As noted last week, a group of startups are launching today at Mobile 2.0. Here are the first lot: heysan heysan describes itself as a "mobile meebo" - it's a

I'm at the second annual Mobile 2.0 event in San Francisco. Rudy de Waele of mTrends starts with an overview of Mobile 2.0: an all-IP environment and application mashups are Continue reading »

Ad network AdBrite announced this morning that they have begun selling full-page ad units of the sort that you've no doubt seen on some of the bigger, more old-school web Continue reading »

The Wall Street Journal reports that Discovery Communications will be purchasing online information portal HowStuffWorks.com for $250 million. This would be Discovery's largest Internet acquisition to date. The company purchased

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This is a guest post by TK Kenyon, author of the book Rabid. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Internet_Marketing_for_Novel_Writers'; digg_bgcolor = '#ffffff'; digg_skin = 'compact'; Writing, especially fiction writing, is a tough business Continue reading »

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Silicon Alley Insider spotted the New York Times web site displaying reader comments prominently under the top story on their front page today. The comments in-and-of themselves are not newsworthy Continue reading »

Our poll this week asks what you'd be prepared to pay for the download version of Radiohead's new album In Rainbows. In the comments to the original post, someone pointed Continue reading »

Born out of a closet dislike for "Shrek 2," Criticker is a new movie review community and recommendation engine that aims to match users with like-minded individuals who share the Continue reading »