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Troubled media sharing startup Color Labs said to be acquired by Apple

The Next Web

Color Labs, the photo-and-video-sharing social network that received much criticism over its pre-launch $41 million funding round, is about to be acquired by Apple. Pham left the startup in June 2011 over unknown reasons and went to work at Los Angeles incubator Science.

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APPNATION SF 2011 was fun

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Mobile incubator lab. Mobile ad network. Urbanspoon closed the loop by now having a reservation system for restaurants. Some people whom I met: Android game developers. prior Startup Weekend attendees. Mobile payment company. Ringtone company. Sales from a major tech blog. Startup bank. Software strategist. Big book retailer.

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Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Check Out Stanzr

ReadWriteStart

The next event will be on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at 8:00 AM (PDT), register to attend here. What appears clear to me today is how fundamentally the Internet is changing business processes, and the advent of nifty social media tools and technologies that plug into core business processes like lead nurturing are a powerful force.

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Thoughts on Spanish Startups from La Red Innova 2011

VC Cafe

Mobile web usage in Spain is high, at 20% of mobile phone users in 2011. billion invested in Q1 of 2011. More and more incubators are popping up, students are participating in business plan competitions, and actively look to get involved with startups. 4) The concept of networking is new here. But that is now changing.

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APPNATION SF 2011 was fun

Sophia Perl of Wisdom

Mobile incubator lab. Mobile ad network. Urbanspoon closed the loop by now having a reservation system for restaurants. Some people whom I met: Android game developers. prior Startup Weekend attendees. Mobile payment company. Ringtone company. Sales from a major tech blog. Startup bank. Software strategist. Big book retailer.

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Burpple Enables Social Sharing Of Food Experiences

YoungUpstarts

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. “These photos that would potentially tell great gastronomical adventures are often left dormant in our smartphones or get drowned out on generic social media.

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Burpple Enables Social Sharing Of Food Experiences

YoungUpstarts

The idea for Burpple came about in late 2010 in Silicon Valley, but co-founders Elisha Ong and Dixon Chan would only incorporate the company in Singapore end 2011. “These photos that would potentially tell great gastronomical adventures are often left dormant in our smartphones or get drowned out on generic social media.

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