• Beginner's Guide to RSS

    Updated: 2009-10-19 23:42:57
    We live in a fast paced world where there never seems to be enough time to do what we want to do. We all have varied interests, but what many people have in common is the fact that they all go online to get their content, whether it is the joke of the day, the latest shenanigans of their favourite blogger, or the score of last night's ballgame.

  • FriendFeed Not Dead, Just In A State Of “Chrysalis,” Says Co-founder

    Updated: 2009-10-19 23:38:21
    , , Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report FriendFeed Not Dead , Just In A State Of Chrysalis , 8221 Says Co-founder 6 Comments Share by MG Siegler on October 19, 2009 This weekend , a number of people had things to say about the decay and seemingly inevitable death of FriendFeed . That included us , twice While this was going on , the FriendFeed team remained largely silent , even on their own product . But today , co-founder Paul Buchheit has . responded Naturally , in a FriendFeed posted item here’s what he had to : say There was a lot of chatter about the future of FriendFeed this weekend . The short answer is that the team is working on a couple of longer-term projects that will help bring FriendFeedy goodness to the larger world . Transformation is not the end . Consider this the chrysalis stage if all goes well , a beautiful butterfly will emerge But , this still seems to speak to very much what I

  • Poll: One In Three Canadians Are Sane (Hand Shake Story)

    Updated: 2009-10-19 23:37:33
    : Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Poll : One In Three Canadians Are Sane Hand Shake Story 8 Comments Share by Michael Arrington on October 19, 2009 They say going to war without Canada is like going deer hunting without an accordion ok , they actually say that about the French , but whatever And we’ve had repeated run-ins with our frozen neighbor to the north in the past see here here here So you’d think the Canadians wouldn’t be our first choice of allies in our war against the hand . shake But they also say the enemy of your enemy is your friend . And so , by that crazy logic , I am now friends with Canada . Or at least , one in three Canadians . Because they’ve joined us , CNN , the Dalai Lama , the Obamas the Boston Globe and some random town in Germany in our fight against the dreaded , disease spreading hand shake From The Globe And Mail which writes that one in three Canadians won’t shake

  • World's innovation leaders gather in Vancouver

    Updated: 2009-10-19 23:10:47
    This week in Vancouver innovation leaders from around the world will gather at the 2009 annual meeting of the Association of University Research Parks. With more than 100 speakers sharing their expertise on driving global economic recovery through innovation, this conference promises to be a [...]

  • Apple On iPhone Competitors: They’re Still Catching Up To The First iPhone

    Updated: 2009-10-19 22:56:30
    : Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Apple On iPhone Competitors : They’re Still Catching Up To The First iPhone 57 Comments Share by MG Siegler on October 19, 2009 During Apple’s Q4 earnings call today a question was asked about how Apple viewed its increased competition for the iPhone in the coming holiday season . In particular , it was asked how Apple views all the new Android phones coming out . Apple COO Tim Cook made Apple’s stance very clear : They’re still catching up with the first . iPhone Yes , Apple views the smartphone market as still being behind the first phone they released over two years ago . We’ve moved beyond , that Cook . noted Certainly , compared to some smartphones out there , the first iPhone still compares very well . The iPhone 3G compares even better as we’ve written before , it’s kind of like James Bond while a lot of others at the same price are Joe Schmoe . But to say

  • 2009 State Of The Blogosphere: The Full Video From BlogWorld

    Updated: 2009-10-19 22:41:05
    : Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report 2009 State Of The Blogosphere : The Full Video From BlogWorld 7 Comments Share by Michael Arrington on October 19, 2009 Technorati released the first installment of its 2009 State of the Blogosphere report today the rest will follow over the course of this week . Last week CEO Richard Jalichandra showed highlights from the report at BlogWorld in Las Vegas . We posted the full powerpoint presentation from that talk . And now we have the 47 minute video of his presentation as . well The video is below , along with the original powerpoint : presentation Technorati SOTB 2009 CrunchBase Information Technorati Information provided by CrunchBase Tip Share Next Post Previous Post Advertisement Actively Discussed Posts Beware The Reverse Brain Drain To India And China 515 comments Verizon Launches Direct Attack Against The iPhone With Ads For The Motorola Droid 272

  • Apple Q4 Results: Another Big Quarter, More Macs And iPhones Sold Than Ever Before

