Enflick Raises $1M From...

Enflick, the developer who created free text messaging app TextNow and IM application PingChat has raised over $1 million in seed funding led by Freestyle Capital , with the Menlo Ventures Talent Fund and Lady Gaga’s talent manager Troy Carter and Justin Bieber’s manager...
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Allthis Is a Marketplac...

Imagine if you could grab 10 minutes of time with anyone in the world — your childhood hero, favorite musician or celebrity crush, for instance. Who would you want to meet and what would the opportunity be worth to you? Startup Allthis gives you the chance to realistically answer...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Bal...

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that Microsoft dodged a bullet when it failed to acquire Yahoo in 2008. In February 2008, the technology giant famously made an unsolicited $44.6 billion acquisition offer for Yahoo. Cofounder Jerry Yang (then Yahoo’s CEO) and the Yahoo board...
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Why No One Company Will...

Jonathan Rick is a social media strategist in Arlington, VA. You can follow him on Twitter @jrick and read his blog at JonathanRick.com . The pace and power of web-fueled innovation is stunning. One day we’re swearing by Outlook, the next, we can’t live without Gmail . These changes...
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Why No One Company Will...

Jonathan Rick is a social media strategist in Arlington, VA. You can follow him on Twitter @jrick and read his blog at JonathanRick.com . The pace and power of web-fueled innovation is stunning. One day we’re swearing by Outlook, the next, we can’t live without Gmail . These changes...
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Why Gazelle Sponsored t...

Thursday evening we spoke to Jessica Mellow and Keenen Thompson, 20-somethings who were, at the time, occupying the first two spots in the line for the iPhone 4S at Apple’s flagship store in New York City. The pair had been there for 18 days “for the experience,” they...
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Apple iPhone 4S: The Un...

There is a certain joy in unboxing virtually any gadget for the first time, but Apple raised the event to an art form with its always stylish packaging. The Apple iPhone 4S box, though, doesn’t mark any new style breakthroughs. Apple’s signature white box is a doppelganger...
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Yottaa Gives SMBs An Af...

At the Web 2.0 Expo in New York City this week, Yottaa , the startup that specializes in offering cloud-based web performance monitoring and analytics services, announced that it is now officially expanding into the speed optimization game as well, offering websites a quick and easy way...
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October 12, 2011: The D...

I’m not generally one to predict the death of things. I’ve rarely been known to herald a shiny new Device X as a “Device Y Killer!”, and I’m a firm believer that Facebook is doing a perfectly good job of being “the new Facebook”. Pundits love to...
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New Web Tool Promises t...

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . Name: Yottaa Quick Pitch: Yottaa speeds up any website’s load time without...
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