Twitter has confirmed that on the night of Sunday, May 1, 2011, when the U.S. government announced that Read More
Osama’s death breaks Twitter tweet record
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Social media ads quadrupling to $8.3B market
The social media monster is an adolescent, and the growth spurts must feel very nice to the companies Read More
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Facebook earnings to top $2 billion in 2011
Nearly halfway into 2011 and seven years after its original founding, Facebook must be thinking more and more Read More
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What you need to know – 05/02/11
Dish Network named Michael Kelly president of its new subsidiary, Blockbuster. Facebook is on track to surpass $2 Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 04/29/11
Seed DoubleDutch–what you might consider a Foursquare for the enterprise– secured $1.2 million in a seed funding round Read More
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SinglePlatform helps local businesses go 2.0
When you get a chance, go to http://tropical128.com. No, it’s not the official website for the rainforest. It’s Read More
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PopCap acquires ZipZapPlay while IPO looms
The Web game acquisition roller coaster rides on. Casual online game developer PopCap Games announced Friday that it Read More
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AudioMicro makes a friend of Microsoft Office
Stock audio library AudioMicro announced Friday that it has sealed a licensing and distribution deal with Microsoft Office Read More
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What you need to know – 04/29/11
Design marketplace 99designs raised a $35 million Series A round led by Accel Partners, with participatiom from several Read More
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RIM stock dives 10% after forecast revision
In response to slowing BlackBerry sales, RIM on Thursday lowered financial forecasts for the first quarter, ending May Read More
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Matchbook launches classy location bookmarks
Have you ever taken a matchbook from a place to remember it? I remember being a child and Read More
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Crisp raises $6 million to expand rich ads
Rich media advertising company Crisp Media announced Thursday that it has raised $6 million in growth capital from Read More
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What you need to know – 04/28/11
Emory University has launched a project to trace the origins of some 9,000 Africans who were kidnapped in Read More
The babysitting industry is competitive and cut-throat. If you want to make it in this business, you Read More
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The Lean LaunchPad – class 7: Revenue model
The Stanford Lean LaunchPad class was an experiment in a new model of teaching startup entrepreneurship. With one week Read More