    Updated: 2009-10-19 21:35:23
    : , Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Apple Q4 Results : Another Big Quarter , More Macs And iPhones Sold Than Ever Before 48 Comments Share by MG Siegler on October 19, 2009 The Q4 numbers are in for Apple and they’re good . Quite good . Really . good The company posted revenue of 9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of 1.67 billion , or 1.82 per diluted share . Apple’s own earnings projections for Q4 were 1.23 a share , but they always put them laughably low . Analysts’ projections expected them to be around 1.42 a share , but some were looking for numbers as high as 1.60 a share . Apple beat all of those , . easily Apple sold 3.05 million Macs in the quarter , up 17 percent from a year ago . They also sold 7.4 million iPhones in the quarter , a 7 percent growth from a year ago . Both of those are record sales numbers , CEO Steve Jobs . notes By comparison , in Q3 of this year , Apple sold 5.2

  • Facebook Pulls Groups Into The Stream

    Updated: 2009-10-19 21:34:18
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Facebook Pulls Groups Into The Stream 9 Comments Share by Erick Schonfeld on October 19, 2009 Facebook is giving groups a little more prominence by testing ways to bring in messages from groups into the main stream on your News Feed . Up until now , group activity has remained segregated from the main feed . But some people on Facebook are now seeing messages posted to groups they belong to from their friends who also belong to the group . And group pages themselves now have their own Wall of messages from . members This announcement comes at a time when Twitter is preparing to roll out its own group feature , which it calls Lists Twitter is expected make the Lists feature available to everyone within a week or two . By creating lists on Twitter , you are effectively dividing the stream into different groups of people . You can look at different groups or lists

  • Advertise.com’s Projected 2009 Revenues Are $25 Million, Court Documents Reveal

    Updated: 2009-10-19 20:49:14
    , Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Advertise.com’s Projected 2009 Revenues Are 25 Million , Court Documents Reveal 2 Comments Share by Robin Wauters on October 19, 2009 An interesting tidbit has emerged from America Online’s lawsuit against Advertise.com over the latter’s alleged trademark infringement and unfair competition with regards to AOL-owned Advertising.com One is Adver tise com , the other is Adver tising com . Yeah , I was confused too Well , a preliminary ruling came out last week when the U.S . District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted the startup’s motion to transfer the case over to California , where Advertise.com is headquartered and where AOL boasts multiple . offices We got our hands on the court documents embedded below which conveniently reveal some previously undisclosed numbers about Advertise.com’s current and projected . revenues The transcripts of both

  • Enterprize tags SuperAngel for live interactive webinar

    Updated: 2009-10-19 20:29:33
    Enterprize Canada is hosting a new interactive Question & Answer style webinar starting this Saturday and you're invited to get your questions in now. Enterprize Live: Starting Up Your New Venture will be streamed live to students, entrepreneurs, and business professionals across Canada on [...]

  • Photobucket To Be Valued At $60 Million In Sale To Ontela

    Updated: 2009-10-19 20:11:24
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Photobucket To Be Valued At 60 Million In Sale To Ontela 10 Comments Share by Michael Arrington on October 19, 2009 Lots more details are coming in on the Photobucket fire sale by MySpace News . Corp The sale is all but complete , say new sources . And the buyer is definitely Washington state based Ontela Ontela , a mobile photo upload and storage service , is backed by Disney’s Steamboat Ventures among . others Steamboat Ventures is said to be putting 40 million or more in additional capital into Ontela . Most of that will go to News Corp . valuing Photobucket at 60 million , say multiple sources . A portion of the new funding will go into the merged . entity MySpace acquired Photobucket back in 2007 for 250 million , plus a 50 million earnout . This new deal marks that valuation down by almost 83 MySpace won’t answer queries about this story in fact , they seem to

  • Social Media Wednesday in Vancouver

    Updated: 2009-10-19 20:03:49
    This Wednesday evening Vancouverites have two options for learning more about Social Media. At the Vancouver Public Library, the International Internet Marketing Association (IIMA) is presenting Social Media Branding in the Era of the Empowered Consumer and at the V Lounge at Earl's in Yaletown, [...]

  • Vancouver's Beverley Pomeroy a Finalist for The Stevie Awards

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:53:34
    Business executive, mother and philanthropist, Beverley Claire Pomeroy, is putting Vancouver on the map offline for her work–online. She is a finalist at the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The international competition recognizes the accomplishments of outstanding women [...]

