ReadWriteWeb:
Superfeedr, a service that transforms a wide variety of feeds into normalized XMPP or Pubsubhubbub format, announced a seed round of funding from some very high-profile backers this morning. Betaworks, backers of Twitter, Bi (Read More)
Vatornews.tv:
Angel investor Aydin Senkut on where he'd invest and sectors he'd avoidAydin Senkut, an early-Google employee-turned angel investor, is becoming known as one of the more prolific seed-to-early-stage investors in Silicon Valle (Read More)
VentureBeat:
The social game companies are fashionable now that Electronic Arts bought Playfish for as much as $400 million. One of the newest challengers enjoying attention is Crowdstar International, which last week launched its second (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Barack Obama's trip to Beijing expected to yield cooperation on 'clean coal' and smart grids and rejuvenate stalling climate talksBarack Obama said the US and China will break new ground in their partnership on clean energy t (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Sequoia Capital has led a second round of funding for Outright, provider of a free and drop-dead simple online bookkeeping service, investing $5 million in the fledgling company together with returning backers First Round Cap (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Claxton, NorfolkDecoy Carr still has canopy enough to allow just a dingy yellow-green light, which emphasises its air of claustrophobia. Winter frosts will soon scythe down the choking vegetation from between the alder and bi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
Republic of Ireland will draw strength from knowing playing away from home suits them and this France team are not the one of oldSince the decision to seed the World Cup play-off draw, football folk across Ireland have nursed (Read More)
The Guardian:
Native kikuyu pitches are not bright enough for television, but the replacements will be little long-term use to South AfricansMillions of Africans have been saying it for years: the grass is greener in Europe. Now the world' (Read More)
CNN:
Novak Djokovic continued his superlative end of season form with a straight sets demolition of second seed Rafael Nadal in the semifinals of the Paris Masters on Saturday.
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Tennis | Sports News from TimesOnline:
In-form third seed Novak Djokovic reached the Paris Masters final after eliminating second seed Rafael Nadal with a comprehensive 6-2, 6-3 victory at the Bercy Arena. (Read More)
The Guardian:
'There's a degree of improvisation in a climb. It's like unlocking a puzzle'The seed was planted almost 40 years ago, when I saw a film called The Grieving Snow. I was eight, and this story of two brothers searching for injur (Read More)
Gizmodo:
I'm touching a wet slab of protein, what feels like a paper-thin slice of bologna. It's supple, slimy, but unlike meat, if you were to slice it down the center today, tomorrow the wound would heal. It's factory-grown living t (Read More)
TheFunded.com:
| Posted by The Founding MemberTheFunded.com has created a unique Silicon Valley networking event for seed and early stage founders, the Founder Showcase. The evening event highlights the newest ideas and cutting-edge busines (Read More)
VCCircle News:
This is an interesting migration from early stage to seed stage investing. Tejus Sawjiani (in pic), founding partner, Singularity Ventures, is raising a seed fund to provide initial capital to startups. The $10-million early- (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Salon has been overhauling its site design since late summer, but the changes aren’t just cosmetic. Salon Media CEO Richard Gingras wants to draw more revenue and traffic by dev (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Syngenta, the Basel agribusiness company, agreed to acquire two California producers of lettuce seed. Terms weren't disclosed. In a statement on Thursday, Syngenta said it would buy Synergene Seed (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Salon has been overhauling its site design since late summer, but the changes aren’t just cosmetic. Salon Media CEO Richard Gingras wants to draw more revenue and traffic by dev (Read More)
BBC:
Second seed Rafael Nadal saves five match points against fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro before getting through to round three of the Paris Masters. (Read More)