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In Cloud We Trust: First Round invests in Backupify

This is going to be BIG.

Not only were they files in the cloud, but they had all sorts of attached metadata like tags, comments, and groupings that didn't come in a neatly packaged desktop file. We met back in 2005 through our respective blogs—he was writing at Businesspundit at the time. This project, however, he was a bit skeptical about.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

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was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. Then came blogs. That was a kerfuffle too.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

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I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. More red tape.

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Can You Build a Business with $100 or Less? Yes … and Here’s How

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

If your first resort when you have trouble raising money is to complain about New York on a tech blog, you’re really doing yourself a disservice in the relationship building area. often gets vilified in the pursuit of a good developer, but think about things from the perspective of your average hardcore developer ninja.

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Five applications that should be platforms—Dropbox, Eventbrite, Backupify, Tweetdeck, and Squarespace

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Imagine trying to build a single phone that encompasses all of the potential features of the iPhone if you had to develop all of those features on your own. On top of that, once you get a critical mass of developers creating for your platform—if you have the most volume—it’s tougher to unseat you as the application destination of choice.