  • The Best Of The Google Voice Public Messages

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:38:39
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report The Best Of The Google Voice Public Messages 20 Comments Share by MG Siegler on October 19, 2009 By now you may have heard that Google indexed quite a few user’s Google Voice voicemail messages , and these were showing up in search results Despite earlier speculation , this actually wasn’t an error , Google was doing this on purpose for users who had chosen to share their voicemails somewhere on the . web Following the hubbub over this , the company has decided to change its policy and not index them , but some of the damage is already done . Here are some of our favorite indexed Google Voice messages . Warning , some of these are not safe for work , and an odd number are seem to be from Christian . evangelists Message 1 Hey , Michael Collins , go fuck . yourself I assume this is not about the former IRA intelligence director that Liam Neeson played in a movie of

  • Top Advertisers Back The Yahoo-Microsoft Deal

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:28:11
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Top Advertisers Back The Yahoo-Microsoft Deal 10 Comments Share by Erick Schonfeld on October 19, 2009 As Microsoft and Yahoo await government approval of their pending deal to join their two search businesses at the hip , the two companies received an important endorsement today from the world’s top advertisers . In a letter today from the American Association of Advertising Agencies , and signed by the CEOs of the Publicis Groupe , WPP , Interpublic , and Omnicom , the advertisers gave their full support to the deal , urging the Department of Justice to bring its antitrust review to a speedy conclusion . 8221 The letter notes that the deal would strengthen Microsoft’s and Yahoo’s search advertising offerings , and thus would be good for competition . Advertising agencies are wary of being beholden to an evermore powerful Google , and thus want to foster

  • Kauffman Foundation Acquires StudentBusinesses.com

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:22:44
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Kauffman Foundation Acquires StudentBusinesses.com 6 Comments Share by Leena Rao on October 19, 2009 The Kauffman , Foundation an organization devoted to fostering and supporting entrepreneurship , has acquired , StudentBusinesses.com a startup that focuses on connecting university student entrepreneurs with advisors and potential investors . Founded by several Harvard students , StudentBusinesses.com launched in 2007 and is based in Boston . The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed and it’s unclear how the Kauffman Foundation will use the startup’s technology . StudentBusinesses.com provides an online directory of student entrepreneurs and their startups . Students can post business plans for ventures they are working on , and connect for free with partners , early-stage investors , and advisors . The sites has over one thousand members from Harvard , UNC ,

  • Simple is good

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:04:13
    I was revamping my website, when I realize how simple Thesis really is. The reason why I am revamping my blog is because of the blog critique I had in Problogger Forum recently when I put up my blog for people to critique.  I got to learn quite a couple of things from the blog critique [...]

  • Nexopia.com appoints former MySpace Canada GM to Board

    Updated: 2009-10-19 18:34:34
    Edmonton's Nexopia.com announced this morning the appointment of Dave Stevens to its Board of Directors effective immediately. Stevens is a veteran of the Canadian media industry and was most recently the GM of MySpace Canada where he oversaw the strategy and operations for the Canadian sub of the [...]

  • Burnaby's Shopago.com Gives You Hot Deals from Local Businesses

    Updated: 2009-10-19 17:42:28
    It seems that mobile shopping apps, discount couponing apps and anthing that can save you money and you can get on your mobile and the Web is good business these days. One of these new apps is Burnaby-based Shopago.com launched in June of 2009. The app is free for smartphones such as Blackberry [...]

  • ekoVenture Brings Earth-Friendly Travel Adventures To The Masses

    Updated: 2009-10-19 17:28:03
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report ekoVenture Brings Earth-Friendly Travel Adventures To The Masses 24 Comments Share by Erick Schonfeld on October 19, 2009 One of the fastest growing segments of travel are so-called eco-adventures—treks through rain forests , biking in the Himalayas , diving in the Philippines . They sound so exotic and earth-friendly but how do you book one of those trips There are a variety of sites out there that cater to the Eco-traveler , but most of them look like they were slapped together by hippies instead of Web designers . A new site quietly launched earlier this month called ekoVenture takes a different . approach On ekoVenture you can search more than 10,000 eco-tours , culinary explorations , and other active adventures from 450 travel operators around the world . The site’s goal , says CEO TJ Sassani , is getting people active and helping them break the theme park

  • What a Vegas Pimp Can Teach You About Sales

    Updated: 2009-10-19 17:22:19
    So, you’re walking down the Strip in Vegas. You’re minding your own business. You’ve already dodged a couple sets of Mexicans handing out hooker business cards. Then, you find somebody with a more aggressive sales process. Two women intercept you and ask you if you want a good time. No, you’re happily married and that would [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Sales Funnel – Business Website And Your StrategyStory From The Caribbean (And How It Relates To Marketing)What Times Square Can Teach Us About Blog Marketing

