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Telcos to target social web a drive by Sony Ericsson

Antony Beswick from NZ is heading the initiative held by  technology giant Sony Ericsson to help telcos get a piece of the social web. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Sony Ericsson unveiled a web-hosted “white label” portal. This white label application lets mobile network operators provide their own-branded social networking sites to allow [...]

[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Digital News |

Twitter search gains prominence

Twitter is working to convert its popularity into a business. Twitter has begun testing its search features on a few accounts prior to releases it in the open. The search is now please on the main Twitter.com page. This information was provided by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in a blog posting.

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[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Microsoft Asks Some Laid Off Workers to payback

Microsoft had a payroll error and overpaid severance to some of its recently laid off employees, they are now asking for their money back. It appears that Microsoft HR isn’t even bothering to explain how it happened

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[ More ] February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

20 Questions for VCs

This is a grill session held by TechCrunch with a few venture capitalist. Its a good video for Entrepreneurs wanting to approach VC Funding.
Check the Video and please do share your comments

[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | 1 Comment | Posted in Entrepreneurship |

Exit Strategies, Mergers & Aquisations Uncovered

This session from TechCrunch speaks with individuals on the various strategies for Exists, Mergers and Acquisitions.

[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Entrepreneurship |

The Role of the Angel Investor

A Great Video to watch. This session was held by TechCrunch which speaks to Angel Investors on how they go about their investment portfolio. Startups interested in approaching Investors should listen to this and gain a few tips.

[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Entrepreneurship |

Fabled sunken city of Atlantis found on Google Earth?

An article claiming that someone found Atlantis using Google Earth has been published by The Sun. The possibility of an extraordinary discovery had oceanographers and geophysicists captivated. According to a Google spokesperson,the criss-crossing lines were sonar data collected as boats mapped the ocean floor. But google……

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[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Is Facebook’s Value $3.7 Billion - less or more?

Facebook has settled last summer a dispute with a rival social network, ConnectU. The ConnectU founders — the Winklevoss brothers and colleague Divya Narendra had accused Zuckerberg of ripping off their idea for a college-based social network. The case was settled for $65 million.The Associated Press has obtained a court filing………

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[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

Favorite Passwords used “1234″ and “Password”

A new US study conducted found that out of the 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular US website people often do the easy thing. 16 percent took a first name as a password. 14 percent relied on combination’s such as “1234″ or “12345678.”Five percent were names of television shows or stars.Four percent accounted for [...]

[ More ] February 21st, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |

‘Blackout’ protest goes viral - Launched by the Creative Freedom Foundation NZ

The protest campaign is encouraging New Zealand users of social media to black out their images this week in protest at section 92a of the Copyright (New Technologies) Amendment Act. The campaign has been launched by the Creative Freedom Foundation NZ.
The Guilt Upon Accusation law ‘Section 92A’ that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations [...]

[ More ] February 20th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Digital News |