Apr 23, 2008

TechCrunch Twitter user Orli Yakuel, with 650 followers, had a nasty surprise this morning - her direct messages (private messages between two Twitter users) showed up in her normal Twitter stream (and were subsequently published to her FriendFeed account). Friends messaged her to tell her about the embarrassing issue. At first she tr (Read More)

Apr 23, 2008

Submitted by Jasongoldberg: In December 2003 I decided to take the plunge and quit my corporate job to start a new company from scratch. Believe it or not, it was an easy decision. I had an idea and a certainty that there was a valuable company to be built around it. That company was Jobster, where I served as CEO until January 2008 when I helped r (Read More)

Apr 23, 2008

TechCrunch The popularity of Google Trends, which lets users compare the relative popularity of words and phrases based on the quantity of search queries on Google over time, is starting to spawn similar services based on different data sets. Facebook now has Lexicon (launched April 15), which shows trends based on Wall posts.Twitter (Read More)

Apr 23, 2008

John Ndege.com Yesterday I shut down my startup. We were unable to achieve what we wanted. I probably wouldn’t have got this far and learnt so much if it wasn’t for hacker news, so here’s me giving some startup advice back to the community.Let me avoid the sort of advice we’ve heard before, not because it isn’ (Read More)

Apr 16, 2008

TechCrunch Earlier today I wrote about my eagerness for Google GDrive, a cloud-based file management service that has been rumored for years now. The idea that Google could swoop in and dominate the online storage market certainly doesn’t help the founders of several startups sleep better at night. But they aren’t without (Read More)

Apr 16, 2008

ReadWriteWeb Let's be honest here: we're all a bunch of social media addicts. We're junkies. Whether it's a new Twitter app, a new Facebook feature, or a new social anything service, we're all over it. But we may not be the norm. The truth is, being involved in social media takes time, something that most people don't have a lot of. So (Read More)

Apr 16, 2008

A VC Two of my favorite twitter add-ons are Tweetscan, which I check at least once a day for twitters that have my name in it (ie messages being sent to me), and Twitlinks, which I check throughout the day for interesting links being passed around on twitter. What I need is a mashup of sorts between the two that shows me all th (Read More)

Apr 16, 2008

Mashable! Google Earth, the 3D global mapping application that has grown to become one of the most popular and freely-accessible software developments to come out of Mountain View not directly affiliated with its search engine nor its advertising business, has just today received an update. Google Earth 4.3 (Beta) is now available fo (Read More)

Apr 16, 2008

A VC Clearly Google's been doing that for years. Their search just keeps getting better and better. But innovation in search is not limited to Google. Our portfolio company, Indeed, which operates the most popular search engine for jobs launched a new feature this week that showcases how searching can become more intelligent. W (Read More)

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