  • TechCrunch Europe – Covering 16 countries and counting

    Updated: 2009-10-19 17:20:29
    , Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase TechCrunch Europe More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Archives Contact Events Jobs Twitter CrunchBar Email RSS : Subscribe TechCrunch Europe Now covering 16 countries , and counting 20 Comments by Mike Butcher on October 19, 2009 Today TechCrunch Europe has officially ported to its new domain name EU.TEchCrunch.com That doesn’t mean we have anything to do with the European Union by the way it’s just the easiest and most memorable way to denote our continuing focus on tech companies on the European continent and its nearby regions . We’re also formally telling you that we now have a lot more contributors than perhaps you realised . I’ve always maintained that media is a marathon not a race . Others have wielded phrases like go big or go home’ . Well that might work for technology companies . But when you are creating media in conjunction with your community , you need to earn peoples’ trust first and . foremost So we’ve been slowly building up our network over the last few weeks and months , not making a fuss , just getting on with the

  • Back To Mono: It’s Time To Splice The Streams

    Updated: 2009-10-19 17:17:47
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Contact Jobs Twitter CrunchBar Email RSS : Subscribe Back to Mono 19 Comments by Steve Gillmor on October 19, 2009 I went to a birthday party this weekend where I ran into a Facebook guy , a smart guy who asked me to go off the record . In fact , the whole party was supposed to be off the record . So I ignored the off the record part by insisting that I already knew the thing I was being told , and then I told him on the record what I thought was about to happen for Facebook . This being my usual m.o . which is to insist on not being NDAed except for things I don’t really want to talk about anyway , like the next version of . Office That way , I can just make up what I want to have happen , never breaking any confidence and yet at the same time painting as plausible picture of assumed reality that it is hard to deny or in fact slow down . So here’s what I told the Facebook guy : the company has at most 3 months window to absorb FriendFeed and open the Everyone News Feed , and if that’s

  • RSS Feed - Really Simple Syndication - SEO Services

    Updated: 2009-10-19 17:10:06
    RSS is an acronym for Really Simple Syndication and also sometimes Rich Site Summary. The word syndication indicates that the content, which may be in form of blogs, articles, news headlines, audio or videos, is submitted to several recipients in form of web feed formats. An RSS document is, in fact, called a feed or a web feed. It is like article syndication where the same article is submitted to several article directories for publication.

  • Microsoft Moves Visual Studio Towards The Cloud

    Updated: 2009-10-19 15:56:01
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Microsoft Moves Visual Studio Towards The Cloud 29 Comments Share by Leena Rao on October 19, 2009 Microsoft is making a significant announcement for developers today , upgrading and adding functionality to Visual Studio 2010 to make the product more cloud-friendly in anticipation of Microsoft’s release of its commercial cloud platform . Azure Visual Studio is Microsoft’s a development environment that can be used to develop web applications , sites and services based on Microsoft’s technology platforms . Visual Studio 2010 will have additional testing options for developers to ensure quality code . Microsoft has included built-in tools for Windows 7 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010, and new drag and drop bindings for Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation . This is the first time that Microsoft has offered specific tools for building applications off of

  • Loopt’s Mix Grows Up; Becomes An iPhone App

    Updated: 2009-10-19 15:54:58
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Loopt’s Mix Grows Up Becomes An iPhone App 10 Comments Share by Leena Rao on October 19, 2009 At TechCrunch , we’ve always been big fans of mobile social , networks particularly on the iPhone . In fact , , Loopt one of the first location-based iPhone apps and social networks to gain popularity , was offered a feature , called Mix , that acts as a social compass that allows people to connect with and learn about others around them . Mix turned out to be such a popular feature that Loopt is breaking the feature out into its own free iPhone app . Loopt is basically a social-mapping app that allows you to discover the world around you on your mobile phone . Mix was the part of the app that let you meet new people who also have the app nearby . You see a list of people , profiles interests , their latest status , ranked by their approximate distance to you and can

  • Google Gives The Ultimate Holiday Gift: Free WiFi On Virgin America Flights

    Updated: 2009-10-19 15:52:03
    : Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Google Gives The Ultimate Holiday Gift : Free WiFi On Virgin America Flights 30 Comments Share by Erick Schonfeld on October 19, 2009 Google is going to make a lot of frequent flyers , and Virgin America , happy this holiday season . As a gift to people who fly on Virgin America’s WiFi-equipped planes , Google will be footing the bill for everybody on board between November 10, 2009, and January 15, 2010. For Google , this is a smart marketing move because it generates tons of good will among everyone who flies Virgin America . But Google is really giving a gift to Virgin America in the form of yet one more incentive to fly its planes over competitors’ . Will American Airlines and others with WiFi on board have to respond with their own freebie giveaways I hope so . Not that I mind paying the 13 per flight to use WiFi on Virgin America flights . In fact , I go out

