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Social Media for Real World Social Change

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)

Interview with Anshul Samar on Elementeo’s launch, and being a teenage CEO

Silicon Valley is famed for being home to youthful entrepreneurs. Usually that means people in their 20s or 30s, but some, like Anshul Samar, haven’t even made it out of their teens yet.Samar is the 14 year old CEO of Elementeo, an educational gaming startup that we first covered a year ago. T... (original story)

Some small book publishers finally joining the online world

A new service launching today promises to put book publishers in touch with a group of online companies including Amazon, Google and Sony, in order to boost both digital and print sales. Constellation, the name of the service being unveiled by Perseus Books Group, is not aimed at giant publishing g... (original story)

The Great Online Advertising Divide Widens

As online advertising spending continues its meteoric rise -- the Wall Street Journal is reporting a healthy gain of 20 percent in the second quarter alone -- not every form of advertising is enjoying such success. In fact, as economic troubles continue, more and more advertisers are only willing... (original story)

Lookery is in Boulder Tonight

The gang from Lookery is in Boulder tonight and having a publisher meetup from 6:30pm to 9:00pm in the TechStars Bunker at 1375 Walnut Street.  I've started using Lookery on Feld Thoughts and am starting to collect a different set of analytics about you, oh blog reader. Lookery is a user-targe... (original story)

Mobile VoIP Startup iSkoot Buys Social.im

Pushing beyond its mobile Skype service, iSkoot has purchased social.im, and instant messaging client that let's you IM all of your Facebook friends. iSkoot already has a partnership with Skype to bring the VoIP service to mobile phones, including Skype-branded mobile phones in other countries. Wi... (original story)

Other topics on Twitter Palin comparison

The nation and even a lot of people outside of the United States were all atwitter last night about vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s speech at the Republican National Convention — on Twitter. In what it’s calling the “Palin Peak,” the micro messaging service ha... (original story)

Docstoc Now Syncs Your Documents Online

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)

Circos Relaunched: Search for Food and Bed Via Consumer Reviews

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)

HotStartupJobs Helps You Find Your Next Startup Position

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)

While NebuAd Retreats, Phorm and BT Plow Ahead

As we reported on Tuesday, NebuAd has lost its CEO and, after facing Congressional scrutiny over privacy fears, the will to pursue ISP customers with its deep-packet inspection technology. But its UK rival, Phorm, apparently wants investors to believe it’s still in the game. While NebuAd told ... (original story)

Tumbltape Mashes Up Muxtape and Tumblr

The demise of Muxtape, the popular mixtape service, clearly left a void on the Internet that a number of new companies are now trying to fill. Most clones, from 8tracks to the self-hosted OpenTape, have followed the Muxtape model very closely. Tumbltape, which launched today, takes a slightly differ... (original story)

Cappuccino Brings Cocoa-Like Programming To The Web

280 North, the Y Combinator-backed startup that brought you slideshow maker 280 Slides, has released a programming language and set of frameworks collectively known as Cappuccino that can be used to create rich web applications in the same way you'd create desktop applications for MacOS X. Like S... (original story)

Filtrbox is Hiring

One of last year's TechStars companies - Filtrbox - is hiring.  They are looking for a Java + LAMP developer and a Flash/Flex/RIA developer.  If you fit the bill and are looking for a gig in downtown Boulder with a great early stage company, drop 'em a note at jobs (at) filtrbox.com. (original story)

Is Apple bringing us closer to Minority Report or the Holodeck with Multi-touch data fusion?

The Holodeck is a holographic simulation room made popular by the show Star Trek: The Next Generation. Basically, it allowed humans to interact with virtual environments in the ways we interact with the real world: Our senses. While we’re nowhere near that level of computing yet, Apple has a p... (original story)



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