Thirteen startups competed in Thursday’s Amplify business pitch competition, but only one walked away the victor. Jen O’Neal, Read More
Tripping wins Amplify event
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CityVille: Zynga still knows how to clone
In Hello City (Crowdstar), you build a city. In Millionaire City (Digital Chocolate), you’re a rich businessperson that Read More
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MySpace mashes up with Facebook Connect
Looks like Girl Talk isn’t the only mashup artist in town. MySpace, having long since surrendered the social Read More
Recruiting and selecting internship candidates is never dull. Along with the applications of overachievers and emerging moguls come Read More
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Esther Dyson on space travel and Groupon
Angel investor Esther Dyson joined the Amplify event via Skype Thursday and spoke with journalist Cathy Brooks. Interesting Read More
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Gowalla’s goin’ to Disney!
If you’ve ever gone to a theme park—or worse, taken kids to a theme park—you know that the Read More
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What you need to know – Thursday 11/18/10
Gowalla, a location based social network, has announced a partnership with Disney. This means that Gowalla will be Read More
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Amplify finalists
Updated to include Is That Odd, Inc. Thursday’s Amplify business pitch competition in San Francisco will spotlight a Read More
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Williams: A million ways to Twitter revenue
While Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg had the honor of closing Web 2.0 Summit’s second day, Evan Williams, former CEO Read More
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Mike McCue explains Flipboard
I recently sat down with Mike McCue, co-founder and CEO of Flipboard, to talk about the iPad app Read More
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Virtual goods sales soar 245% to $7.3B
Many are wondering what to make of Zynga’s huge success in casual gaming. From its recent creation in Read More
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GameGround raises $5.3M to socialize gamers
Finding someone who is playing the same game that you are, at the same time that you are, Read More
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Teambox picks up $250K seed for collaboration
Collaboration software creator Teambox announced Tuesday that it has closed a $250,000 seed funding round, the organization’s second Read More
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LivingSocial invests $5M in Jump On it
Groupon’s arch-nemesis, LivingSocial, announced Wednesday that it is going to Australia: the company has invested $5 million for Read More
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What you need to know – Wednesday 11/17/10
LivingSocial, a social commerce startup that provides daily deals, has just bought the majority stake in Jump On Read More