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2010 consumer Internet predictions

by Jeremy Liew, December 14, 2009 | Comments

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Predictions from Lightspeed in the areas of Consumer Internet, Mobile, Cleantech and Enterprise

Once again, Lightspeed is going to go on record and make some predictions for 2010, in the areas of Consumer Internet, Mobile, Cleantech and Enterprise. I am leading off with our 2010 Consumer Internet Predictions, with my partners posting the other predictions coming over the course of the next week or so at the Lightspeed Blog.This is the fourth year ...

Top 10 social networking iPhone apps in 2009

by Chris Caceres, December 14, 2009 | Comments (2)

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Facebook for iPhone, Tweetdeck, Yelp, Fring and more

In a world where online social networking is becoming an essential tool for communication, we've listed out ten must-have iPhone applications to help you on the go. Facebook for iPhone - If you're reading this, you're probably one of the 350 million people with a Facebook account. The application is a must-have for anybody into social networking. A new version ...

Top 10 biggest social media stories of 2009

by Ronny Kerr, December 14, 2009 | Comments (15)

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Facebook, Twitter, and the rest

Since Friendster's founding in 2002, social networking sites have changed quite a bit. Through the rise and development of more and more networks--MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, and beyond--we have seen time and time again that social media is a constantly evolving entity, one that's difficult to pin down easily. 2009 was no different. From the enormous valuations and market-changing acquisitions down ...

Sociality is learning

by Danah Boyd, December 12, 2009 | Comments

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Social media should be embraced as a way for youth to learn social skills

As adults, we take social skills for granted... until we encounter someone who lacks them. Helping children develop social skills is viewed as a reasonable educational endeavor in elementary school, but by high school, educators switch to more "serious" subjects. Yet, youth aren't done learning about the social world. Conversely, they are more driven to understand people and sociality during ...

Elance competition coming to a close

by Chris Caceres, December 11, 2009 | Comments

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Top 10 finalists announced for "New Way to Work" competition. Who will win the $10,000 prize?

Play back the embedded video and you'll get a glimpse into the Vator.tv working environment. Not your typical office huh? This is our new way to work. A little over a month ago we partnered with Elance to carry out, "The New Way to Work" competition. The competition called for startup companies, entrepreneurs and independent professionals to share an inspirational ...

24 hours with Android and Chrome

by Brad Feld, December 11, 2009 | Comments

	Reactions to a couple of the new toys Google has put out As 2009 heads into the home stretch, I’m feeling techno-restless. I’ve got two big end of year projects that I’m working on that will keep me in front of my computer a lot, along with a pile of new toys that have shown up in the past few weeks that I’m playing with. So – yesterday I decided to start ...
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Google Suggest now delivers instant results

by Ronny Kerr, December 11, 2009 | Comments

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Along with Google Chrome update, new search tools amp up Google capabilities yet again

Google announced Friday afternoon two cool new search features that should make searching a whole lot easier.The first is the implementation of universal search features into Google Suggest. Universal search draws from various sources--maps, business information, weather forecasts--so that a user may see the exact information he or she was searching for without even having to leave the Google results ...

CloudShare raises $10 million

by Chris Caceres, December 11, 2009 | Comments

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Startup scores Series B financing from Sequoia Capital, Gemini Capital and Charles Rivers Ventures

CloudShare, a startup which enables organizations to instantly deploy multiple, independent copies of their existing demo or training environments in the cloud, has raised $10 million in series B financing from Sequoia Capital, Gemini Capital and Charles River Ventures. With this round, the company has raised a total of $16 million.The Palo Alto-based startup offers a platform for companies to ...

This year's top tech exits

by Matt Bowman, December 11, 2009 | Comments

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Even in tough times, big corporations can't resist the temptation of the high-growth marketplace

Each quarter of 2009 brought more news of reduced fundraising in the global Silicon Valley, and the liquidity drought became so acute that parallel stock exchanges self-organized into official companies. But the traditional exit market didn't run completely dry, and several companies managed to pull off impressive deals. A213's rocking IPO revealed pent up demand for quality tech companies in ...

Cloud Engines raises $3 million for Pogoplug

by Ronny Kerr, December 11, 2009 | Comments

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The company behind device that connects hard drives to Web wants to expand device internationally

Cloud Engines has just raised $3 million, according to an SEC filing, to continue expansion of the Pogoplug, a device that enables consumers to share data on external hard drives on the Web. This new funding is just shy of equaling the $3.25 million raised by Cloud Engines in May 2009. Among others, existing investor Foundry Group contributed to the ...

WebMediaBrands acquires Social Times

by Ronny Kerr, December 10, 2009 | Comments

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Social Times, company behind AllFacebook, acquired for undisclosed amount

Business-to-business content provider WebMediaBrands has acquired social media news provider the Social Times, mostly known for the Facebook-focused news hub All Facebook. It's been nearly three months since WebMediaBrands’ CEO Alan Meckler expressed on his Twitter more than just a little interest in making a new acquisition, and it looks like they found a worthwhile purchase.Terms of the deal were ...

Qik wants in on iPhone streaming too

by Chris Caceres, December 10, 2009 | Comments

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As Apple approves Ustream's iPhone application, other developers also want in

Qik, a mobile live video streaming platform, announced in a blog post it has submitted its application to the iPhone App store. The company has had an iPhone app for some time now, but with Apple's refusal to allow live streaming on its phone, the app has been limited to recording video, and then uploading, taking away all the fun ...

MOL Global to acquire 100% of Friendster

by Chris Caceres, December 10, 2009 | Comments

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Malaysian online payments community in "definitive agreement" to purchase social network

Remember Friendster? One of the very first social networking sites launched back in 2003 is in "definitive agreement" to be acquired by MOL Global, a Malaysian online payments company. MOL Global said it would acquire 100% of Friendster. The financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed in the announcement, but several reports are shooting out a price of $100 ...

Variety: Murdoch was right

by Matt Bowman, December 10, 2009 | Comments

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After 3 years of free, Hollywood’s 104-year-old pub will put its website back behind a paywall.

In 2006, Variety made the bold—some would call it visionary—move of lifting its subscription paywall, offering its content for free to the world in the hopes of drawing more traffic and more advertising dollars. “Meh” seems to have been the response from CMOs—ad money failed to surge even as traffic rose. The ailing media industry has suffered as the shift to ...

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