Roundup: The Obama Valley, Twitter’s cash, Zonbu, SimplyHired and more
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Barack Obama gets big Silicon Valley names behind him — Obama has picked up checks from Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz, Google backer Ram Shriram, YouTube founder Chad Hurley and many more, making him an early valley favorite, at least among the area’s… Continue Reading
Social network stampede: Hi5 gets $20 million, Bebo to get developer platform
Hi5, a social network with 30 million active users around the world — the same size as Facebook — has reportedly raised a $20 million round. GigaOm has more, saying Mohr Davidow Ventures is the backer.
Last week, England-based social network Bebo made it clear they,… Continue Reading
Roundup: Facebook fast, Attendio, Pricelock, latest Google stuff and more
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Pledging Facebook fast — Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks to outside developers yesterday that they can build applications for Facebook and keep “all the revenue,” with no revenue share, drew the biggest response from the crowd, and was clearly the most… Continue Reading
Roundup: Peak coal, Yahoo-Bebo rumors, Mixercast and much more
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Peak coal? — You’ve probably heard of the concept of “peak oil,” which refers to that point in time when we extract more oil than ever before, but after which we begin a long, steady decline as oil gets harder to locate. Increasingly,… Continue Reading