Posted from Mashable! 8 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Election time is coming in the US, and suddenly your votes are more important than your money. At least that’s how Michael Moore sees it, whose new movie, titled “Slacker Uprising,” will premiere on the net for free on September 23, followed by a DVD which will be released through ... (original story)
Posted from CenterNetworks - 8 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Yesterday I traveled to Philadelphia to attend the DreamIT Ventures Funding Day. Eleven startups presented their ideas and pitched their concepts for funding. Several hundred people attended the event and the event went off without a hitch. Most of the presentations were very good and I was actuall... (original story)
Posted from CenterNetworks - 9 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
SCVNGR is one of the companies in the DreamIT startup incubator. SCVNGR describes their service as an "on-demand interactive mobile platform". What this really means is that they help companies and other groups create scavenger hunt games. The actual game works very similar to any scavenger hunt ... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 11 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Our friend Duncan Riley (you know, the Inquisitr guy) has received a limited edition Google Chrome comic book. Being the altruistic fellow that he is, he decided to put it up on an eBay auction and give the proceeds to charity. You can check out the auction here, current bid is $127.50 (that’... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Microsoft’s online collaboration space for Office users, where they can store, exchange and share their documents, now has one million users. We went through the most interesting features of Office Live Workspace when the beta opened up to everyone, and it is a solid effort. Its biggest advant... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Location-based advertising? You’ve seen that, right? Practically every other ad you see on the net is tied to your general location, which is derived from your IP address. Eventful, however, is a local events site, which means that the ads on it - now delivered by Placecast, described as R... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Over the last few months, a plethora of tools — addons, scripts, Web apps — have emerged using the FriendFeed API. Here is a list of the top 10 Web applications that you can check out to get the most out of the service. Which do you use? Tell us more in the comments. NoiseRiver NoiseRiv... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
The Real World Change 2.0 series with Leslie Poston is an ongoing look at how people are using social media tools and their personal and professional social media networks to bridge the chasm from the Internet and social media bubble to the real world to do a variety of things to effect true change.... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Docstoc has announced two impressive new features today that will distance it from rival Scribd, for now anyway. The features are called Docstoc MyDocs and Docstoc Sync. Docstoc MyDocs lets you store all your documents (.doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf) in your own online folders for anytime, anywhere access.... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
If you’re in search for two things of major importance each day, they undoubtedly are 1) food, and 2) a roof. Which is why a search engine by the name of Circos, which we spotlighted briefly back in January and has just been re-launched, is so compelling. The items on which it pays focus are twofo... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Despite the reams of new job postings being released day in and day out, the treachery of the job search has been greatly facilitated with online engines and listing services. And specific to the tech sector, sites like Dice, and even various new media publications have really put strong emphasis on... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Google Chrome has been grabbing the tech world’s attention for a few days now, and its impact on the market is showing to be significant. Massively significant. Permanently significant. That goes for everything from conceptual execution to the download count. According to Hitslink Market Share, it... (original story)
Posted from Mashable! 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
We covered SocialMedian’s Beta launch earlier this summer, and since then they’ve been listening to their members. After several weeks of feedback and hundreds of suggestions, they’ve just announced their first major release with several major changes to the service. Here a... (original story)
Posted from John Battelle's Searchblog 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
In the past two weeks nearly every press outlet on the planet has called me asking for thoughts on where Google is going and how Google got to where it is. The reason? Google turns 10 years old, according to most estimates, this weekend. I've talked to as many... (original story)
Posted from CenterNetworks - 14 hours ago
Start-up and Venture Capital : Web 2.0 Tech
Today I spent time at the DreamIT Ventures Funding Day in Philadelphia. The first company was Vuzit presented by founder Brent Matzelle. Vuzit is an online document viewer similar to Docstoc and Scribd. Vuzit can protect documents by preventing unauthorized copy and download functions. Vuzit appea... (original story)