Google has announced that it will soon be launching a new service/tool for worldwide users called Google Knol (short for knowledge) which will encourage authors to contribute signed encyclopedic entries into a massive knowledge base. Basically the key concept is to create a free open-source encyclopedia (Just like Wikipedia) where people can come and write about any topic.

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Spipra is a free commenting system for your website or blog and allows you to comment on any webpage on the web. Their goal is to make Spipra a central location for commenting on the web, allowing users to comment on multiple websites with just one login ID.

After placing a small button or text link on the pages of your site, your visitors will be able to easily leave comments for that particular page.With just one account, you can leave comments on Spipra for any page on the web.In an effort to reduce spam, they have placed a “Flag this post as spam” button that appears with every post. When a post is reported as spam, notification will be sent to a moderator for further investigation.

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Think how convenient it could be to establish a startup with an ‘exit’ guaranty in a sum of several hundreds millions bucks, a kind of a premature agreement with one of the ‘net monsters’ that promise you an M&A with an x100 return in five years. Actually it will be so convenient that it will make us (you) a ‘hollow millionaires’ (someone who acts like a millionaire before he actually is and have done nothing to achieve this status) plus it will squeeze out all the fun, spirit and interest of setting and building the startup, which eventually, on my opinion, will end up with zero economic value company in five years or less. Making it simple, if there is no challenge there is no value.

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Mobile Posse Inc., a leading mobile content and advertising solution provider, has raised $10 million in series B equity financing. New investor Softbank Capital led the round, which also included Court Square Ventures, Columbia Capital, and individual investors.

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NewsGator Technologies Inc., a pioneer in RSS and Enterprise 2.0, announced today that it has closed a $12 million round of funding. Led by new investor Vista Ventures, the round also includes existing investors — Mobius Venture Capital and Masthead Venture Partners. NewsGator also announced the addition of Lisa Reeves, a general partner at Vista Ventures, to its Board of Directors.

“We are delighted to partner with Vista and we appreciate the continued support from Mobius Venture Capital and Masthead,” said J.B. Holston, president and CEO of NewsGator. “We also welcome the addition of Lisa Reeves to our Board of Directors. Ms. Reeves has 15 years of experience at SAP AG, including managing its venture fund, as well as senior operational roles both in the U.S. and Europe. Lisa’s unique enterprise software and venture investing expertise will be invaluable as NewsGator continues to lead the Enterprise 2.0 market.”

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Very good news for Facebook and My Yahoo users, that My Yahoo! now has a Facebook module available!

Once you add it, you’ll be able to see if you have new messages, friend requests, pokes, or invitations right from your page. Looking for more? Check out the Facebook RSS feeds. You can add a feed to your page and see your friends’ status messages, notifications, and posted items without leaving My Yahoo!. Read More »

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8 Software Engineering Tips for Startups

- You must have code
- You must have a technical co-founder
- Hire A+ engineers who love coding
- Keep the engineering team small (2-3) and do not outsource
- Ask tough questions during the interview
- Avoid hiring non-technical managers
- Cultivate an agile culture
- Do not re-invent the wheel

5 Infrastructure Tips for Startups

- Use the best hosting provider you can afford
- Use Amazon Web Services
- Use Google Analytics in standard and creative ways
- Start with defaults, then tune the system
- Hire or contract a good system administrator

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VentureBeat is a venture capital news blog created by Matt Marshall. With over million of monthly pageviews and an Alexa ranking under 15,000, it ranks among the popular blogs on the Internet. VentureBeat regularly writes about venture capital but it also reports on social networking and social media sites.

VentureBeat is one of my favorite blogs. Their mission is to provide news and information about private companies and the venture capital that fuels them. It is the successor to SiliconBeat, co-founded and written by Matt Marshall.

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Symbaloo is your personal online desktop .you don’t need to register to use Symbaloo. In case you want to access your desktop(s) from more then one place you can go for a free account.

For using Symbaloo without an account your browser needs to store cookies. In case your desktop is erased every time you visit Symbaloo your cookies may not be saved automatically. You can check this in your browser’s security preferences. An easier solution is to create a Symbaloo account by which you’ll have access to your Symbaloo desktop on any computer. Click somewhere on a free block and select the type of block you’d like add to your page: a search module, a bookmark, a newsfeed (RSS), a radio channel or a widget.

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NetworkText allows any group to communicate for free with text messaging. It was created to allow groups to connect with their members more efficiently. The text message is the perfect media to allow for quick information from groups to be distributed to all their members regarding events, reminders and updates. NetworkText allows groups the flexibility to store entire member rosters and send unlimited amounts of text messages to an infinite amount of members. Being aware that life now moves at hyper speed, they understand that it is important to get your groups messages out as quickly and most efficiently as possible.

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