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Mashable! :
Facebook made several important announcements to kickoff its F8 developer conference this afternoon: the launch of Facebook Connect, the Great Apps program for preferred applications, and the ability for developers to translate their applications into different languages. However, a few things that developers and onlookers (Read More)
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My partner Brad starts his post on our newest investment, Meetup, with a rumination on what's causing the introspection that we in web investing land are going through. And he ends his thoughts on that topic with the following:Two things will need to happen if the recent pace of innovation on the web is going to be sustaine (Read More)
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Mashable! :
Searchles has landed a big new publisher to implement its social discovery technology: The Washington Post and its MyPost social network. Now, when browsing the profiles of other MyPost members, you will see Searchles’ “Related Users” widget, which shows you other people who have taken an interest in similar stories on was (Read More)
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Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), which has snapped up companies like Linksys, Kiss and others over the last few years, has now bought out Seattle-based Pure Networks, a provider of home networking-management software and tools, for $120 million. Pure's software allows home users to set up and manage a home network and connect a range of (Read More)
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VentureBeat :
There already plenty of ways to share and edit documents online, but a startup called DocVerse may be preparing a better solution. The stealthy San Francisco company recently raised $1.3 million from Baseline Ventures, Michael Dearing and undisclosed angel investors. John Cook of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer first report (Read More)
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The TV networks have finally lost patience and have filed a lawsuit against the controversial online video clipping service RedLasso, accusing it of copyright infringement. The suit, filed by NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), Fox News Network and Fox Television Stations in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, alleges RedLasso hasn (Read More)
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Like grizzled miners panning for gold on a river high in the Sierras, Facebook applications developers have been toiling away, trying to figure out how to make money from the millions of people who use their apps every day. Those developers who focus on games are starting to find gold — by which I mean revenue gained (Read More)
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Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS), looking to transfer its video game titles into movie and TV deals, has signed on with Hollywood talent agency UTA. The company said that while it has been able to make the leap into media formats including online, social networks and print pubs, it admitted it needed some help in navigating Hol (Read More)
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Social Gaming Network is by one measure the third largest distributor of Facebook apps, and just last week it announced a fresh investment from Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos. Like the other big ones, such as Slide, RockYou and Zynga (which just raised $29 million), its fortunes depend on the moves made by Zuckerberg an (Read More)
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VentureBeat :
India has long trailed China in drawing foreign investment for cleantech projects. With prices in the energy and emissions markets surpassing historical highs, the venture capital community and Indian government are finally directing investment into Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects.While India is currently the sec (Read More)
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Silicon Alley Insider :
John Chambers' Cisco (CSCO) has purchased Seattle-based Pure Networks, which makes home networking software, for $120 million. Pure Networks will be folded into Cisco's Linksys group, which it already partners with on a product called Linksys Easy Link Advisor, a tool that helps consumers set up and manage their home networ (Read More)
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Feld Thoughts :
Fred Wilson - my friend and co-investor in Zynga - titled his post on Zynga's $29 million financing Raising The Stakes so I couldn't resist titling my post Doubling Down. And I'll echo what Fred said - I'm amazed with the hand that Mark Pincus (Zynga's CEO and founder) has and am delighted to be sitting at the table playin (Read More)
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Pregnant cows cooling off in the sea sparks a major rescue operation as a heatwave hit the Highlands. (Read More)
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Silicon Alley Insider :
We're three years and some $8 billion into the Web boom, and the story to date is a bit unsettling: The runaway leader in the space, YouTube, is a money pit even though it accounts for well over 50% of the market. Its competitors continue to raise money and struggle for scale and ad dollars.Time to panic? No, says Canaan P (Read More)
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