Weekly Roundup: 15 of the Best Startup Resources Around the Web
This is the last of the “best startup resources around the web” series in 2012. It’s two days to 2013 and this past week, we published 9 apps for achieving…
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Google+ Records Over 40 Million Users
In the past couple of days, since Google+ opened its doors to the general public over age 18, the growth rate has increased to rates that was seen in the…
UnlistMy.info Puts Your Your Web Privacy In Your Hands
UnlistMy.Info provides a continually updated list of the top sites collecting your information, and instructions on how to remove yourself from their public listings. It lets people submit instructions for…
OkCupid Uses Math To Get You Dates
OkCupid is a free dating and social networking website that features member-created quizzes. The site supports various modes of communication, including personal blogs, public forums, instant messages, emails, and “winks.”…
8 Startups Raised Over $80 Million In Funding This Week
Google Ventures is the lead investor in a stealth-mode firm, Nettle, which says it is creating next generation social, local, mobile applications and websites aimed at the entertainment market. Google…
Twitter Launches A New Twitter Developer Site
Twitter has launched a new Twitter Developer site. In a blog post to launch the site, Twitter stated that application developers play a fundamental role in helping people get the…
Tweriod Gives You The Best Times To Tweet
Whether your followers actually read your tweet is crucial. People following many users will rarely see their timeline. Tweriod wants to give you an insight to guide your tweet periods.…
The Best Advice Entrepreneurs Are Actually Using
If you have a hard time deciding whether to do one thing or the other, always choose the harder thing. That way, you rule out being lazy. You have to…
Shortmail Wants To Be The Twitter of Email
Shortmail wants to be the new way to communicate. It’s length-limited to 500 characters. But it’s also social – linked to your Twitter account. Over time, the company wants to…
Twitter Plans On Introducing In-Stream Ads
Twitter plans on introducing advertisements among the short messages that users see in the most active part of the social networking service, according to people with direct knowledge of its…
18 Of The Best Tools To Help You Monitor Buzz About Your Startup
– http://spy.appspot.com-monitors blogs, social networks, and comments – http://www.ubervu.com/ lets you monitor and analyze the buzz – http://www.simplify360.com lets you monitor Twitter, FB, Blogs, News, Forums and videos. – http://www.sproutsocial.com – http://www.omllion.com…
PayPal Co-founder Offers 24 Teens $100,000 To Drop Out Of College
Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal and one of the early investors in Facebook has named 24 winners of his first annual fellowship program that awards $100,000 to young people under…
Salesforce And Toyota To Build Toyota Friend Social Network
Salesforce.com and Toyota Motor Corporation(TMC) announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance to build Toyota Friend, a private social network for Toyota customers and their cars. Toyota Friend…
Likester Lets You Search what Has Been “Liked” on Facebook
Likester launched last week wants to help you understand what people like. This includes your friends, your neighbors, and people you’ve never met from across the street or around the…
Talk On Facebook For Free With The New Bobsled By T-Mobile
Vivox, Inc., an integrated voice platform for the Social Web, has announced a partnership with T-Mobile USA, Inc. Vivox’s VoiceEverywhere Service will be powering the Bobsled application for Facebook calling…
Wantlet Mixes Social Influence into Shopping Decisions
Wantlet, which already has a strong presence in Europe, is a socially facilitated commerce ( Social Commerce ) service that addresses the needs of both consumers and retailers. It solves…