Category Archives: Web2.0 & Tech

Nokia Buys Social Addressbook Startup Cellity

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Zack

TechCrunch: German mobile startup Cellity is getting acquired by Nokia. The sale price was not disclosed, but it is not likely to be more than $10 million to $20 million. The deal was all cash…

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Oracle Acquires GoldenGate Software

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Zack

ReadWriteWeb: Oracle has acquired GoldenGate Software Today. GoldenGate is a vendor of real-time data integration software, designed to do fast, log-based transactions of data in the enterprise…

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Amazon Buys Online Shoe Retailer Zappos For $800+ Million

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Zack

TechCrunch: Amazon.com has purchased hot ecommerce up-and-comer Zappos for 10 million Amazon shares or $880 million. (The Amazon release said it was $807 million, but that was based on a trailing 45-day estimate of its share price. Closing price today … Continue reading →

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Yahoo Acquired Email Startup Xoopit

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Zack

TechCrunch: Yahoo ha acquired e-mail startup Xoopit for a reported $20 million. Xoopit essentially offers an easy way to organize and manage e-mail, having invented an indexing architecture similar to web search engines that helps users retrieve content from their … Continue reading →

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Microsoft To Shut Down SoapBox

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Zack

TechCrunch: Microsoft’s YouTube clone Soapbox is officially shutting its doors, according to reports today. Soapbox, which was launched in 2006 as a hub for downloading and sharing user-generated videos, was never able to be a viable competitor to YouTube…

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TwitCam: Tweet Live Video on Twitter

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Zack

CNet: The folks at the video broadcasting service Livestream have a new tool out for Twitter users called Twitcam that lets anyone with a Twitter account start streaming their own show, complete with live chat…

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Candy.com is Open After $3 Million Domain Name Sale

Posted on July 21, 2009 by Zack

TechCrunch: Candy.com is now a shiny new, online store for all sorts of sweets after the domain name was sold for a whopping $3 million back in June. The fairly old-school website offers a range of lollipops, jelly beans, gum, candy bars … Continue reading →

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The Wearable Phone that Display Content on any Surface

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Zack

ReadWriteWeb: ‘Earlier this year at the TED conference, Pattie Maes from the MIT Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces Group showcased a wearable computing system that allows users to display and interact with the Web on any surface – including the human body. The video … Continue reading →

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FriendFeed New Version Beta: Copycat of Twitter?

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Zack

  FriendFeed released new beta, as you can see above, the interface looks similar to Twitter. Check out the new version of FriendFeed at http://beta.friendfeed.com.

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Free Online Mind Mapping Tool: MindMeister

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Zack

The first time I heard of mind map, I really think it’s very powerful and creative. I tried to use mind map for a while, until I started to use computer for most of my work. You know, it’s not … Continue reading →

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