Social.FM is dead — 30+ music startups to go

Social.FM is dead — 30+ music startups to go

Much more silently than it came into the world, music search and sharing site Social.FM has gone back out — leaving what users it had to retreat to Pandora, iLike or one of the other, more successful music sites on the Internet.

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Roundup: Eons cuts, Mercora, Facebook break-even, Mojiti and advertising decline?

Roundup: Eons cuts, Mercora, Facebook break-even, Mojiti and advertising decline?

Summary:
*Eons, social network for 50-plus, cuts a third of staff
*Mercora, music sharing service, changes name
*New technology to allow searching images with different languages
*Lendingclub, the people-to-people lending service, launches Web site
*Facebook is roughly breaking even
*Microsoft announces student promotion for Microsoft Office 2007
*Advertising spending is down for… Continue Reading