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I would venture to guess that most of you, business owner or not, have wanted to buy a particular domain name and damned the luck, some else already bought it.  This is even worse when you are a small business in a particular area and you want the best possible domain in order to drive [...]

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As we sit here on the precipice of the opening of SXSW, it seems the companies that are really out there pushing to grab the attention of attendees are the location-based  services, like Foursquare, Gowalla, and Plancast, which just dropped a new iPhone app in the iTunes App Store. I have only been here a [...]

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Google Apps Marketplace Launches

Applications leveraging cloud computing services that are built on top of Google Apps now have a place to be shown off as Google just announced the launch of an Apps Marketplace. The Google Apps Marketplace allows Google Apps customers to easily discover, deploy and manage cloud applications that integrate with Google Apps. Today more than [...]

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Google Labs Public Data Explorer

This is a good week to be a fan of data. The Economist devoted a issue full to data, stating that:
“In recent years Oracle, IBM, Microsoft, and SAP between them have spent more than $15 billion on buying software firms specialising in data management and analytics. This industry is estimated to be worth more than $100 [...]

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Google PowerMeter API Launches

Wonder how much energy leaving your laptop plugged in could be wasting? Google took a step to try and help by announcing the launch of Google Powermeter API on Google Code. Google PowerMeter is a free software tool that allows you to view your home’s energy consumption.
Here are a few points to explain how this [...]

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Twitter Business Model Coming Soon

Twitter’s monetization plans have been the topic of a number of conversations and debates over the years as this start-up has grown in prominence. It looks like those days are close to over as Twitter has revealed plans to create an advertising platform similar to that of Google’s Adsense and Adwords programs. According to a [...]

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Picnick

Yesterday Google continued it’s winter shopping spree as it announced it had acquired Picnik, an online photo editing application. Other recent purchases include the acquisition of social search Aardvark and the acquisition of iPhone email application reMail.
For those of you unfamiliar with Picnik, it is a Seattle based start-up that offers a pretty slick online [...]

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Google Voice is a product that lets you manage your multiple phone numbers by giving you the choice of directing your calls where you want them. Example : If you dial my Google Voice number you may get me on my desk or cell phone or even my home depending on the time of [...]

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Editor’s Note: This article was written by Ryan Graves, an entrepreneur focused on taking the web offline. He lives in Chicago, is the co-founder of Chicago Tech Meetup, and is currently working on business activities with Foursquare. You can find more on his blog at THE DREAM IN ACTION.com and follow him on Twitter at: [...]

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If you are Microsoft Internet Explorer user to navigate the Web then you might want to listen up as Microsoft has issued a security advisory. This official security advisory explains that the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser could put you at risk. McAfee, a leading security software maker, has been investigating the China-based cyberattacks that prompted [...]

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