President and CEO Brian Jacobs founded Akademos in 1999, naming it after the olive grove site where Plato Read More
Akademos raises $2.5 million
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Advice to Fox and MySpace on selling content
Rupert, you didn’t ask my opinion on this, but since when has that ever stopped me. First the Read More
Everyone entrepreneur is driven by something – either a sense of passion, a sense of determination, a sense Read More
Ad giant Publicis Groupe announced yesterday that it’s buying digital ad agency Razorfish for $530 million in cash Read More
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Zynga acquires MyMiniLife
Zynga, creator of some of the most popular games on social networking sites like Facebook, just acquired MyMiniLife, Read More
I wrote a post recently called “Double Down, But Only On The Right Hand” that was about Yahoo!’s Read More
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What am I Missy, Episode 29
This segment was brought to you by Smule, the popular iPhone app maker. Smule, the creators of awesome Read More
I recently had a chance to sit down with Bryan Costello, CEO of Costello and Sons, an insurer Read More
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YouTube upgrades its mobile site
If you own a smartphone with a nifty mobile browser, you’ll be glad to hear that the mobile Read More
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TechStars introduces startups to investors
Although we haven’t been reporting much fundraising news this week, there hasn’t been much in the tech startup Read More
In this segment of Lessons Learned for entrepreneurs, Bambi Francisco interviewed Jeff Smith, co-founder of Smule, a maker Read More
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Week in Review: The rise of freemium
This week, the media world took a big step away from the ad-supported content model—touted not long ago Read More
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Most active Twitter users are bots
After taking “An In-Depth Look Inside the Twitter World†last June, Sysomos Inc. has returned with a report Read More
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Reuters ready to evolve into journalism 3.0
With the emergence of any new technology, the old technologies, the old methods, and particularly, the old companies Read More
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Twitter hit by hackers, again
Twitter, is yet again the victim of hackers. Earlier this morning, the micro-blogging service announced, “On this otherwise Read More