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Entries from November 2007

Is nothing sacred?

November 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

I saw an interesting article about a startup that google is backing called 23 and Me at first it seemed like a great concept.
Until I read there privacy statement.  Funny thing I believe is that most people don’t read things like TOS or privacy statements.  This information Im giving you is just on a quick glance.  [...]

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Google Has Controversy On Its Mind

November 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Operating in over a hundred countries means Google has to juggle a lot of laws and cultural differences as they try to present information as openly as possible.
Google’s Rachel Whetstone has not appeared in our pages since early in 2007, as the company battled Belgian firm Copiepresse over the indexing of news publishers managed by [...]

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Wall: Cutts "Blindlingly Hypocritical" About Google

November 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Not much love in the SEO blogosphere today, as Aaron Wall slams the most accessible member of the Googleplex over Google’s alleged treatment of SEO as spam.
Considering Matt Cutts and his enormous popularity at search industry conventions, to the point where his swarm of followers have been dubbed “Cuttlets,” it’s surprising to see him being [...]

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Google Flashes $10M At Android Developers

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Google isn’t looking for the next Commander Data, but mobile applications for the free, open platform they recently announced.
The time-honored motivator, money, comes into play for application developers intrigued by the possibilities of the Android mobile platform. Android’s opening came as part of the Open Handset Alliance announcement from earlier in November.
“We’ve built some interesting [...]

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Modern-Day Tech Startups: Treading Carefully (E-Commerce Times)

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

There are a few hurdles between Landy Ung and her dream of growing her startup into a household name. One is the fact that her only outside funding comes from her mom’s fried chicken restaurant, another is that her only full-time programmer is her boyfriend, who has a day job. She and her boyfriend, Wan [...]

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Dead Internet Startup Comes Back to Life (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

In less time than it took its URL to propagate across the world wide web, internet startup www.freeoverstock.com operated by New Venture Company was flatlining by Monday morning and pronounced dead by late Tuesday.

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Skribit: From concept to business in 54 hours (BizJournals)

November 18th, 2007 · No Comments

There’s the traditional approach when forming a new Internet company: Find a partner, conduct market validation, seed the concept, launch a beta version, raise venture capital.

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Unique SleepPhones New to Market Helping People Sleep Better (PRWeb)

November 17th, 2007 · No Comments

The new SleepPhones System is helping hundreds of people to sleep better. Since its launch in August, 2007, entrepreneur Dr. Lai has received lots of positive feedback! The SleepPhones System delivers science-based binaural beats via the first headphones for sleeping! (PRWeb Nov 15, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback

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Its Growth Slowing, eBay Tries Something Daring (KOIN News 6 Portland)

November 17th, 2007 · No Comments

It was early in 2006, and Matt Carey, the new CTO of eBay, was attending his first focus group about the online shopping site. It was a memorable experience, to say the least. “It’s hard to use,” complained a longtime customer. She had been collecting antique glass on eBay for years.

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Northeastern Sues Google Over Search Patent

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Northeastern University has sued Google in the patent-friendly federal court for the Eastern District of Texas, accusing the search giant of infringing upon its work.
The University has paired with a startup called Jarg, which is the exclusive licensee of technology patented in 1997, just before Google’s incorporation and subsequent rise in the world of online [...]

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