Submitted by Christiananderson
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Source MEDIAdeluge:
Since socialmedian’s public launch in July of this year, the social news site has very rapidly improved on its initial offering. socialmedian continues to offer powerful news filtering tools, but over the summer, CEO Jason Goldberg and his team have added major new features on nearly a weekly basis.Most recently, socialmedi (Read More)
: It takes a bit to get your head round but I'm beginning to see some incredible potential in this - particularly for a content creator -it's just a question of making the communication channels talk!
GigaOM
Sequoia Capital, arguably the smartest venture capital investor in business, is sounding the alarm and asking its portfolio companies to buckle down for what could be the worst economic downturn of their relatively short lives. The fund organized a meeting yesterday where it invited entreprenuers/CEOs from its portfolio com (Read More)
: "Folks this is bad news for Silicon Valley, which has been living in a bubble, assuming that it is going to weather the global economic storm without being impacted. Sequoia had a similar meeting back before the last bubble unraveled. We know how that turned out."
: I'm glad you read this @jasongoldberg. There's good advice here. It just needs to be followed to stay ahead. They paint a pretty scary prognosis for the future. Remember, they have a lot of money tied up with these startups, and hopefully they are just trying to light a fire under their butts.
Ars Technica
Yahoo quickly turned around the acquisition of a web analytics firm to take on Google with "near real-time" access to raw data. Along with an upcoming developer API and an already established hosting platform, Yahoo has a shot at snagging its fair share of the market—if it acts fast.Read More...
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