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Why Pseudonymity Is Such an Important Concept

Both Sides of the Table

Fred Wilson wrote a blog post yesterday called “Real Names” in which he talked about a commenter on his blog who preferred not to comment because he didn’t want to use his real name. If you want to have a public debate then at least have the decency to do it using your real name! It’s a powerful concept.

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From Airbnb to TaskRabbit to Zimride, sharing is becoming big business

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Dubbed "collaborative consumption" — or "the sharing economy" — this movement represents the newly cemented intersection of online social networking, mobile technology, the minimalist movement and heightened penny-pinching brought on by lingering economic uncertainties. Julianna Iran, a tax consultant from Pasadena, Calif.,

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. To give us just a little bit of belief the ‘fantastical statement’ above this about : Only a decade or so ago a printer was a guy name Tony in who had a little factory Ringwood. It’s about being there.

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Why many entrepreneurs come across as jerks

management.fortune.cnn.com

Apple ( AAPL ), of course, is a poster-child for this (dropping the word "computer" from its company name in 2007 to reflect the shift), and Yahoo ( YHOO ) and Research in Motion ( RIMM ) have found themselves at their own moment of truth. Standard Chartereds stock drops on Iran allegations. Join the Conversation. Most Popular.