  • HubSpot Closes $16 Million Series C Round Led By Scale Venture Partners

    Updated: 2009-10-19 14:33:04
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report HubSpot Closes 16 Million Series C Round Led By Scale Venture Partners 14 Comments Share by Robin Wauters on October 19, 2009 Digital marketing startup HubSpot has raised a third round of funding to the tune of 16 million , bringing the total invested in the Cambridge , MA company to a healthy 33.5 million The round was led by Scale Venture Partners and joined by previous investors Matrix Partners and General Catalyst Partners According to the blog post announcing the investment , the valuation of the company went up again with this fresh round of . funding The capital will mostly be used to increase investment in R D in solutions that fix the broken’ set of outbound marketing tools currently used by many companies , says the startup . HubSpot claims revenue growth of 350 over the last year and adds that its growth in number of customers is consistent as : well

  • Plastic Logic’s Que E-reader: One For The Businesspeople In The Audience

    Updated: 2009-10-19 14:24:50
    : Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Archives Contact Advertise Jobs Reviews Twitter CrunchBar Email RSS : Subscribe Know something we should know E-mail us your tips We respect anonymity . Plastic Logic’s Que e-reader : One for the businesspeople in the audience apparently 20 Comments Share by Nicholas Deleon on October 19, 2009 Another day , another e-reader . Toady’s is the Plastic Logic Que , which is pronounced like the letter that falls between P and R . I , however , will henceforth pronounce it like the Portuguese word for what , and the European Portuguese pronunciation at that . Sorta sounds like quh . It’s a movement Plastic Logic seems to be aiming it at the business market , which I don’t think we’ve really seen . before What does it do Well , Timmy , it e-reads all sorts of stuff , including Microsoft Office documents and books from Barnes Noble . Note that you don’t need to use a stylus like that IREX reader The weird thing is that , yeah , Plastic Logic doesn’t seem to want to compete , so to speak , with the Amazon Kindle

  • Middle Eastern Media Giant Backs Upcoming Music Video Site VEVO

    Updated: 2009-10-19 12:50:05
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Middle Eastern Media Giant Backs Upcoming Music Video Site VEVO 6 Comments Share by Robin Wauters on October 19, 2009 VEVO the YouTube-powered Hulu for music videos” which to date was a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment is gaining a new founding . shareholder VEVO has just announced a strategic’ investment was made by Abu Dhabi Media Company ADMC a giant of a media company with headquarters in Abu Dhabi , capital of the United Arab Emirates , reports MediaMemo The specifics of the deal remain under cover , but the rumor mill suggests the company is being valued at around 300 . million Slated for launch in the U.S . and Canada next December , VEVO is going to attempt to leverage YouTube’s massive audience to build a destination and syndication network for the very best in top-notch music video content” . The three founding

  • YC-Funded DailyBooth Raises $1 Million From Sequoia, Kevin Rose, Ron Conway Et Al.

    Updated: 2009-10-19 12:11:28
    , , . Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report YC-Funded DailyBooth Raises 1 Million From Sequoia , Kevin Rose , Ron Conway Et . Al 29 Comments Share by Robin Wauters on October 19, 2009 When we first covered real-time photo-blogging service DailyBooth last August , we had noticed how remarkably vibrant the community already was , and how quickly the site was amassing tons of . traffic The startup was launched in February 2009, received some initial seed funding from Y Combinator over the summer and has now raised an additional 1 million from an all-star team of institutional and individual . investors Wall Street Journal blog Digits broke the news earlier this morning , and reported that DailyBooth has secured roughly’ 1 million in financing from Sequoia Capital Ron Conway’s SV Angel Betaworks Digg co-founder Kevin Rose and Flickr co-founder Caterina Fake In an interview with DailyBooth co-founders Ryan

  • Zoho Projects Now Integrated With Google Apps

    Updated: 2009-10-19 11:45:02
    Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise CrunchBase Videos More Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch50 TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan About Advertise Archives Company Index Contact CrunchCam Jobs Trends : Subscribe Download The CrunchBase Q3 Trends Report Zoho Projects Now Integrated With Google Apps 8 Comments Share by Leena Rao on October 19, 2009 Web-based productivity suite Zoho has continued to integrate its products with Google in order to make it easier to use Gmail and Zoho apps simultaneously . Last summer , , Zoho a web-based software suite that includes document , project and invoicing management tools , integrated Google and Yahoo sign-ins , allowing users to sign into Zoho using a Google or Yahoo account . And over the summer , Zoho is launched sign-in integration with Google Apps , letting users login to Zoho using their Google Apps credentials . Today , Zoho’s project collaboration product , Zoho , Projects will become an extended application to Google . Apps Zoho Projects is a team collaboration and project management application that allows teams to plan , track and collaborate on everyday activities

  • Tech Events in Vancouver - October 19th - 25th

    Updated: 2009-10-19 06:09:24
    BC Innovation Council's Connect '09 Monday, October 19th - 4:30pm - 9:00pm Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel IIMA's Social Media Branding in the Era of the Empowered Consumer Wednesday, October 21st - 6:00pm - 8:00pm Vancouver Public Library - Eric Kay Room Last Chance to Catch the Worm: The [...]

