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And We Have A New DataPortability Logo
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Apr. 2008
After being threatened by Red Hat because its original suitcase logo was too close to theirs, the DataPortability workgroup decided to hold a contest for a n readmore
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Get Blown On Facebook
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Apr. 2008
What is it with college kids and online video challenges? There are plenty of startups catering to this strange video niche/fetish. IBeatYou and Strutta (read readmore
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The Ozzie Memo: Software is Dead, Long Live the Web
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Apr. 2008
After a few years of trying to fill Bill Gates’ shoes as Microsoft’s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie is starting to hit his stride readmore
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The Ozzie Memo—Software is Dead, Long Live the Web
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Apr. 2008
After a few years of trying to fill Bill Gates’ shoes as Microsoft’s chief software architect, Ray Ozzie is starting to hit his stride. In a remarkable strategy memo to employees (embedded below), Ozzie essentially shifts Microsoft’s mission from readmore
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Microsoft’s Mesh Revealed—Sync All Apps And All Files To All Devices (As Long As They’re Windows)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Wed, 23 Apr. 2008
Ray Ozzie first hinted at it during a keynote speech last March. But tonight Microsoft is finally launching a preview beta of Live Mesh, a ne readmore
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The Importance of a Good Name: Ditching SimulScribe For PhoneTag
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Too often in the rush of trying to launch something new, entrepreneurs pay too little attention to coming up with a good name for their product or company. It might start off as a part-time project and they just want to get it up and ru readmore
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The Importance of a Good Name: Ditching SimulScribe For PhoneTag
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Too often in the rush of trying to launch something new, entrepreneurs pay too little attention to coming up with a good name for their product or company. It might start off as a part-time project and they just want to get it up and ru readmore
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Confirmed: Zyb Bought Imity
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Danish startup Zyb has confirmed our report from last week that it bought mobile social-networking startup Imity. Here is Zyb’s readmore
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Apple Shares Slump As AT&T Gives Vague Details On iPhone Growth
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Now that AT&T and Apple are tied at hip with the iPhone, Apple watchers look to AT&T for details on the health of iPhone sales. This morning, AT&T announced a decent first quarter, with profit readmore
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Upcoming.org Founder Creates Fireball (Fire Eagle + DodgeBall + Twitter)
Erick Schonfeld via Feedhub - cgsheldon on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
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Upcoming.org Founder Creates Fireball (Fire Eagle + DodgeBall + Twitter)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Remember DodgeBall, the early social mobile network that languished after Google bought it? So does Leonard Lin, a founding member of Upcoming.org who recently left Yahoo, where he organized Hack Days. He helped write the code for readmore
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Upcoming.org Founder Creates Fireball (Fire Eagle + DodgeBall + Twitter)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Remember DodgeBall, the early social mobile network that languished after Google bought it? So does Leonard Lin, a founding member of Upcoming.org who recently left Yahoo, where he organized Hack Days. He helped write the code for readmore
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Do Or Die Week For Yahoo
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
This is it. Yahoo’s final week to negotiate with Microsoft, or find a better bid, before the proxy battle begins. The company has until Saturday to respond to Microsoft’s offer. A lot can still happen before then. Yah readmore
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Buzzlogic To Track Reading Habits With Acquisition of Activeweave (BlogRovR)
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Tue, 22 Apr. 2008
Keeping track of what people are reading about a company’s products on blogs is an inexact science. BuzzLogic will try to make it a little more exact with the acquisition of Activeweave, creator of a popu readmore
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Who Are The Biggest Users of Amazon Web Services? It’s Not Startups.
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Mon, 21 Apr. 2008
Amazon loves to talk about its Web Services because it positions the company as a bold innovator bringing cloud computing to the unwashed masses and other companies still stuck in the land of legacy data centers. But it is coy when it comes to details about the actual business behind readmore
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Hints of iGoogle Turning Into Its Own Social Network
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Mon, 21 Apr. 2008
Google has long used its personalized homepage, iGoogle, as a launching point for its foray into social-networking applications. Any developer who builds an readmore
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Why ComScore’s Google Paid Click Estimates Are Not Predictive Of Google’s Revenues
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Mon, 21 Apr. 2008
After Google’s earnings call l readmore
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VC Deals In Charts (Q1 2008)—Welcome To The Slowdown
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Sun, 20 Apr. 2008
Here are some slides from Pricewaterhouse Coopers and the National Venture Capital Association illustrating the trends in venture capital deals last quarter that readmore
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Deadpool: Red Envelope Files For Bankruptcy
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Sat, 19 Apr. 2008
I can’t say we didn’t see this coming. Quirky online gift catalog site Red Envelope filed for bankruptcy on April 17, according to an readmore
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Deadpool: Red Envelope Files For Bankruptcy
Erick Schonfeld via TechCrunch on Sat, 19 Apr. 2008
I can’t say we didn’t see this coming. Quirky online gift catalog site Red Envelope filed for bankruptcy on April 17, according to an readmore
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