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A group of Swedish startups won the first ever international ‘city versus city’ pitch battle on web TV series This Week in Startups, beating…
Can anonymous lists help Active Gifts win at Social Gifting?
Some people think that social gifting is the next big thing in tech. Hell some even think it’s the future of ecommerce. One of…
Ad Dynamo goes on a Brazilian adventure
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Looqiloo turns everyone into an infomercial host
Ever wanted to be an infomercial host, but never figured out how? Then Looqiloo might be the right site for you. The site’s developers…
The rise of Woza Online: 10K websites in just two months
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Yola boss Vinny Lingham steps down to launch new startup
Well-known Silicon Valley-based South African web entrepreneur Vinny Lingham has resigned as the CEO of Yola, the internet startup he founded about five years…
Emerging market fund launched for digital media innovation
A well-known New York-based fund that focuses on emerging market media has launched an early-stage fund for entrepreneurs developing digital news and information businesses….
New virtual prepaid card looks to bring online shopping to the masses
There was a time when you needed a credit card to shop online. Then a few pioneers engaged in some technical wizardry and brought…
Body Thrills: doing eCommerce the natural way
Natural Body product company Body Thrills launched recently launched its eCommerce play. The site, formerly a blog with a basic ordering form, has rebranded…
The next Facebook, Google, Twitter to come from Latin America?
Fernando Madeira is the co-founder and CEO of Terra, the largest internet company in Latin America. He boasts that the “next Twitter, Google, Facebook”…
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