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Running your own small business has plenty of perks: you can set your own hours, work from home, and there’s nary a TPS report in sight. But there are also a number of downsides, not the least of…

API aggregation platform Gnip is laying off 7 out of its 12 employees, or 60 percent of the startup’s staff, we’ve confirmed with CEO and co-founder Eric Marcoullier. He says that Gnip is planning to…

The iPhone has all the ingredients necessary to build the first popular location-based game that combines the real world with fantasy — a scenario long dreamt of by gamers. A handful of games like…

EnticeLabs , the Provo, Utah startup behind job ad network TalentSeekr , raised $2 million in a strategic seed round led by First Advantage, a publicly traded company which a recruiting arm ….

Finovate2009 , an event centered around the future of finance, is on today in New York City so expect a couple of interesting announcements from the online money management industry this morning and…

We all like the idea of setting aside a nice chunk of money in a savings account and putting it to work for us, but it’s a bit easier said than done — if you want the best rates, you have to choose…

This is the third installment of our exclusive interview last week with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer . In the first article we showed an overview and video footage of the main subject areas we…

Mobile entertainment startup mSpot is launching its Mobile Movies site, which will let users stream full-length movies on their mobile phones. Movies will be available on 30 different smart phones,…

Product reviews, both from users and experts, are an integral part of the shopping process. Generally, I scour the web for both negative and positive reviews, across multiple sites before purchasing…

2008 MIMA Summit at The Depot In just under a week the annual Minnesota Interactive Marketing Association Summit will be held downtown Minneapolis at the Hilton. With keynotes from Seth Godin and…

A couple of days back I tweeted this question : “Question: what’s your #1 blog tip in 140 characters or less? GO!’” Over the next hour or two a lot of great responses came in - so I thought I’d post…

Wine.com, a popular wine retailer with a fantastic domain name, is releasing its API for third-party developers to create and enhance wine applications connecting to the site’s e-commerce and wine…

Last month, I published Part 1 of my Guide To Music On The Web , which covered music recommendation sites, Web radio, independent music sites, playlists, and music visualizations. Today, in Part II…

I’m writing this from the ‘club section’ (whatever that is) of San Francisco’s AT&T Park where, if I understand the scoring correctly (I don’t), the Cubs are leading the Giants 4-1. I’ve just eaten…

At one time, Moviefone was the hottest way to find movie showtimes. It was so hot in the 90s that Seinfeld even made fun of it in an episode (embed below). Sadly, now run by AOL, its website is a…