Archive for January, 2009

Lottay.Com – Make Your Wishes Come True

Lottay

Lottay.com is the new website that will change you whole perspective about what is to give or receive a gift.

If you already have experienced a moment when you receive a useless gift, but you know that it is important for the person who gave you the gift that you are happy with it, here you have a solution.

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iPhone Apps Can Help You to Learn Salsa Dance

Ballroom Dance Lesson

Want to learn the rumba, salsa, or waltz anytime, anywhere? Ballroom Dance Channel‘s iPhone application teaches you how to ballroom dance like the pros. Ballroom Dance Channel, the premiere online and mobile destination for ballroom dancing lessons.

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Talend Secures $12 Million in Series C Funding

Talend

Talend, the first provider of open source data integration software, has secured $12 million in Series C venture financing to help fuel further worldwide growth and company expansion. The funding round is being led by Balderton Capital, an early investor in MySQL, and existing investor AGF Private Equity bringing Talend’s total funding to more than $20 million.

Balderton General Partner Bernard Liautaud, the founder, CEO and Chairman of Business Objects for 18 years up until its eventual sale to SAP for $6.7 billion, will join Talend’s board of directors.

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Utilize Hashtags to Improve Your Twitter Experience

Twitter

The use of hashtags is a valuable skill for serious Twitter users. They aren’t really very difficult to grasp and use, and they really pay off. The challenge is to educate as many people as possible about the use of hashtags so that their use becomes more widespread, and they will be more valuable to everyone in the community.

You may have seen a user include a number sign (#) directly followed by a word in one of their tweets. This is a hashtag in use. The user is tagging his tweet with that word. These tags are linked by most Twitter clients to the search page for that word which will find for you other tweets with the same tag. This is often used in the case of large events. Livebloggers create a hashtag, inform others, and use it on every tweet that is related to the event.

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KlickSports – Multi-Platform Sports-Based Prediction Gaming

KlickSports

KlickSports, the premier provider of live, sports-based interactive prediction gaming, today announced its open availability for all sports fans to join and compete via its multi-platform offering- just in time for the Super Bowl!

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