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I’ve often wondered if the Facebook “Like” or Google “+1” buttons are the most basic of all social gestures — the most minimal of…
Google aggressively pushing revenues amid Senate scrutiny
Google has adopted an aggressive program of stuffing its search pages with paid listings as the financial quarter draws to a close — a…
Making AOL look foolish: Arrington continues to post on TechCrunch
It is becoming increasingly clear that Mike Arrington lost his job at TechCrunch over his insistence to be an investor in his beat companies….
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Silicon Valley veteran Steve Blank, writing in Xconomy, does a great job in describing six types of startups and how a clear understanding of…
Who is the next Steve Jobs?
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The ‘Maker Movement’ will produce the next Steve Jobs
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Is ‘quality content’ a Google red herring? [Analysis]
I’ve been writing about Google’s Panda algorithm change and the huge amount of pain that it’s caused for content websites since it was introduced…
HubPages CEO on Google’s Panda: Nothing seems to work!
I met with Paul Edmondson, CEO of HubPages, and Jason Menayan, Director of Marketing, to talk about how the publishing site is dealing with…
Here comes the flood: VC firms funding corporate media push into social media
Somewhat lost in the news because of Google’s acquisition of Motorola, Buddy Media, a New York startup raised US$54-million at a US$500-million valuation. Buddy…
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