One of many things that make Y Combinator special: They hold regular “office hours” with startups where entrepreneurs can get advice on any topic, from business strategy to design issues. What we talk about at office hours also depends on the startup and where we are in the cycle. Usually we talk about whatever...
In recent years, there has been no shortage of well-funded, well-staffed photo-sharing startups vying to become the next Flickr. But all the financial backing in the world can’t buy one of the most necessary components for startup success: dedicated users. Almost since it was founded in 2004, Flickr has remained the destination of choice...
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Visit the Qwest resource center forrelevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how you can outsource your infrastructure in this brief from Qwest: Do More with Less – How Service Providers Can Help Consolidate IT Expenses. Today Google announced support for pivot tables to the Google Docs spreadsheet application....
When you look at the numbers, there’s no doubt that Google is the clear leader among search engines. But if recent moves by Google and Bing, in which both added social indicators to their search algorithms, are any indication, then social search could be the thing of the future. We have to wonder then,...
Big Tech is fighting Big Government in California over a proposed privacy bill that would limit the amount of information that companies can share about their users. A coalition of tech companies including Facebook, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Match.com, Twitter and others sent a letter to the California Senate May 16 opposing the bill, saying...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might be Time’s reigning Person of the Year, but when it comes to influencing the distribution of online news, he’s still no match for Matt Drudge. Facebook is closing in on 700 million users, but according to a new study by the Pew Research center, the Drudge Report sends more...
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Google recently rolled out some enhancements to its Google News site, including settings that allow users to say whether they want to see more or less news from “blogs.” But how does the search giant define the term “blog?” After all, the lines between traditional media and the blogosphere have blurred a lot over the...
SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON ITUNES HERE Gadget guru Steve Kovach joins today’s SAIcast, and he gives us the low down on the soon-to-be launched Playstation Phone. Plus, our very own Alyson Shontell had her first tweetup experience last Friday, and she lived to tell the tale. You do NOT want to miss today’s...