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Blekko — The future of search
On the eve of Google’s launch of an experimental feature that allows users to recommend search results, Blekko, the curated search engine, hosted a…
Social media amplifies mass media
Social media is touted by many as a way to get around the gatekeepers of media, the traditional old order of mass media setting…
‘Support good journalism — Pay the wall’
I don’t understand the current debate over the New York Times paywall. Yes, it has holes in it and yes it is a bit…
Yuri Milner: Making billions in the new bubble
Craig Mellow, at The Deal Magazine has a fascinating profile of Yuri Milner, the Russian investment banker who runs Digital Sky Technologies(DST), a multi-billion…
Twitter brings back Jack Dorsey as Executive Chairman
Twitter‘s seesaw problems with product development entered a new phase this morning as the company brought back former CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey. He…
Understanding Color a little better
It’s a shame that the US$41-million funding of Color Labs has dominated the news about Color, a radically different type of mobile app, because…
Are the days of curation numbered?
It’s clear that the interest of internet users can be very fickle indeed. Sites and services can have sudden boosts of popularity and then…
A VC boom in new media?
Investment banker Kevin Covert is increasing staff at his company, Covert & Co, up to prepare for a mergers and acquisitions (M&A) bonanza in…
Our lives are digital curation tools
As our lives become increasingly digital curation tools can provide a good way to document our activities, capturing a snapshot of key events and…
Bubbling in the cauldron: Is Twitter a sign?
“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble,” chanted the witches of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, cooking up trouble. Similarly, are the VCs of…
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