Music search engine SeeqPod sued by Music Record Companies
EMI and Capitol Records are filing suit against music search engine SeeqPod. EMI and Capitol are, targeting individual employees and investors, in addition to the company itself, for monetary damages. The suit lists its chief executive, Kasian Franks, and backers Raf Podowski and Shekhar Lodha as individuals. The record companies are seeking billions of dollars in damages and hope to send a strong message to profiting companies from music sharing services that they consider to be illegal. The major difference between SeeqPod and search giants Google, Ask and Yahoo is that the results it yields are more relevant,
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5 Start-Up Tips from the Father of Gmail and FriendFeed
Andrew Warner from Mixergy interviews Paul Buchheit on launching startups because he fathered the most successful online products: Gmail and FriendFeed. In a snapshot this is the summary but please do watch the video- Launch a scaled-back version
- Notice sluggish competitors
- You don’t need virality if your product is good
- Follow your passion
- Sometimes you have to go off on your own
Google to Join EU case against Microsoft with context to Web Browsers
This is not the first time Google and Microsoft have battled with each other on antitrust issues. The Web search engine Google, which recently released its Chrome Web browser, announced that it is applying to be a "third party" in the European proceedings. The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to Microsoft about tying Internet Explorer to the Windows operating system, which "harms competition between web browsers". Sundar Pichai, Vice President Product Management of Google said in his blog "First, browsers are critical to the Internet -- they enable us to surf the web, search, chat, email, watch
Google Analytics now allows tracking iPhone traffic
Using the Advanced Segmentation beta feature offered by Google Analytics, now websites have the option to filter their data to view “Visits from iPhones.” This feature also works in conjunction with AdWords, so advertisers can better target ads to audiences using the iPhone. Source: Google Analytics
The Microsoft-Yahoo dance begins yet again
CEO Steve Ballmer told analysts that that he still wants to pursue some sort of search deal with Yahoo. He is determined to find a way for the two companies to “pool their resources” to take on Google. So lets wait and see what comes out of this Source
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Is this why you’re not getting funded?
John Matthesen give Reena Jadhav, Founder, CEO of nuResume.com his top 5 reasons that 8 out of 10 presentations fail to get funded. These are the 5 points but its always good to watch the video.- What's the target business
- What's the market and how well do you know it
- How do you make money, who's going to pay whom, and when
- What's the competition, who else is in the market, and how will you penetrate your market
- What's in it for investors
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Will Obama be Google’s Downfall?
Christine A. Varney is an American lawyer lobbyist, and internet policy expert. She has now joined Barack Obama's team to take over the top antitrust job at the Department of Justice. Varney is reported to have said "For me, Microsoft is so last century. They are not the problem". Google, she suggested, "has acquired a monopoly in internet online advertising".So will Google face a deeper antitrust investigation? It seems almost certain. Varney's background as a lawyer for Netscape in its case against Microsoft have led to speculation that the Department of Justice could be ready for an antitrust case that
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So what’s your G Spot
Gekko is a new and unique way to find places - spots - that you love based on your profile and your match with like-minded people.The startup is using the most blatant use of sex to launch. Unfortunately it’s not even funny. Check out the Viral Video here
The Truth Behind A Hotmail Founder’s Claims
Jessica Livingston a partner at Y Combinator had released a book called Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days. This book speaks in detail with thirty startups of Silicon Valleys most notable successes. In this was an interview with Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia, who speaks about the experiences he had raising money for the webmail startup and its acquisition to Microsoft for $400 million. Since leaving Hotmail, Bhatia has begun a number of other ventures, including Live Documents, an online Microsoft Office clone that doesn’t seem to be picking up, social networking portal apnacircle in India. Livingston
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