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Yahoo: “The Open Web is not a rose garden.”

blogger — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:13:16 +0000

Apparently, Yahoo didn’t like the bad press it was getting following its decision to shutter its own Shopping API and instead strike a deal with PriceGrabber to use their data. Neal Sample, Yahoo’s Vice President of Open Strategy has a rather passionate post today on the Yahoo Developer Network Blog responding to the criticism of the news

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Amazon Opens Up Kindle Digital Text Platform To Authors Outside The U.S.

kram412 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:14:00 +0000

Amazon.com this morning announced that it is expanding its self-service Kindle Digital Text Platform worldwide, giving more authors and publishers the chance to upload and sell books in English, German and French to customers around the world in the Kindle Store .

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Social Marketing Gone Awry: Pepsi Refresh Needs To Refresh Its Security Settings

bestcbstore — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:37:29 +0000

This year, instead of spending $20 million on SuperBowl ads , Pepsi decided to put the money into Pepsi Refresh, a social marketing campaign which solicits the best ideas from consumers and plans to dole out $20 million in grants to good causes and “great ideas” throughout the year. The site opened up about 10 hours ago to take ideas from people applying for grants

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Google I/O 2010 To Feature Chrome, Android, And The Enterprise; Registration Now Open

A D M I N — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:00:48 +0000

Google’s annual I/O conference is still over four months away, but the company is already ramping up for the event. Google has just posted 60% of the sessions that will be featured, and has opened sales for its early bird tickets. Tickets run $400 up until April 23, when they jump to $500

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ImageShack Updates iPhone App With Powerful Photo, Video Sharing Options

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:54:27 +0000

ImageShack , one of the largest media hosting sites on the Web, updated its iPhone app ImageShack Uploader ( iTunes link ) this morning, unlocking features that enable users to easily share both videos and photos using either ImageShack services and third-party sites like YouTube and Twitter. ImageShack Uploader 2.0, which is free of charge, lets you record videos and shoot pictures using the iPhone’s camera, and gives you the option to upload them directly to ImageShack servers. Thanks to further integration with its real-time photo sharing service yfrog , users can also opt to share pictures and videos straight to Twitter, including media that was already stored on the device.

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DriverSide Scores eBay Partnership, Now Featured On eBay Motors Homepage

user — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:58:50 +0000

Big news for DriverSide , the startup that looks to help you maintain your car for as long as you own it. The startup will now be prominently featured on the homepage for eBay’s very popular eBay Motors portal as part of a new partnership between the new companies. eBay says that eBay Motors is the top most visited automotive site on the web, with over 11 million unique monthly visitors

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Viacom’s EPIX Finds Second Cable Distributor In Cox Communications

admin2 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:22:14 +0000

Epix, the movie and entertainment streaming network that works across your TV, computer, and mobile phone, has officially landed a second cable provider for its service: Cox Communications. We wrote about the service here and here. Cox was rumored to be in negotiations with EPIX in December.

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Spiceworks Is Becoming The Facebook For IT Managers; Raises $16 Million Series C

user — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:58:23 +0000

Spiceworks, a startup that develops Web-connected social IT management software, has raised $16 million in Series C funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners with Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures participating. This brings the startup’s total funding to $29 million.

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TA Associates Invests Over €60 Million In Email Marketing Company eCircle

blogger — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:34:52 +0000

Private equite firm TA Associates announced this morning that it has signed a definitive agreement for a majority investment of over €60 million in eCircle , a decade-old email marketing service provider headquartered in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1999, eCircle specializes in a range of digital marketing solutions, but it’s mostly known for its high-end email marketing software and related services.

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Ex-Spot Runner Creative Chief Takes Former Employer Head On With AgencyDivision

Administrator — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:45:11 +0000

We’ve written many times about Spot Runner, the Los Angeles startup that is trying to apply web advertising techniques to TV, after the company was embroiled in controversy over the past year amidst massive layoffs and an alleged “pump and dump” scheme.

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