Daily Archives: October 2, 2011

(Founder Stories) Meetup’s Heiferman: Working At McDonald’s & The Future Of Social Networks

October 2, 2011
(Founder Stories) Meetup’s Heiferman: Working At McDonald’s & The Future Of Social Networks

Meetup co-founder and CEO, Scott Heiferman is Chris Dixon’s guest in this episode of Founder Stories. A serial entrenepenur, Heiferman tells Dixon he started “the first online ad agency in ’94″ after corporate America left him unsatisfied. Called i-traffic, “the idea was to be an online media buying agency even though there wasn’t any media to buy at the...

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Central America and startups: what you need to know

October 2, 2011
Central America and startups: what you need to know

It all started with a tweet. Commenting one of our recent posts, ‘Latin American Startups: Eight “Gringas” to Watch Out For,’ a web developer from Nicaragua called Jorge Cerda pointed out that our scope in that post was actually limited to Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Although we have also talked quite a few times about...

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The New York Times’ Most Prolific Tech Writer Just Turned Down A $1.5M Offer From CNET (NYT)

October 2, 2011
The New York Times’ Most Prolific Tech Writer Just Turned Down A $1.5M Offer From CNET (NYT)

Image: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger See Also: Apparently, Reading About Politics Makes Us All Really Unhappy AOL’s Seed Is ‘Defunct’ This Is Probably What Yahoo’s Big Mystery Press Conference Is About Nick Bilton, the New York Times’ lead technology writer, just turned down a $1.5M offer to write for CNET, Michael Arrington at Uncrunched reports. CNET,...

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Here’s More Proof Apple’s Building A Cheap ‘Entry Level’ iPhone 4 (AAPL)

October 2, 2011
Here’s More Proof Apple’s Building A Cheap ‘Entry Level’ iPhone 4 (AAPL)

Gizmodo just posted some images of a brand new iPhone, codenamed N90A, from Foxconn’s brand new factory in Brazil. The pictures of the new iPhone don’t look much different than a images of an iPhone 4, except this phone’s model number is a bit different. The iPhone in the images from Brazil is called...

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Facebook, Twitter, iTunes and Google: The rise of digital monopolies

October 2, 2011
Facebook, Twitter, iTunes and Google: The rise of digital monopolies

Whilst some countries have a penchant for banning social networks outright, back in June, France hit the headlines for introducing a different type of social media ban. Was a great governmental firewall erected to prevent French Internet users accessing social networking sites? No. French broadcasting regulators ruled that TV and radio show hosts must...

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Amazon’s interest in Palm: Why would it consider a bid?

October 2, 2011
Amazon’s interest in Palm: Why would it consider a bid?

Amazon, the world’s biggest online retailer and new player in the tablet market, is apparently in “serious negotiations to snap up Palm from HP” with the company interested in taking HP’s beleaguered mobile division off of its hands as soon as possible. Palm, purchased by HP in April 2010 for $1.2 billion, was expected to galvanise its operations once...

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Garage48 spurs 11 innovative startups in Uganda

October 2, 2011
Garage48 spurs 11 innovative startups in Uganda

Garage48, an Estonian 48 hour hackathon aimed at turning ideas into working prototypes or services within one weekend, recently came to Kampala, Uganda. The Ugandan hackathon is the organization’s first in East Africa after its previous event earlier this year in West Africa. The event was supported by Nokia, Google and MTN Uganda. At...

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Laimoon takes a fresh approach to job hunting in the Middle East

October 2, 2011
Laimoon takes a fresh approach to job hunting in the Middle East

At the moment, the majority of the listed jobs are based in the UAE, but there are plans to expand beyond that into the rest of the Middle East. How does Laimoon work? Laimoon takes a very different approach to how you search for a job that suits your skills and experience, all wrapped...

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