30
Jun

FriendFeed spices up its iPhone interface, integration with Mail2FF begins

Posted by: MG Siegler
in Business and Technology

The social content conversation site FriendFeed has just rolled out a snazzy new interface for iPhone users. With increased font sizes, an easier-to-use navigation bar and a bigger space to post directly to the site, the update looks great.
If you look closely however you’ll notice something else in the interface. Just below the “Post” area […]

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30
Jun

Despite censorship issues, two Chinese online video sites get large rounds of fresh funding

Posted by: Eric Eldon
in Business and Technology

The third-largest video site in China, 56.com, has been offline for nearly a month due to what most observers believe is government censorship. But that’s not stopping rivals from raising more funding.
Youku, approximately tied with Tudou as the largest video site in the country, has just closed a $30 million round led by private equity […]

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30
Jun

Web Hosting? What Web Hosting?

Posted by: Stan Schroeder
in social networking, Web 2.0

The folks over at Royal Pingdom have discovered an interesting trend: Google Trends shows that the number of searches for both “web hosting” and “hosting” has decreased quite rapidly in the past few years.
This could be for any number of reasons, as they’ve noticed in the post: change of terminology, or people using sources […]

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30
Jun

Your “Flavor of Love” SuperPoke Could Appear on VH1

Posted by: Kristen Nicole
in Web2.0 Startups, News, Slide

Slide’s SuperPoke! seems to be the marketing tool of choice, especially for MTV Networks. After the success of the Juno Pregnancy SuperPoke!, MTV Network’s VH1 is now teaming up with Slide for the “I Love Money SuperPoke!Fest.” This is a gap-bridging promotion between online and on-air mediums, where a SuperPoke! on Facebook or […]

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30
Jun

Facebook confirms Andreessen as its newest board member

Posted by: Eric Eldon
in Business and Technology

Updates coming.
From the company release:
Zuckerberg: “He has experience that is relevant to Facebook in so many ways: scaling companies that are experiencing extraordinary growth, creating successful technology platforms, and building strong engineering organizations. I know Marc will be a great mentor to me and our leadership team.”
A prominent Silicon Valley veteran, Andreessen co-founded Ning […]

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30
Jun

Is Apple working on an iPhone with a physical keyboard? I hope not.

Posted by: MG Siegler
in Business and Technology

While the iPhone 3G (launching next Friday) has eliminated two major complaints about the original iPhone: lack of 3G network support and lack of GPS, other complaints are rising up. One, which has also been around since the device’s inception, is its lack of a physical keyboard. With the iPhone 3G now squarely aimed at […]

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30
Jun

Tesla to manufacture the Model S in the Bay Area

Posted by: Chris Morrison
in Business and Technology, deal, CleanTech

In an event held today by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and electric vehicle startup Tesla Motors, a few more details were revealed about the lower-priced successor to Tesla’s Roadster, production of which is still getting underway.
In a surprise move, Tesla is canceling plans to build a manufacturing plant in New Mexico, where the company had […]

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30
Jun

Social network hi5 buys app creator PixVerse to build out its own chat service

Posted by: Eric Eldon
in Business and Technology, inv:Venrock

Social network hi5 has bought a social network application developer company called PixVerse for an undisclosed amount. While PixVerse’s applications, like Pix Chat and Pix Wall, run on multiple platforms on rival social networks, the reason for the purchase is that hi5 wants its technology.PixVerse applications are based on what it considers a “breakthrough” implementation […]

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30
Jun

Qponix Provides a Coupon Widget for Retailers [The Startup Review]

Posted by: Kristen Nicole
in Marketing, Web2.0 Startups, News

Editor’s Note: If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion in “The Startup Review” series, please see the details here.
STARTUP DETAILS:
Company Name: Qponix
20 word description: Qponix offers retailers and manufacturers the opportunity to engage consumers during purchase planning and extend brand engagement through a portable widget.
CEO’s 100 word […]

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30
Jun

Make Twitter Your Social Aggregator: Create An Extended Profile

Posted by: Adam Ostrow
in social networking, twitter, Opinion, Opinion, Opinion

UPDATE: see the comments section for a template you can use to create your own extended Twitter profile!
While simplicity and a 140 character limit on messages is a big reason for Twitter’s success, the limitation of 160 characters on your profile biography is a constraint for some people, especially those with a lot to […]

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