Turn Your Google Chrome Into Web Music Library With EXFm

Posted on July 29, 2010, 11:03 am, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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ExtensionFM is a browser extension for Chrome that turns the entire web into your personal music library. As you browse, ExtensionFM runs in the background indexing every MP3 file you come across, building a music library for you. ExtensionFM will continue to check the sites you’ve visited, adding new music for you to listen to every day. ExtensionFM was founded in March, 2010 in New York City. Try this out if you use Google chrome. Music as you browse.

ExtensionFM Features:

* Find and listen to every MP3 you come across on the web
* Play songs from the source or within ExtensionFM
* Get a constantly updating stream of new music from the sites you’ve visited
* Continue to play music after you’ve left the page

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The Race To The Top, Startup or Shut Up

Posted on July 28, 2010, 9:23 pm, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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The race to the top is bedeviled with so many challenges. Right from the idea generation to a company formation, founders go through so many transformation that separate haves from the have nots. So many ideas are being pitched every day to either raise funds to build the product or to expand the company and to sustain the startup. Among the thousands that get pitched, few are able to make it through the idea phase. A lot of them die along the way. So many companies believe they are doing the right thing, but their efforts are not being [...] Continue Reading…

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Who Started The Foursquare Noise

Posted on July 24, 2010, 10:34 pm, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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I read about the foursquare noise on techcrunch for the very first time and I thought it was one of those location based services. A lot of location based startups were already in business. Location based service is also not new, so what is so unique about foursquare. Is it addictive and useful ? or its just addictive or useful. The service was one of the reasons I compiled Top 14 Location Based Startups Competing For Your Attention and it looks like foursquare is getting all the attention. What have they done right or is the service [...] Continue Reading…

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Top 21 Startups To Present At Mini Seedcamp London 2010

Posted on July 21, 2010, 8:51 am, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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Seedcamp has organised seedcamps for startups in Zagreb, Prague, Barcelona, Paris, Tel Aviv, Copenhagen and Berlin this year. The next city to host its mini seedcamp is London.

Seedcamp is a programme created to jumpstart the entrepreneurial community in Europe by connecting next generation developers and entrepreneurs with over 400 mentors from a top-tier network of company builders; including seed investors, serial entrepreneurs, product experts, HR and PR specialists, marketers, lawyers, recruiters, journalists and venture capitalists.

Seedcamp acts as a micro seed fund to invest in startup companies, mainly through our flagship event Seedcamp Week which [...] Continue Reading…

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The Road To The ‘Silicon Valley’ of Europe

Posted on July 20, 2010, 9:52 am, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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Startups are better built in clusters, this way they can leverage on their talents and network. An environment like that promotes healthy competition. There are a lot of startups in Silicon Valley , Boston, Seattle, New York and the list goes on in the US . These cities are attractive to startups because of many reasons. Each startup will tell you why they moved to one city over the other and why they intend to leave their current city for another. Paul Graham is of the view that America is producing startup hubs because [...] Continue Reading…

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Startup Trends That Will Shape Internet Technology

Posted on July 17, 2010, 9:23 am, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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After six months into 2010, we have seen location based service predictions unfold in the latter part of the first six months. The second half of the year is yet to experience predictions that ranged from cloud computing, virtualization, Web TV to Web OS. The rest of the year will see the fulfillment of other predictions which I believe include the following startup trends.

Location based Discount Shopping services.
Consumer spending have never been the same since the economic downturn. A lot of consumers resorted to financial advice and ways to cut down on spending. A lesson leant [...] Continue Reading…

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Top 6 Gettie Award 2010 Mobile Application Winners

Posted on July 14, 2010, 5:12 pm, by Thomas Oppong and received 1 Comment ».
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The Gettie Awards 2010 had hundreds of developers submit their applications for testing and the chance to win up to $25,000 in GetJar credits. A panel of industry heavyweights selected 18 nominees (6 categories, 3 nominees in each). Of those nominees, the following 6 emerged as winners of the six categories.

Best Java application: WaveSecure Backup – Helps keep your personal data safe by letting you back up or restore your data securely.

Best Symbian application: Nimbuzz – Helps you get free calls, instant messaging, file & location sharing with Nimbuzz friends and Skype, Facebook, MSN/Windows [...] Continue Reading…

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Top 10 New York Startups You Should See

Posted on July 12, 2010, 7:12 pm, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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There are a lot startups that are located in New York, but you probably have heard of only vimeo, foursquare, boxee, meetup, Yext, tumblr and some other popular once.They are great startups. Well there are a lot of other startups ,products or services you may not have heard or you should know. Check these out , one of them may have the solution to the problem you have been complaining to your friends. If you work with a startup in New York, I would love to hear about it, and make the noise. Add your startup today. Two [...] Continue Reading…

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Top 7 Investor Firms In New York You Can Contact For Funding

Posted on July 12, 2010, 12:09 am, by Thomas Oppong and received No Comments ».
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Startups either bootstrap and later seek for funds from angel investors or venture capitalists. At each stage in building a company entrepreneurs access their funding requirements and apply for funding. If you intend to source for funding, one of the following firms might be of assistance to you. Contact them for details of how they can help.

First Round Capital is a venture capital firm is committed to providing funds for founders and assisting them build great companies.

Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund, built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs.

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Funding Universe Selects 5 Startups To Pitch At CrowdPitch 2010

Posted on July 7, 2010, 3:28 pm, by Thomas Oppong and received 1 Comment ».
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Funding Universe helps match angel investors and entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs can post their business plan or video, and download free sample plans and find valuable investor information. They also help you analyze your funding situation and offer funding recommendations.

CrowdPitch is 100% free event for entrepreneurs organised by funding universe. It takes place on at Seattle, July 8th 2010. Its Free for the pitching entrepreneurs & free for spectators (oh, and a free meal is provided too). Selected entrepreneurs will have 4 minutes to pitch their company to both a panel of experts [...] Continue Reading…

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