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Facebook Looks to Develop More Social Startups
Y Combinator, an investment firm for early stage startups, will be upgrading its relationship status with Facebook today, as Facebook has just announced a partnership with the venture company.The Facebook-Y Combinator partnership is designed to be mutually beneficial for both companies.Y Combinator has a reputation for producing top notch startups...
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Yelp testing 1-day sales of local coupons (AP)
AP - Review website Yelp said Thursday that it is testing out "Yelp Deals" — large discounts at local businesses that site users can buy on one day only.
August 26, 2010, 5:43 pm| Read full article | More articles from news.yahoo.com
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AMD's Bobcat mobile architecture will play it straight
<!--body--> The server market has been AMD's bread and butter for the past few years, and it has been the place that the company has really remained competitive with Intel. AMD's mobile strategy has mainly involved using versions of its server parts to target the low-cost laptop market, so the...
Read more »August 26, 2010, 5:25 pm| Read full article | More articles from arstechnica.com
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HP buys database software firm (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The tech giant bought Stratavia, a private database software maker focused on cloud computing. Hewlett-Packard didn't disclose the financial terms. Stratavia helps automate databases so servers are easier to maintain. HP has been a serial acquirer, and currently it's in a bidding war with Dell (NMS:DELL)...
Read more »August 26, 2010, 3:52 pm| Read full article | More articles from news.yahoo.com
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Cell phone plans get cheaper (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - The price of wireless phone services declined each year from '99 to '08, despite reduced competition as the $150 billion industry consolidated, says the Government Accountability Office. The economies of scale enjoyed by AT&T;, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile have helped keep prices in check...
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Summary Box: Underwater mortgages in US fell in 2Q (AP)
AP - SLIGHT DECLINE: Real estate data provider CoreLogic says the number of U.S. homes with mortgages that exceed what the properties are worth fell slightly between the second quarter and the first three months of this year. It's the second consecutive quarterly decline.
August 26, 2010, 3:27 pm| Read full article | More articles from news.yahoo.com
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Aruba Networks posts fiscal 4Q profit (AP)
AP - Aruba Networks Inc., which makes equipment for wireless network providers, on Thursday posted a small profit for its latest quarter. The results beat analyst estimates.
August 26, 2010, 2:52 pm| Read full article | More articles from news.yahoo.com
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HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Your Business Facebook Page
Susan Payton is the President of Egg Marketing & Public Relations, an Internet marketing firm. She blogs at The Marketing Eggspert Blog. Follow her on Twitter @eggmarketing.So you paid attention to what everyone is saying and you created a Facebook Page for your business. You’ve got your press release links,...
Read more »August 26, 2010, 2:32 pm| Read full article | More articles from mashable.com
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Life After Google: 15 Startups Founded by Ex-Employees
In the process of accumulating more than 10,000 employees worldwide, Google also accumulated a lot of former employees.Many of these Xooglers (yes, that’s what former Googlers call themselves) have decided to scale down and start-up. Xoogler-founded businesses are making headlines everywhere as they are acquired by Google, its competitors, find...
Read more »August 26, 2010, 12:18 pm| Read full article | More articles from mashable.com

