One of the more entertaining pieces of coverage on the Facebook acquisition of FriendFeed.
Hitler upset about Facebook buying FriendFeed
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Simply Hired hiring – company raises $4.6 mln
For the jobless, Simply Hired is proving to be a site of choice to seek employment online. Simply Read More
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ChessCube raises $1.25 million
ChessCube, an online chess site, has raised $1.25 million in funding from InVenFin. What’s interesting is ChessCube’s current Read More
FriendFeed – which had a $20 million valuation last year – was just acquired by Facebook, for $50 Read More
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Akademos raises $2.5 million
President and CEO Brian Jacobs founded Akademos in 1999, naming it after the olive grove site where Plato Read More
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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
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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
Scanning for small and medium-sized businesses just got a boost today. The Neat Company, which started out in Read More
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Spotify coming to the US?
Spotify, is another one of the many startups attempting to build a better way for us to consume Read More
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Bill.com raises $8.5 million
Bill.com, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based company, has closed $8.5 million in VC financing. The round is led by Read More
The VC industry is poised for consolidation. A Kauffman Foundation study last month found that the industry must Read More
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Apperian raises $1 million for iPhone apps
“It’s no longer a phone,” reads the brief but grandiose message on Apperian’s so-far sparse home page. “It’s Read More
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iLoop raises $4 million
iLoop Mobile, a company which provides technology for SMS initiatives, has secured $2 million out of a $4 Read More
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Shortage in early stage funding?
The venture capital model isn’t necessarily broken, just changing. Now a days, companies can be started with less Read More
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BookFresh grabs seed investment
Bookfresh, a startup offering online appointment scheduling technology for small businesses, has raised $500K in seed funding from Read More