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  • Large followings’ advantage


    terrainnova.org — Authority Authority: 110
    Image by National Library NZ on The Commons via Flickr In a previous post I mentioned that most of the Greek TV channels main asset is live content: sports and music events is content that cannot be found elsewhere (neither online nor in competitors) so it keeps viewers faithful to their brand. But that’s not ...
    15 hours ago

  • Citizen journalism has a cost


    Hypercrit — Authority Authority: 127
    Normally, I’m pretty gung-ho for social media and citizen journalism. I really do believe that journalism isn’t some high-and-mighty, elitist profession. Real people with drive and curiosity can report news and write analysis, regardless of their educations. As such, citizen reporting is a good thing because I ...
    21 hours ago

  • Europes Biggest Newspaper Forcing Purchase of Its iPhone App


    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority Authority: 681
    TechCrunch submits: By Markus Goebel So much for the coming mobile nirvana of free mobile content – at least for iPhone users in Germany. Today Europe’s biggest newspaper, BILD-Zeitung, intends to use, in effect, brute force to compel users buy its new iPhone app. The paper tabloid is to block anyone using ...
    1 day ago

  • Startups.com Becomes a Q&A Site For Business Questions


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    A year ago, KillerStartups bought the killer domain name Startups.com for a few hundred thousand dollars. The company didn’t do anything with it other than redirect to the KillerStartups blog. Today, it realunched as a Q&A site for business questions.Want to know “How to edit a business video before ...
    3 days ago

  • Why the Droid Eris Is Not Running Android 2.0


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    Another day, another Android phone. I believe we will soon come to a day when Android phones will be looked at with the same jaundiced eye as, say, the latest LG Chocolate, but since that day hasn’t come, I’ll share a few observations with Verizon’s new $99 Hero-alike, the Eris.The Eris is basically a mini ...
    3 days ago

  • YouTube Beefs up Partner Video Blocking Ability


    Reel SEO Video Marketing — Authority Authority: 129
    It is making the rounds on the webosphere that YouTube has implemented two new buttons on the partner interface that pertain to blocking of videos. TechCrunch (Hi guys!) got a tip that two new buttons appeared on the YouTube partner interface specifically dealing with the blocking of videos: Enable Autoblock ...
    3 days ago

  • CrunchGear Meetup in Columbus, Ohio: Monday, November 9


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    Remember, remember, the 9th of November!Gadgets, technology, and beer.I see no reason why gadgets and techshould ever bring little cheer.Last year’s Columbus meetup was a huge success, and folks have been asking me when we’ll do it again. Well mark your calendars for Monday, November 9, and join us for a friendly ...
    3 days ago

  • Judge In Google Book Settlement Case Says Photographers Are Not Authors


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    The latest twist in the ongoing settlement talks between Google and book authors is that yesterday, the judge in the case denied an attempt by photographers to become part of the settlement. In the decision (embedded below), Judge Denny Chin basically ruled that photographers are not authors, and that the settlement ...
    3 days ago

  • Spotify Competitor Deezer Launches Premium Offering, Desktop App


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    [France] Paris-based Deezer is not waiting for Spotify to expand into new territories and is moving forward with its own plans pretty quickly. The French startup recently raised $9.5 million (€6.5 million), bringing the total invested into the company to nearly $20 million, and today the company’s launching its ...
    3 days ago

  • Google Gives You A Privacy Dashboard To Show Just How Much It Knows About you


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    The more Google products you use, the more data it collects about everything you do online—your search history, your emails, the blogs and news sites you read, which videos you watch on YouTube, your news alerts, tasks ,and even shopping lists. For some of these, you need to explicitly grant Google permission to ...
    3 days ago

  • Massive Facebook and MySpace Flash Vulnerability Exposes User Data


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    A Facebook developer named Yvo Schaap has uncovered a massive security flaw present on both Facebook and MySpace that would give hackers the ability to steal all of your account data, including your photos, personal messages, and basically everything else you’ve ever put on the social networks, without you ever ...
    3 days ago

  • Founder Institute On Track To Graduate 300 Startups Per Year, Expands To New York


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    More expansion news from Adeo Ressi’s Founder Institute. The startup incubator is steadily expanding. It recently opened up an outpost in Seattle, and now is expanding to New York. “New York City needs a kick in the pants,” says Ressi.The Winter New York City Semester will be led by Razorfish co-founder Craig ...
    3 days ago

  • Search Til You Drop: Google Launches Hosted Commerce Search For Retailers


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    Searching retail sites can be frustrating at times. While many retailers try to present product search in a visually appealing way, search can often be slow or difficult to refine. Tonight, Google is making a huge play in retail space with the launch of Commerce Search, a hosted enterprise search product to power ...
    3 days ago

  • Say Goodbye to Voicemail, Hello To Ribbit Mobile (500 Invites)


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    First, there was Google Voice. And all was good, and not so good. But it showed that there is a better way to manage voicemails than to listen to 15 in a row just to get to the one you care about. Now, there is an alternative to Google Voice called Ribbit [...]Related posts: Ribbit Launches Google Voice ...
    3 days ago

  • Bodega: A Cross-Platform Marketplace That Lets Gamers Swap Virtual Currencies For Cash


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    As more games on the web begin to embrace virtual currency, users often run into the same problem: they’ve racked up mountains of whatever currency they’ve been playing with, but then don’t have a way to actually do anything with it outside of that game. Sure, they can always buy the latest tractor or ...
    3 days ago

  • At The Top Of Its Game, And The App Charts, Ngmoco Bets Its Future On In-App Purchases


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    On Monday, ngmoco released worldwide its latest game for the iPhone and iPod Touch: Eliminate Pro. It’s been downloaded 500,000 times so far at a rate of about 25,000 an hour, currently making it the top free app in iTunes. The top paid app, Skeeball, also happens to be affiliated with ngmoco through [...]Related ...
    3 days ago

  • Credit Karma Raises $2.5 Million To Take The Mystery Out Of Credit Scores


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    Credit Karma, a site that looks to help consumers understand, track, and improve their credit scores, has raised a $2.5 million Series A funding round led by QED Investors, with participation from SV Angel, Aydin Senku, and Founders Fund, via FF Angel. Credit Karma is a site that features free credit checks, ...
    4 days ago

  • Eventbrite Gets A $6.4 Million Infusion From Sequoia Capital


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    Popular online event site Eventbrite has raised $6.4 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. The company has confirmed the funding, and says Sequoia Capital is the new investor. Sequoia partner Roelof Botha joins the board of directors. Both Roelof and Sequoia backed Eventbrite CEO Kevin Hartz’s previous ...
    4 days ago

  • Domain Industry Rocked By Shill Auction Bidding Admission


    Spin Valley Post — Authority Authority: 454
    Anyone who doesn’t know how dirty the domain name business is just doesn’t know the domain name business. People pay exorbitant sums to acquire domain names, put Google or Yahoo ads on the parked pages, and collect the advertising fees. They often buy and sell individual domains and portfolios with other domain ...
    4 days ago

  • Apple Hits 100,000 iPhone Apps: Is the Choice Worth the Cost?


    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page — Authority Authority: 681
    TechCrunch submits: By John Biggs In this political season, why not talk about the roughest political argument of them all: the real meaning of Apple’s ( AAPL ) announcement of over 100,000 apps in the app store. Are these apps important because, as Steve Ballmer says, the iPhone doesn’t handle the ...
    4 days ago

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