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VC Deals In Charts (Q2 2008)—Exits? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Exits? Erick Schonfeld Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:22:31 -0000
Second quarter data is out on venture deals from the National Venture Capital Association and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Despite the IPO market drying up completely, the What-Me-Worry crowd on Sand Hill Road keep pumping money into venture deals at a steady pace. Venture capitalists invested $7.4 billion last quarter in 990 deals, compared to $7.5 [...] Facebook Sues German Social Network StudiVZ Nik Cubrilovic Sat, 19 Jul 2008 04:25:27 -0000
Facebook is starting to pursue social networks that have copied their design or features by suing German site StudiVZ. The Financial Times has reported that Facebook filed a suit in the California Supreme Court against the German company for what it claims is an infringement of Facebook’s “look, feel, features and services”.
StudiVZ claims to [...] This Week on TechCrunch Elevator Pitches Peter Sauer Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:29:01 -0000
A few weeks back we launched Elevator Pitches, our community video project that allows entrepreneurs to pitch their startups through 60 second YouTube videos. Since then we’ve received a number of pitches covering everything from a fandom portal to a site focusing on group based text messaging.
Above, we’ve embedded the most popular of the videos [...] Mint Adds Support For Mortgage And Loan Tracking Jason Kincaid Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:31:52 -0000
Mint, the popular personal finance site that won TechCrunch 40, has further expanded its services by introducing support for mortgage and loan tracking. Users will now be able to keep tabs on their loans from over 1,000 supported institutions. In addition to the mortgage and loan tracking, Mint also monitors users’ savings [...] Greystripe Monetizing iPhone Games With Ad Platform Calley Nye Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:54:57 -0000
The current iPhone App Store revenue share model - a 70/30 split for the sale of apps, generally in the $0.99-$9.99 range - doesn’t exactly reward developers for producing addictive games. Greystripe, an advertising network for mobile games, has stepped in to compensate developers for every time their games are played, not just for [...] Twiddla: Simple Collaboration Software That Works Almost Anywhere Jason Kincaid Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:05:44 -0000
Twiddla, a free service that lets users draw and annotate webpages with their peers, has launched a new version of its site that introduces a number of new features. Compared to enterprise-grade collaboration software, Twiddla falls a little short - there’s no screen sharing or video chat, and the software seems a little buggy. [...]
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