  • BlogWorld Expo 2009 Report

    Updated: 2009-10-18 19:40:48
    As I type up this post, I’m sitting in the Las Vegas airport waiting for my flight home to Tampa. I thought I would jot down my thoughts about this year’s BlogWorld Expo. Huge Growth. I was really impressed with how much Blogworld has grown. My first year was 2008 and it was pretty big then. [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Wanna Meet Up At BlogWorld Expo?Blogworld Discounts Expire 9/14Direct Sales: The Forgotten Revenue Stream For Bloggers?

  • This blog will be under construction for a while

    Updated: 2009-10-18 09:52:44
    Hi readers, I will be revamping my blog design.  It will take a while for me to make a switch.  You may see some hiccups every now and then.  There are a couple of things that need to be fixed right now.  Please be assured that I will get this site up and running as soon [...]

  • I have just bought my new laptop with i7 CPU and Windows 7!

    Updated: 2009-10-17 19:46:53
    Just to share my joy with all of you I have been waiting for the Dell website to show Windows 7 option for me to buy my laptop.  To my greatest surprise, it has finally started showing on the website for me to buy!  Yes! I have achieved another goal for this month!  I [...]

  • Direct Sales: The Forgotten Revenue Stream For Bloggers?

    Updated: 2009-10-17 17:19:25
    I’m over here at BlogWorld Expo 2009 in Las Vegas. As usual, there is a monetization track for bloggers and it always proves popular. Sometimes the sessions are standing room only. Every session, I hear the standard fare. Banner ads. Affiliate programs. Every session, a huge line forms up at the mic for questions. Most of the [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Bloggers, What Went Wrong?Is Adsense Still Good For Bloggers?Are Adsense Publishers Scared About the Economy?

  • Fusion 09 Entrepreneur Bootcamp

    Updated: 2009-10-17 02:10:02
    Twenty top Canadian Digital Media companies will be presenting their latest ventures at the Fusion '09 Venture Forum and you still have an opportunity to be one of them. Fusion '09 is scheduled for November 12-13 at Robson Square in Downtown Vancouver and includes a 2-day Entrepreneur Bootcamp, a [...]

  • BC Wireless & New Media Demo Day II

    Updated: 2009-10-16 19:53:10
    On October 22nd, WINBC and New Media BC are hosting BC Wireless & New Media Demo Day II where they will unveil some of the 2010 Wireless and New Media Showcase and Service projects. We will give you a first look at what we have planned to wow the world before, during and after February 2010. [...]

  • My Wedding Match at Launch Party Vancouver 8

    Updated: 2009-10-16 19:50:38
    Last month at Launch Party Vancouver, Techvibes' Victoria Revay and Warren Frey caught up with My Wedding Match's Angel Pui to learn about her online marketplace for weddings.   My Wedding Match provides relevant searches and reviews, helping brides narrow down the best vendor [...]

  • Joint Venture with Rich Schefren, Jay Abraham and The League of Extraordinary Minds

    Updated: 2009-10-16 08:39:05
    , HOLD YOUR HORSES Download 85-Pages FREE JV Report That Takes You Behind The Velvet Rope . CLICK HERE To Get It Internet Profits Blog Your Profits , My Profits Profits for ALL Internet marketing profits tips , tricks and outright GREAT ideas to start and grow a successful business online Keep your eyes glued to this blog . you are about to discover how to accelerate your online success , slash the timeline , eliminate the learning curve , explode your internet profits , and create business wealth without risk Internet Profits Blog HOME Blog SiteMap Marketing Tools Affiliate Program Joint Venture with Rich Schefren , Jay Abraham and The League of Extraordinary Minds Posted by Valeriu Popescu on 16 October , 2009 If you’re like most other entrepreneurs , you’ve seen definite downturn in your business over the past year or so . Profits are under whelming sales goals are far from being reached and the outlook doesn’t look to get any better . soon So what’s the answer How are you going to reclaim your business  And who’s going to help you Well , I’ll admit I don’t know of one particular business and marketing expert that has all the answers I know FIFTY FOUR . And they’re all in one

  • RSS - Affiliate Marketing Resource to Multiply Traffic to Your Site

    Updated: 2009-10-16 04:50:03
    One may set up a fantastic website to market affiliate products but without the traffic, there will be no sales. This is where RSS comes in as a great affiliate marketing resource.

