Turn Your iPhone into a Wi-Fi Hotspot
05 May 2010
Feel like hacking your phone today? If you’ve got about 10 minutes to spare, you can turn your iPhone into a Wi-Fi hotspot using a combination of the latest “jailbreaking” software and an app called MyWi. The app takes your iPhone’s 3G data connection and shares it out so other computers can connect to it [...]
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Blockbuster Video Launches API to Open the Web, Mobile, Set Top Boxes and More
05 May 2010
Blockbuster Video is launching an API called “Blockbuster Everywhere.” The new cross-channel API is designed to deliver films, reviews and real-time inventory to devices that include phones, set top boxes, gaming consoles and other point of sale locations such as gas stations. The Blockbuster story is another example of how companies are re-architecting through open API’s [...]
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Insider Pages Launches Doctor Finder Tool
05 May 2010
Local business review site, Insider Pages, has launched Doctor Finder, a new tool aimed at making it easier to find medical specialists based on a variety of criteria. WebProNews spoke with Eric Peacock, General Manager, Insider Pages about the new Doctor Finder tool. Peacock said the Web has made it increasingly easy to find recommendations for [...]
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Google Analytics Gets an App Gallery
05 May 2010
Google has launched the Google Analytics App Gallery, which includes 32 apps so far. "All Google Analytics customers have access to a worldwide network of Google Certified Partners (formerly known as Google Analytics Authorized Consultants)," says Trevor Claiborne of the Google Analytics Team. "And now the ecosystem is growing further with developers who are creating a [...]
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Finding the Right Doctor Made Easier: Insider Pages Launches Doctor Finder
05 May 2010
Insider Pages, which was acquired by CitySearch in 2007, just announced the launch of its new Doctor Finder tool. While there are already a few doctor review sites available on the Internet, most people in the U.S. still mostly base their choice of doctor on the location of the doctor’s office and the insurance the [...]
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Media Relations 101 for Your Startup
05 May 2010
First off, you do not need a PR firm. The retainer is usually not worth it, especially for a young, growing startup because your product is still drastically changing and because your conversion rates are probably very low. As a startup that is looking to innovate in your industry, it usually does not make any [...]
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The Art of the Twitter Pitch
05 May 2010
Over the past few weeks, we’ve highlighted some tips and tricks for polishing your elevator and email pitch. If a pitch is designed to deliver a succinct presentation of your product or service, then it may be that the 140 character limitation of Twitter makes it a great venue for a pitch. Sponsor Stowe Boyd is often [...]
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Ning Announces New Pricing Model, Free Nings for Teachers
05 May 2010
Social networking site Ning announced its new pricing scheme today, following its announcement last month that it will abandon the freemium model and eliminate free subscriptions. Sponsor In July, the company will roll out three tiers of service – Ning Mini, Ning Plus and Ning Pro – and subscriptions will range from $3 to $50 per month. [...]
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Microsoft Announces Social Aggregator
05 May 2010
Lili Cheng, General Manager of Microsoft’s Fuse Labs, announced the debut of Spindex, the company’s stab at a dynamic social media aggregation tool. Aimed at bringing together the varied strands of a personal web at each point of a user’s online experience, Spindex is currently only available in a tech preview. Sponsor “Spindex…aggregates your social streams [...]
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Keeping Your Investors Updated In Between Board Meetings
04 May 2010
We’ve written in the past about how to communicate with investors during board meetings. Namely, don’t pitch to them. Entrepreneur-turned-venture capitalist Mark Suster posted to his blog recently some tips on how entrepreneurs should communicate with VCs in between board meetings. Sponsor Based on his experience as a startup CEO, Suster argues that it’s [...]
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Central Desktop: No Need to Upgrade to Office 2010?
04 May 2010
Central Desktop announced today a new collaborative framework that allows people to open, save, edit and co-author files stored in the cloud directly from Microsoft Office. Adding to the services are new features that allow multiple people to co-edit and co-author Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents. Central Desktop maintains that the added features eliminate the need [...]
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Draft Version of Online Privacy Bill Released
04 May 2010
U.S. Representatives Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns released their draft legislation today that tackles online privacy issues. ReadWriteWeb covered the announcement of its release yesterday. The discussion draft of the legislation sets up requirements for Internet companies and online ad networks that include “conspicuous” notice of information capture, initial user opt-in on all such collection [...]
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How Startups Are Like Rock Bands
04 May 2010
Startup culture is continually growing in the greater public interest, and with that growth comes a sort of celebrity for the founders of the more popular companies. Mark Zuckerberg and Evan Williams are now household names, and in many ways, these entrepreneurs are like rock stars in the startup world. In fact, the journey of [...]
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Mobile Now Accounts For 10% of Topix Traffic – And It’s Mostly From Small Towns
04 May 2010
This morning I caught up with Chris Tolles, CEO of news aggregation service Topix. I’ve been following Topix since it began, back in 2004, so it was interesting to find out how the service has evolved. Originally, as the name suggests, Topix was focused on being a news site that categorized its content into topics. [...]
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