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What am I Missy

Vator innovation series

Host Meliza Solan looks at top stories across VatorNews and offers an irreverent, curious and comical take on what's happening across technology news. The name "What am I Missy" is a play on Meliza's name, and was suggested by Guy Kawasaki.

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Hollywood Twitter, Facebook = Frangelina

by Meliza Solan Surdi, May 30, 2009 | Comments (5)

	What am I Missy, Episode 21 Is Twitter going Hollywood? Production companies Reveille and Brillstein Entertainment have inked a deal with the micro-blog site to create an unscripted television show that will focus on celebrities and ordinary people who use Twitter. No word on what the show is about, but it is meant to be pithy. Each person is only allowed to speak 140 characters at ...
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FbFund finalists, appssavvy's viral video

by Meliza Solan Surdi, May 23, 2009 | Comments (4)

What am I Missy, Episode 20

Facebook’s FB fund 2009 this week announced its 25 finalists. The selected will be mentored and guided by Facebook engineers and executives, along with successful entrepreneurs, angel investors, and venture capitalists including Accel Partners, Facebook and First Round Capital. One finalist worth noting is mychurch.org. If one Sunday a week is not enough God time, go to myChurch.org. It’s a ...

Vator's Twitter-like tool, faith and Tweets

by Meliza Solan Surdi, May 16, 2009 | Comments (3)

	What am I Missy, Episode 19 It’s easier than ever to get the scoop on your company. Vator just launched a cool micro-blogging tool that lets you give status updates about your company. It’s been a hit with our private beta users, such as Kosmix which has nearly 900 followers in a few months. So try it out! Get started by inviting 25 followers and then ...
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Broadway vs. nightclub; LyricFind iPhone app

by Meliza Solan Surdi, April 25, 2009 | Comments (17)

What Am I Missy? Episode 18

Detroit-based WaTunes wants to help artists get to the next level. How? This week, the online music distribution service, added social networking and commerce features like artist profiles, discovery & sharing of music, friends, video channels and the ability to purchase ringtones from favorite artists. Of course there's already MySpace, which is the dominant social network for musicians.But there's a ...

iPhone Leaf Trombone; Defriending on Facebook

by Meliza Solan Surdi, April 18, 2009 | Comments (3)

	What am I Missy? Episode 17 For all of you local artists and musicians...don't be surprised when I show up to the next open mic show without an instrument. I plan on performing on my iPhone.You too can play if you download Leaf Trombone, which is an iPhone application recently launched by Smule and worth only 99 cents. With this app you can listen others playing ...
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New iTunes service; iPhone no-no's; Tinker

by Meliza Solan Surdi, April 11, 2009 | Comments (2)

	What Am I Missy? Episode 16 Music fans, here's a new way to access music and videos. For $17, you can have a pass to watch and listen to live performances by "The Fray." It's a new service launched by iTunes to give record labels another way to make money off their artists. Unless you're hiding a rock, it's pretty clear that the music industry is ...
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Google the VC; The site Love Guru; Pitch TV

by Meliza Solan Surdi, April 3, 2009 | Comments (8)

	What am I Missy, Episode 15 It's not exactly the best time to be a venture capitalist these days. But this hasn't stopped Google from getting into the game. Google has launched Google Ventures with $100 million to be invested in early-stage startups. The almighty search giant is taking advantage of the downturn to hunt for "the next big thing." Let's just say Google's "Mini-Me" is ...
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Need seed capital?; GrubHub and Wine 2.0

by Meliza Solan Surdi, March 28, 2009 | Comments

	What am I Missy; Episode 14 Attention early-stage startups. Are you seeking a small amount of funding? If you live in the Big Apple or Boston, then Spark Capital is right up your alley. New York-based Spark Capital will put seed capital into startups through a new program called Start@Spark. What's the criteria? You have to be a startup focused on media, tech, and entertainment. If ...
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NCAA iPhone app; MySpace cuts? M&A recovery

by Meliza Solan Surdi, March 21, 2009 | Comments (26)

	What am I Missy - Episode 13 It's a dream come true for NCAA junkies. For only $5, you can watch all the March Madness basketball games in the palm of your hand on an iPhone! You don't have to ever worry about secretly watching the games on your computer, or sneaking out during work hours to a bar with a TV! And, it's a huge leap ...
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Meehive unveiled, Disney D23, Google reprices

by Meliza Solan Surdi, March 14, 2009 | Comments (7)

What am I Missy; Episode 12

Meehive, a personalized online newspaper, just launched this week. Stories are shown based on your chosen categories, such as business or sports, and your nano interests, like dancing, skydiving, or baking. Meehive then culls information from millions of sources and serves up stories to you. This isn't your father's newspaper. In fact no two papers are alike. Other personalized news ...

Google vs Facebook; Top Twitter celeb?

by Meliza Solan Surdi, March 6, 2009 | Comments (4)

	What am I Missy; Episode 11 So who's God? Facebook is launching a new home page. And, with it, a new message saying it wants to be news and information central. Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will be a place to "consume" and "participate"in the stream of news and information that people provide. Handling streams of "information sounds a lot like Google's mission statement, which is to ...
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What Am I Missy? Episode 10

by Meliza Solan Surdi, February 27, 2009 | Comments (12)

	Nothing like a real newspaper; Vator's NEW homepage; Amazon's amazing Kindle Looks like the San Francisco Chronicle may be stopping the presses. This week, the Hearst Corp announced it was slashing costs and letting staffers go. If the paper can't shore up its losses - it did lose $50 million last year - then Hearst may put the Pulitzer Prize winning paper up for sale or just shut it down. I ...
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