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  Valuable Startup Advice Emerges from Debate Between Angels & VCs

  9th September 2010 00:30

  One of the big debates in the venture capital industry lately has been the growing argument between so-called "super angels" and traditional VCs - the former being prone to mention how they feel the latter "sucks." As one would expect, many voices in the industry have made themselves heard in the form of VC blog posts and passionate, profanity-laced shouting matches. But when the fog of war clears, what should startups take away from the debate? Should they seek investment…

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  What Does the RWW Community Think of Google Instant Search?

  9th September 2010 00:00

  Like a phoenix rising from Arizona, Google once again disrupted the search ecosystem today with the announcement and launch of Google Instant. "Google Instant isn't search as you type, it's search before you type," said Google VP of Search Product and User Experience Marissa Mayer. Creepy! Sponsor While Google would probably deny any elements of black magic with the latest evolution of their search engine, what couldn't be denied were the wide variety of interesting reactions to Google's latest opus…

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  Civic Commons Helps Municipalities Share Code

  8th September 2010 23:30

  At the Government 2.0 Summit today, Code for America, DC's OCTO and OpenPlans introduced a new code-sharing project, Civic Commons. Civic Commons will help 21,000 local jurisdictions share code and work out best practices for developing them, all on an open source basis. Sponsor In an era of extraordinary economic challenges, Civic Commons believes governmental software development is, among other things, a fertile area for saving money. "For the most part, each city, county, state, agency and office builds or…

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  Journalists Use Facebook as Bargaining Tool

  8th September 2010 23:00

  Facebook is used for a lot of things. Family contact, business advertising, non-profit planning and municipal information among others. Drag queens, belt buckle artists and the Catholic Church all use it. Now, employees of the Detroit Media Partnership, which includes the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, and are using Facebook to Say No to -12%. Sponsor In an area rocked by persistent declines in central industries, like automobile manufacture, a group of Detroit journalists are being asked to…

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  VLC Submits iPad App to App Store

  8th September 2010 21:50

  Video support on Apple's mobile devices is far from universal and that's an issue that Applidium hopes to solve with its submission of VLC, the open-source video player, to the App Store. According to the company's release, "if everything goes well, VLC for the iPad should be available next week". Sponsor The free video player supports "nearly every video format" and when we asked Romain Goyet, co-founder of Applidium, if it supported Flash (the most obvious and controversial of missing…

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  Weekly Poll: What Was Hot at VMworld?

  8th September 2010 21:30

  We're doing a wrap up of VMworld and we want to know what you thought were the hot trends of the conference. We have a few thoughts of our own but what do you think were some of the most significant developments that emerged from VMworld? Sponsor What was Hot at VMworld?online surveys Our Pick: Hybrid Clouds The hybrid cloud has arrived. Is it a more sane alternative to the private cloud? We think so. It looks like a smart…

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  Cross-Platform App Dev Startup Appcelerator Now Fuels 4,000 Apps

  8th September 2010 21:10

  Though Mountain View-based startup Appcelerator has been working together for roughly 3 years, it wasn't until this past March when the venture-backed company launched Titanium to the general public. Appcelerator's flagship product, Titanium offers a platform on which Web developers can build native mobile applications that are easily portable from one platform to another. Today Appcelerator announced the passing of several milestones as thousands of apps have been built by over 65,000 developers - including many well-known name-brand clients. Sponsor…

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  Yahoo Adds Handwritten Search for Chinese Characters

  8th September 2010 20:48

  Google isn't the only search engine introducing innovative features today. In an effort to be more accessible to international users, especially those new to computing, Yahoo has made it possible for Chinese users to enter searches with their own handwriting. Visitors to Yahoo! Taiwan and Yahoo! Hong Kong can now use a special handwriting panel to draw out characters in order to conduct a search, making it easier for those unfamiliar with Chinese typing to more easily browse the Web.…

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  Making Market Research Cheaper and Easier for Entrepreneurs

  8th September 2010 20:31

  Understanding your market is a crucial part of planning your startup. But traditional market research can be both expensive and time-consuming, taking weeks or even months to develop, execute and analyze and eating up dollars that many new companies just don't have. Ask Your Target Market is an online self-service market research platform that tackles those obstacles, helping startups and small businesses assess their markets while avoiding both the high price and lack of agility associated with traditional market research.…

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  Apple Releases iOS 4.1, Dev-Team Warns Against Update

  8th September 2010 19:57

  Apple has released the latest version of its operating system for the iPhone and iPod Touch, iOS 4.1 today. The update was announced last week at Apple's fall event and brings a number of new features and bug fixes. While the latest version of iOS offers some nifty features like HDR photos and Apple's brand new Game Center, those behind the latest jailbreaks warn that updating will cause you to lose your jailbreak. Sponsor For those of you with a…