Monthly Archives: July 2010
Michigan Auto Co. EcoMotors Company Receives $23.5M From Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures
EcoMotors International has raised $23.5 million from Menlo Park based VC firm Khosla Ventures founded by Vinod Khosla and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. This new round of funding will allow EcoMotors to complete the engineering and testing of the Opoc engine.
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The Bumpy Rise Of A Start-Up [INFOGRAPHIC]
HackFwd, a European VC firm has put together this interesting infographic that explains how start-ups work. Start-ups have to endure a good amount of frustration and those involved in these types of companies are some of the most hard working.
Categories HackFwd, Infographics
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Twitter Hires Katie Jacobs From The White House
Twitter has hired Katie Jacobs. Jacobs worked at Google and the White House and State Department. Jacobs will work at Twitter’s California office where she will be working on international and business strategy. In 2003 Jacobs worked at Google as the Product Manager of Google Finance. [TechCrunch]
Categories Katie Jacobs, The White House, Twitter
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Xactly Raises $7.5 Million
San Jose, California based company Xactly is a software company that has raised $7.5 million in funding. This is Xactly’s fifth round. Xactly plans to raise a total of $12.5 million according to an SEC filing.
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Pulse2 Social Media Update
We have just created a Facebook Fan Page for Pulse2.com that is connected to our RSS feed. Between our Twitter, RSS readers, e-mail subscription, and newly created Facebook Fan Page, we have many thousands of readers.
Below are several ways you can connect with us on Twitter
- Twitter (@pulse2dotcom)
- Facebook Fan Page
- RSS Feed
- Daily E-Mail Subscription
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The Huffington Post Acquires Pollster.com
The Huffington Post has acquired Pollster.com from poll firm YouGov Polimetrix. Pollster pulls political polls from big polling firms and integrates them into their own charts. This is The Huffington Post’s second acquisition within the last 3 weeks, the first being Adaptive Semantics. [paidContent]
Categories HuffingtonPost.com, Pollster, YouGov Polimetrix
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Best Buy Offers Brian Maupin His Job Back, But He Doesn’t Take It
Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY) planned to fire Brian Maupin for making a couple of videos that refer to Best Buy. Initially we believed that he was going to be fired over a couple of videos where he made a couple of salespeople rip on the HTC EVO and the iPhone 4. Maupin was given a stay of execution of his hourly job, but he decided not to go back to the job. “I’m not sure if it would be comfortable returning to Best Buy considering the circumstances… but I will definitely consider all options,” said Maupin. Maupin said he decided not to go back so that he could “survey my current career plans.” Below are a couple of videos that Maupin made:
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Categories Best Buy, Brian Maupin
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How To Make An iPad Stand Using Pencils and Rubberbands
Geeky Gadgets has posted an innovative way to build an iPad stand on the cheap using nothing but pencils and rubberbands. While Griffin charges you $50 for the A-Frame tabletop stand for the iPad, this DIY idea could cost you nothing assuming you have some leftover pencils and rubberbands at home. Simply tie the pencils with the rubberbands as displayed in the image below.
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This Is The Right Way To Post A Couch On Craigslist [SCREENSHOT]
This is the first time I’ve heard of a couch being described as “full of awesome.” This is definitely the right way to get rid of unwanted furniture on Craigslist.
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Talk About Arcane Apple Topics At The Friend Bar [VIDEO]
The Onion has done a parody on the Apple Genius Bar. The Apple Friend Bar allows customers to talk to Apple employees about the most mundane topics, even after store hours through the use of a call center. Check out the video below (after the jump)
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Categories Apple Inc., The Onion
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