  • Hello From Las Vegas

    Updated: 2009-10-15 06:57:58
    Just getting started here in Las Vegas for BlogWorld. This video would have been up sooner, but wifi issues delayed it. So, I went to a tweetup and talked to a lot of great folks. More on that later. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Blogworld Discounts Expire 9/14What a Vegas Pimp Can Teach [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Blogworld Discounts Expire 9/14What a Vegas Pimp Can Teach You About SalesRockstar Platinum LIVE, Las Vegas, March 09

  • Taking your site from 1 to 1 million users

    Updated: 2009-10-12 18:18:41
    Wish to share with all of you of this interesting video which I have watched and benefited a lot.  Hope it helps for you too! Taking your Site from One to One Million Users by Kevin Rose from Carsonified on Vimeo. This post is brought to you by Charles' Internet review blog.

  • Do Companies Afraid Of Bloggers and Tweeters?

    Updated: 2009-10-12 01:28:58
    I don’t know what’s happening. I have sent emails to Dell twice, asking about the laptop which i wanted. I have not gotten a reply yet.They probably have missed my first email. And for my second email, they probably will reply me on the 2nd business day. I’m just giving myself some excuses why this [...]

  • The 3 Different Approaches To Blogging

    Updated: 2009-10-12 01:15:17
    A blog is a pretty flexible medium. What you choose to do with your blog is completely up to you. Obviously, my approach to blogging is as a business. However, there are others. Let me get right to the point and outline what I see as the three main sub-divisions of blogging. Hobby Blogging The vast majority of [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...The Evolution of BloggingWhen Blogging Isn’t Blogging AnymorePromoting Your Affiliate Programs

  • How to Use the Best RSS Aggregators and Submission Software Effectively

    Updated: 2009-10-09 01:38:52
    This is a How To RSS article that will tell you what the 2 best RSS aggregators are, and what the best RSS Submission Software does. In addition to that, this article will show you how to use RSS technology to increase website traffic.

  • Marketing With RSS Feeds is Worth the Effort

    Updated: 2009-10-09 00:35:35
    Marketing with RSS Feeds Is Worth The Effort. Technology exists that allows you to set up a content feed on your web site or blog. Users can then click your link and subscribe to your feed. Your content gets sent to their RSS reader automatically.

  • Fighting The Wordpress Dragons

    Updated: 2009-10-08 21:15:10
    What follows is a quick tale into the technical details of Wordpress that I’d rather not think about, but was forced to… Over on PCMech, I have been having a cyclical and perplexing issue with server load. The end result was that PCMech disappeared from the Internet for a few minutes at a time, several times [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Wordpress and Curing High Server LoadWordpress Borks My Server? Dealing with High Server LoadDigg, The Server Killer And How To Rescue Wordpress From It

  • Ten Ways to Get More Subscribers to Your RSS Feed

    Updated: 2009-10-08 14:51:03
    If you offer content as an RSS feed, you want people not only to visit your website but also to subscribe. Here are a few ideas on how to increase subscribers to your site.

  • It’s a Boy

    Updated: 2009-10-07 20:36:37
    Many of my Twitter followers probably saw already. My wife and I went in for an ultrasound to determine the gender of our second child. And yes…. I’m going to have a son. My wife will be putting a scan of the ultrasound on her blog, and I’m not going to steal her thunder on that one. I’m [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...How Many Blogs Are Too Many Blogs?We’re Having a Baby Girl!I’e Been Interviewed

  • Why I Have a Man Crush On Chris Brogan

    Updated: 2009-10-06 20:10:51
    …in the most professional way, of course. I had the opportunity to meet Chris Brogan at Izeafest in Orlando. Actually, he and I had met in the past in other cities, but didn’t have the opportunity to talk much at those times. On the first night of Izeafest, when most others took off to [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Open Suggestion to Chris Pirillo on Gnomedex 8.0Book Review: Twitter RevolutionStorm Tracking Is Like Tech Blogging, Only Worse

  • It’s a dedication to participate in web communities

    Updated: 2009-10-06 02:13:17
    “I’m writing this post from my mobile phone while in the bus. I’m trying to test out my mobile application.”Being part of a website community is a dedication by itself. Especially in the social media trend today, web 2.0 websites have become even more important than ever!Joining the communitiesFor the past 2 years, i’ve attempted [...]

