

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When it comes to spreading popular content around the web, where you post matters. A study that link-shortening service ... Read More >>

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5 Tips for Getting More Video Views

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Video is increasingly becoming a preferred medium for online communication. Current research suggests that the emotional ... Read More >>

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Why Browsing Is So Important to Content Discovery

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I love libraries and bookstores. I love the tactile, olfactory and social experiences these physical spaces allow. Clearly ... Read More >>

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Check-in services still struggling to win over consumers

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The Pew Internet Project found that 28 percent of American adults use some form of mobile and social location-based services to ... Read More >>

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