TechCrunch:
Storytlr, a nifty web application centered around the concept of lifestreaming, will cease to exist at the end of this year. In a blog post, the two guys who built the service jointly announced the decision to stop operating (Read More)
Pop Culture Madness Blog Celebrity News and Gossip:
Long time Spider-Man fans know Venom was a great addition to his universe. You also know Spider-Man 3 fouled up the Venom character in the same way the Wolverine's Origin storyline fouled up Deadpool.But to Marvel's credit, t (Read More)
Submitted by Mahendra
from Google Reader:
Metrics matter - it's rule #1 for marketing programs. If you can't measure the success of a program (whatever success means to you) then you have no idea how well it's working and whether you should invest in it, tune it, or (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Vonage, the once almost-zombie VoIP company, has roared back from its flirtation with the deadpool (er, from being sued into near oblivion for patent infringement by Verizon et al.). Its latest product, Vonage Mobile, will su (Read More)
Submitted by Erock
from blog:
No startup wants to end up in the deadpool and failing gracefully does not necessarily mean cleaning up the mess when things go wrong. Instead, there are ways to fail in the beginning that can lead to success in the future o (Read More)
Submitted by jeffisageek
from blog:
Here are the stories I found interesting today. I want to share them with you so you can find great content as well as share them with others you know. Enjoy! Shared Tipjoy Heads To The Deadpool Shared T (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Lookery, a startup that focuses on collecting demographic data about users and sites around the web and then selling this information to ad networks to target users, is heading to the deadpool. In a blog post, Lookery's CEO S (Read More)
startup - Google News:
Y Combinator startup TipJoy shuts downMass High TechFunded by Paul Graham's startup incubator, Y Combinator, in 2008, TipJoy aimed to provide a social online micropayment system that could be ...TipJoy Shuts DownXconomyTipjoy (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Tipjoy, a startup that allowed users to easily collect 'tips' from their readers and fans in the form of small Paypal transfers, is closing up shop. Earlier this evening Co-founder. (Read More)
Techgeist:
It is a bit morbid to use the word “deadpool” before a product has even launched, but I will be vindicated. Retweet.com, the competitor to TweetMeme is launching in a scant few minutes or hours, depending on when you read thi (Read More)
Submitted by Bluraven
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Joining confirmed characters Juggernaut, Penance, Songbird and Deadpool is the latest addition to the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 cast: Ms. Marvel. Activision just sent us a press release with some media showcasing the super-s (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Facial recognition service Riya will shut down on August 21, 2009, says founder Munjal Shah in an email to users this morning. We are adding it to the TechCrunch DeadPool... (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Facial recognition service Riya will shut down on August 21, 2009, says founder Munjal Shah in an email to users this morning. We are adding it to the TechCrunch DeadPool.This was one of the original services that defined the (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Canadian photo sharing startup BubbleShare will be shuttered on November 15, 2009. Users were notified via email and a notice on the site's home page.The site, founded by Albert Lai, first launched in late 2005 and we immedia (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Canadian photo sharing startup BubbleShare will be shuttered on November 15, 2009. Users were notified via email and a notice on the site’s home page.The site, founded by Albert Lai, first launched in late 2005 and we immedia (Read More)
ProgrammableWeb:
It hasn’t been long since developers responded with fear that Yahoo’s innovative search tools could go away. Now two of the smaller, but still well-loved, APIs have been given less than a month to live.In a message on Yahoo’s (Read More)
ProgrammableWeb:
Popular URL shortening site tr.im has quickly shuttered its service due to lack of revenue potential (our tr.im API profile). One of tr.im’s creators, Eric Woodward, also referenced Twitter’s choice of bit.ly (our bit.ly API (Read More)
Submitted by mogston
from blog:
Predictify, a prediction market that launched back in 2007, is closing its doors. The service allowed users to vote on potential outcomes for current news stories (it likened itself to a "fantasy sports for everything else") (Read More)