  • Disclose or Pay Us $11,000, Says FTC

    Updated: 2009-10-05 19:07:58
    The federal government, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to set a fine of up to $11,000 on bloggers who are paid to write reviews and fail to disclose it. In the first update to the Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising in 29 years, the FTC has included the following language: Bloggers [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...How NOT To Respond To Negative Publicity On a BlogUnderstanding Internet Copyrights5 Tips for Getting a Blogger To Review Your Product

  • Goals for October 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-04 07:29:31
    Recently, I’ve just started to visit Modite frequently about Rebecca’s October Monthly Goal Meet-Up.  I think it is cool to set goals every month, and to support one another morally in their monthly goal setting.  I have not really set monthly goals before, but I will start today! Last month in September, I have not been able [...]

  • Underground Internet Marketing Changes – James Schramko

    Updated: 2009-10-04 05:18:55
    After popping my head out of my ‘Underground’ internet marketing lab in 2009, I’m announcing a major change in direction. Even though promoters have been asking me to present at internet marketing events, I’m pulling the plug on the speaking scene. And I have some very good reasons for doing so. The Speaking scene One of the [...]Post from: InternetMarketingSpeed.com - Download this FREE report...Underground Internet Marketing Changes – James Schramko

  • Congratulations to the five winners of Producteev!

    Updated: 2009-10-03 19:14:08
    Today, I am pleased to inform you that the comment contest for winning a Producteev is finally closed. Thanks for your participation!  I am glad to announce that I am still able to find 5 winners after trying so hard to ask for comments from the various social media sources.  I’m so blessed that I have [...]

  • Lesson From Izeafest (Day One)

    Updated: 2009-10-03 15:05:55
    As I sit here in the conference room getting ready for Day 2 of Izeafest, yesterday made clear a lesson… This business is NOT complicated. The only secret there is is TAKING ACTION. Yesterday, we listened to people like Brian Clark (from Copyblogger), Sarah Evans, Ted Murphy and others. All of them “experts” and at the [...] If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...A Marketing Lesson In a Gift I ReceivedTwitter Follow Limit: Let’s Get It Right, Guys

  • Links for 2009-10-02 [del.icio.us]

    Updated: 2009-10-03 08:00:00
    Where the IT Jobs Are Now - Careers RT @mjasay: Baseline: Where the IT jobs are now: http://bit.ly/jYTmG < Quality, Web, and outsourcing management are all hot [from http://twitter.com/dhinchcliffe/statuses/4553274617] Online Database of Social Media Policies Online database of social media policies: http://bit.ly/rRclg Over 100 examples to cull for your E2.0/social computing policies. [from http://twitter.com/dhinchcliffe/statuses/4559364513] Twitter Blog: Soon to Launch: Lists RT @jhagel: Twitter lists - this is going to be big. http://tinyurl.com/yb53yvc [from http://twitter.com/dhinchcliffe/statuses/4559776183]

  • 10 Things You Didn't Know About RSS Feeds - Part 1

    Updated: 2009-10-01 14:07:44
    RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication, and there are many RSS readers available free on many popular sites including Google Reader. If you are familiar with the orange striped RSS logo then you can skip this article - wait a minute did I just say skip - oh on that's not what I meant. As per the title suggests I am going to highlight certain unique features about RSS feeds which may not be new to you or maybe you didn't know about some of them.

  • Should you hide behind your brand in the social media world?

    Updated: 2009-09-30 18:24:40
    Brand itself has a personality.  I would think that’s the purpose of a brand.  However, every human being working for that brand has their own different personality. And to mould that personality to be the same as the brand’s personality, I would say it is totally impossible!  And if there are a few people handling [...]

  • Should I buy a laptop now?

    Updated: 2009-09-29 18:02:34
    Here’s a quick post.  I have been tolerating with my old Dell laptop which lasted me for 6 years.  I bought it in December 2003 when I was about to go for my university studies (which I gave up because of my “enterprising” thoughts).  It was a Dell Inspiron 8600.  It has served me very [...]

  • E-mail Marketing is Jurassic - Get on the RSS Bandwagon!

    Updated: 2009-09-28 03:32:35
    This article contains information about RSS Marketing and the benefits your website can gain from creating an RSS feed for your website. RSS is an acronym for "Rich Site Summary" or "Really Simple Syndication." RSS is basically a feed which you can make available to users that automatically lists the updated content from your website or blog.

  • Blogging - Best RSS Feed For Fresh Content

    Updated: 2009-09-25 15:23:46
    What's the best RSS feed for fresh content? Well, we'll get to that after a short explanation as to what an RSS feed actually is.

  • Optimize Your RSS Feed With Different Subscription Options

    Updated: 2009-09-25 04:48:47
    RSS Feeds are the best thing any website or blog can have. RSS Feeds ensure that you continue to get visitors coming back to your site; it ensures that more people remember your site, and it ensures that more people will be inclined to purchase stuff from you, thus, more commissions for you!

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