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MySpace Hires Away Another Yahoo Exec (NWS, YHOO)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Mon, 06 Oct. 2008
The Yahoo exodus continues. Valeh Vakili, director of U.S. sales operations for Yahoo, is leaving the company to join News Corp.'s MySpace, as SVP of sales and strategy and operations, readmore
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CONFIRMED: Microsoft Freezes Hiring At Xbox And Zune Group (MSFT)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
UPDATE: We've confirmed that Robbie Bach, who heads up Entertainment and Devices (Xbox, Zune, etc), sent out an email last night announcing a freeze at his group. readmore
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Super Angel Ron Conway On Angel Investing (Part Deux)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Fri, 03 Oct. 2008
You guys asked for more from our conversation with Ron Conway. We're happy to obl readmore
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Facebook Redesign Isn't A Disaster For Every Developer: Some Are Seeing Traffic Boom
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Wed, 01 Oct. 2008
Facebook developers have been quivering since the site first announced its redesign: Their worry was that the changes, which are supposed to clean up the site and make it easier to use, would not coincide readmore
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In-Game Ads Coming To Guitar Hero, Other Activision Games (ATVI)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Tue, 30 Sep. 2008
Another big in-game advertising win for IGA Worldwide, which signed an exclusive, multi-year deal to sell in-g readmore
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Can Video Games Save Investors? Not Today
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Mon, 29 Sep. 2008
Conventional wisdom is that Hollywood and the video game business will survive the recession -- "countercyclical" is the word CEOs like to use at investment conferences. The notion, w readmore
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Why Are The ISPs Siding With Hollywood Over File Sharing?
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Thu, 25 Sep. 2008
The entertainment industry is always looking for new ways to stop illegal file sharing, but a new lobby called Art + Labs is an interesting step. Why? Because the lobby is backed by players you'd expe readmore
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Facebook Users: You Get Until Next Week To Complain About The New Design
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Thu, 25 Sep. 2008
Facebook will move its last users over to the new design next week, according to a post on the Facebook developer blog. What readmore
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A Star Among TechStars -- Specialty Foods Web Site Foodzie
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Wed, 24 Sep. 2008
This was a good day to be one of the startups funded by TechStars, the Colorado-based incubator. Not only did a dozen of the newest proteges get to strut their stuff in front of potential investors in Mou readmore
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Indie Music Bigwig: MySpace Music Is Playing Nice With Us
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Tue, 23 Sep. 2008
Last week we heard some vague grumbling from small record labels -- primarily those based in Europe, it seems -- who were readmore
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iPhone Developer: I Just Made $250K From App Store In Two Months (AAPL)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Mon, 22 Sep. 2008
Steve Demeter developed the iPhone puzzle game Trism as a side project, but now he's quitting his day job. Why? Because he says he's generated $250,000 in pro readmore
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Indie Labels Bite The Hand That Used To Feed Them: MySpace Music
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Sat, 20 Sep. 2008
MySpace Music, the JV between News Corp. and three of the four big music labels (no EMI, yet) that should be launching readmore
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An Obscure Google Product That Actually Turned Into Something Useful: GOOG-411 Makes Video Search Better (GOOG)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Thu, 18 Sep. 2008
This week Google announced its audio index - a fe readmore
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Online Video Company Seesmic Gets Rid Of In-House Content, Two Employees
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Wed, 17 Sep. 2008
Seesmic, a startup that allows users to have video conversations via short video clips they shoot themselves, has fired two of its staff of 20-plus. readmore
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22% Of Employers Check Your Facebook Profile When They’re Looking To Hire You. That's It?
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Sun, 14 Sep. 2008
It makes sense that employers are looking on Facebook and MySpace to vet their job candidates -- but it's still a surprisingly rare event. CareerBuilder ran a survey of hiring manager readmore
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After Lousy Launch, Cuil's Product VP Leaves
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Thu, 11 Sep. 2008
That was quick: Barely a month after search startup Cuil opened its doors t readmore
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Not Just The Feds: California, Other States Launch Their Own Google-Yahoo Investigations (GOOG, YHOO)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Wed, 10 Sep. 2008
If the Department of Justice doesn't try to stop Google's (GOOG) search deal with Yahoo (YHOO), state attorneys general just might. California AG Jerry Brown is taking a long look at the readmore
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LIVE: Steve Jobs At Apple's "Let's Rock" iPod Event (AAPL)
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Tue, 09 Sep. 2008
New announcements so far: New iTunes version with updated browsing, NBC coming back to iTunes, HDTV shows on iTunes. Larger capacity iPod 120GB for $249. New iPod Nano with vertical form factor. readmore
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Facebook's Best Bet: Ignoring Whiny Users, Pushing Ahead With New Design
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Tue, 09 Sep. 2008
As Facebook prepares to roll out its new design across its entire user base, some of its more vocal members are increasingly raising a fuss. The readmore
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California So Overrun By Social Networks That They Advertise On Your Car
Vasanth Sridharan via Silicon Alley Insider on Sat, 06 Sep. 2008
How competitive is the social networking business in California? Apparently enough so that sites are giving a shot at offline advertising. After re readmore
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