Roundup: Twitter’s lack of youth, Google Local’s new dashboard, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Young adults not embracing Twitter (yet) – The microblogging service has found an older audience than Facebook’s early users.
Google Local gives small businesses their own web dashboard – The dashboard, designed to lure businesses to claim their profiles on Local, will deliver something akin to Google Analytics.
Later-stage valuations tumble – During the first quarter of 2009, the median valuation for a later-stage venture deal fell 43 percent compared to the same period last year, according to VentureSource.
Apple still delivering arbitrary App Store rejections – The latest unbelievable story is recounted by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Question-and-answer startup Fluther is not happy with Jason Calacanis – Supposedly because Calacanis’ site Mahalo has been reposting questions from Fluther without attribution.
Prime View to acquire E Ink – The $215 million deal will allow the display-maker to improve its ePaper products.
Kindle DX shipping on June 10 – This expensive, large screen Kindle has been described as a potential savior to the newspaper industry.
Can the Internet make a more open government? – An Ohio State law professor says the process is turning out to be harder than anticipated.
MySpace experimenting with interactive ads – The social networking site is working with SocialMedia.com.
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