its no surprise whats happened to the record business in the wake of the digital realignment of the media. even transitional gambits such as starbucks instore sales of cds are going the way of the record stores of yore. apple is reportedly negotiating with the 3 other major labels to join emi in banishing drm and paul mccartneys latest electronique collaboration with ...... [Show More]
its hard to believe that nearly a year has gone by since we gave out those crazy gorilla awards to the best startup and product successes in silicon valley and around the world. some of the photos from last year are here .
the crunchies are back . we are once again partnering with some of our favorite blogs thank you to cohosts gigaom silicon alley insider and venturebeat ...... [Show More]
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microsoft is no longer interested in buying all of yahoo but announced today its still interested in a collaboration on internet search
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google has announced that they are pulling the plug on lively its browserbaseed virtual world application that could be embedded into other sites.
we were beginning to wonder why this program didnt even work in chrome and this would seem to explain it.
the official notification says that the plug will be pulled on december 31 of this year.
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the cutbacks continue even at seemingly healthy startups. social recommendation engine strands let exactly 10 percent or 14 people go 7 in the u.s. and 7 in spain the company confirms. strands has raised a total of 55 million still employs 125 people and is hiring for other positions. it also just announced a mobile version for nokia s60 phones .
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give me the twitter Post Source: givemetherock.com Posted: Nov 19 2008 23:47:29
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this was probably a foolish thing to do but it has already been praised by not just one but two people give me the rock now has a twitter account or is it just called a twitter8 221 dont worry im not just going to do a lame twitterfeed of gmtr posts or something like that. this will be real twitterstyle action.
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make sure to look at the latest job listing on crunchboard. while doing that take a look at our new crunchboard service and sales directories. they are a great way to connect with the startup community. heres some of jobs posted in the past week
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if you have an iphone youll probably want to check out snaptell explorer a free application now available on the app store. the premise is simple take a photo of the cover of any cd dvd book or video game and the application will automatically identify the product and find ratings and pricing information online.
i was skeptical when i first saw the app the iphone has long ha...... [Show More]
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you might have noticed that my last few blog entries have a small icon at the bottom of each post. the icon is from a service called zemanta. zemanta is a really nice new service that will assists you in your blogging.
the program is available as a free firefox addon and that is the version i am using. you can also get it as a plugin for wordpress. there is no real d..... [Show More]
weve written a lot about the death of the recorded music business but in a keynote address to a music industry conference a couple weeks ago topspin ceo ian rogers sketches out a different future. rogers the former head of yahoo music correctly points out as others have before him that it is not the music industry that is dying. it is the cd business.
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teachstreet a yelplike service for real world classes cooking dog obedience music lessons ballroom dance foreign language golf yoga etc. just opened its doors in san francisco and silicon valley.
the site first launched in seattle where the company is headquartered and then expanded to portland. their bay area expansion adds 65000 local classes teachers and schools...... [Show More]
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here are some jerry yang videos recapping news that hes stepping down as ceo of yahoo along with a couple of other fun yang videos
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