Facebook has nearly secured a trademark on the word “face” when used in relation to any general socializing Read More
Facebook closes in on “face” trademark
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Qype, the Yelp of Europe, raises 6.5M euros
Qype, the Yelp of Europe, announced Tuesday that it has raised 3.5 million euros (about $4.72 million) from Read More
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What you need to know – Tuesday 11/23/2010
Rumors abound about a potential buy out of Nuance Communications, a voice technology company, by Apple. The rumors 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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Vinod Khosla on innovation vs. punditry
At Tuesday afternoon’s Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, took the stage Read More
After years of blockages caused by trademark litigation, piracy concerns, and a lot of generally inexplicable slowness, one Read More
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ReadOz raises $2.2 million for digital reader
Digital publishing startup ReadOz announced Friday that it has raised $2.2 million in its Series A round, contributed Read More
Houzz raised $2 million in its Series A round of funding from Oren Zeev, Donald Katz,Gary Ginsberg, Jeff Read More
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AVG buys DroidSecurity for $4.1 million
Antivirus software developer AVG announced Wednesday that it has acquired DroidSecurity, creator of antivirus software for Android devices, Read More
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Smule charms again with Magic Fiddle for iPad
Musically minded app maker Smule launched late Tuesday its ninth creation for Apple’s iOS platform, Magic Fiddle (iTunes Read More
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Android continues march of progress
Google’s Android OS continues its steady climb to the top, jostling Apple and RIM out of its way, Read More
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What you need to know – Wednesday 11/3/10
The VC firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised $650 million for a fund. The fund will focus solely on Read More
Last week I reported on the uber-creepy Secret SMS Replicator app created by DLP Mobile, which lets users Read More
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What you need to know – Tuesday 11/2/10
Tipppr launched Tuesday a white-label, group-buying platform that will allow companies to run their own online group-buying campaigns. Read More
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Android and Apple sweeping RIM away
If you’ve been watching the World Series, you might have noticed that there’s a bloody battle raging–and it’s Read More