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The entire stock market is taking another drubbing today, and Google is no exception. Its shares tried to rally in the morning, but are now trading below the $329 they closed ... Discussion
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Cant afford a ticket to China to go visit the Forbidden City? Well, now all you need is your computer. IBM, which is a big believer in virtual worlds, and Chinas Palace Muse ... Discussion
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When Mahalo launched about 16 months ago, we called it a human-powered search engine and began thinking of it as a Google competitor. But its so-called guide pages for topics ... Discussion
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Fitbit, producer of a sleek little device that clips onto your clothing and tracks your movement throughout the day and night, has raised $2 million from True Ventures, SoftTe ... Discussion
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In May 2007 I wrote Times are good, money is flowing, and Silicon Valley sucks in a post about how, in my opinion, Silicon Valley was ripe for a downturn. This week, without a ... Discussion
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In May 2007 I wrote Times are good, money is flowing, and Silicon Valley sucks in a post about how, in my opinion, Silicon Valley was ripe for a downturn. This week, without a ... Discussion
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Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: downturn finance) VentureBeat was able to track down the presen ... Discussion
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Sequoia Capital on startups and the economic downturn View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: downturn finance) VentureBeat was able to track down the presen ... Discussion
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Yesterday Sequoia Capital and Ron Conway communicated with their portfolio companies to guide them through troubled times. Today Benchmark Capital joins the fray, with what a ... Discussion
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With the economy slipping closer to rock bottom every day now, many of us are going to have to start cutting back on our day-to-day expenditures. Cue Voice2Insights The Expen ... Discussion
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Private equity fund Mithras Capital, which holds 1.9 million shares of Yahoo (about 0.14%), will propose to Microsoft that they buy Yahoo at $22 per share, Reuters reports. Mi ... Discussion
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A tipster informed us this morning that Twitters search engine (formerly known as Summize before it was acquired this summer) has been showing tweets in its results that dont ... Discussion
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Since the launch of YouTubes API and the release of Seeqpod, weve seen many sites emerge that allow users to create playlists of their favorite songs that can be streamed free ... Discussion
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This weeks award for best marketing promotion related to the election goes to AirBed Breakfast, the peer-to-peer pad crashing site for travelers. (You list how much per nigh ... Discussion
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The Future of Web Apps conference kicked off in London today and almost 2,000 startups and developers hit the East of London for the event. Highlights from the day included K ... Discussion
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With Googles stock down $100 in the past two weeks, the company all of a sudden isnt so shy about pulling every advertising lever it can reach. So far this week, weve seen ne ... Discussion
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The invites are out and the rumors can be laid to rest. Will it be the new Brick aluminum-cased MacBooks/Pro? Or just plain old plastic ones with Nvidia chipsets? Will they be ... Discussion
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Amazon has introduced a tiered pricing scheme for S3, its cloud storage service, that will take advantage of increasing economies of scale and go into effect November 1st. Cur ... Discussion
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The team behind Wakoopa, a social network that tracks and shares information about the desktop applications used by its members, noticed that Firefox and Safari were consisten ... Discussion
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We now have a horse race for who will become the enterprise version of Twitter. Today marks the beta launch of QikCom, which is aimed at companies that want their employees t ... Discussion
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