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Funding roundup – week ending 10/24/08

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TechCrunch Layoff Tracker

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Recession-Induced Network Innovations

    I just watched Cisco's John Chambers "Can IT Strengthen the Economy?" interview at the recent Gartner conference just Read More

Political sites see huge growth

Two reports out this week showed just how much U.S. voters have turned to independent political blogs to read and Read More

What’s new media? NYTimes down, LinkedIn up

Maybe it's the sign of the times, or a sign of the future. Classifieds, long a staple revenue for newspapers, Read More

Jobs gets AT&T to show him the money up front

Steve Jobs' timing has so far been impeccable when dealing with iPhone service provider AT&T.When the first version of the Read More

Twine’s social bookmarking on steroids

Nova Spivack, creator and CEO of Twine, sees that networks based on its users' interests are at what he calls Read More

Bringing personas to life in social media

David Armano recently made a distinction between interactive advertising and social media which he depicts in the image on the Read More

Starup help is here

Ok,  I admit it.  I've done this before.  I've built companies.  I've seen downturns.  I've cut costs.  And the world Read More

AdMob raises $15 mln, looks to expand

When we last spoke to AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui, he told us ad impressions and revenue were both growing about Read More

Glam Media’s CEO on why men now

Now that Glam Media is widening its demographic net to include males, it may have to change its dominant fuchsia Read More

Tech stock valuations at mercy of hedge funds

Hedge funds have been liquidating stock positions of late in order raise cash.They're going to need that cash in order Read More

Techstartup DeathWatch: Jaxtr

Comments welcome Konstantine   VoIP service/social network Jaxtr laid off 13 employees Friday, belt-tightening it claims will let it stay Read More

Techstartup DeathWatch: Wikia. oh no jimmy

Wikia lays off staff, Wikimedia hires6:31 PM, October 20, 2008 Jimmy Wales has been in the news a lot this Read More

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