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Seattle Scientists Developing Mosquito Laser Gun With Target Lock

By Amit Chowdhry ● Mar 15, 2009

A group of Seattle scientists developed a mosquito laser gun with a target lock.

The Crystal Ergoripado Vacuum Costs Over $19,000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 24, 2009

The Crystal Ergoripado Vacuum has a retail price of over $19,200.

StumbleUpon Hits 7 Million Users

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 6, 2009

StumbleUpon, the social bookmarking site acquired by eBay, has hit 7 million users.

Bill Gates Lets Mosquitoes Loose At A TED Conference

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 5, 2009

At a TED conference, Bill Gates released a bunch of mosquitoes to make a point about malaria.

Cygnus Systems Sues Microsoft, Google, And Apple For Preview Thumbnails

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 28, 2008

Cygnus Systems is suing Microsoft, Google and Apple over an alleged patent violation.

Court Allows First Order By Verifying Facebook Accounts In Australia

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 17, 2008

The Supreme Court of the ACT in Australia has accepted the first court order made by verifying contact info through Facebook.

Former Yale School Of Management Dean Joel Podolny To Run Apple University

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 22, 2008

Quadrangle Capital, WI Harper Group, And Novel TMT Ventures Delivers $35 Million To Mail.com

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 22, 2008

Mail.com has raised $35 million in a fourth round of funding from Quadrangle Capital, WI Harper Group, and Novel TMT Ventures.

Google: 1.5 Million HTC G1s Have Been Pre-Sold Through T-Mobile

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 10, 2008

Google has sold out of 1.5 million HTC G1s through T-Mobile via pre-orders.

A History of Google Acquisitions And Where They Are Today

By Amit Chowdhry ● Oct 4, 2008

Here is a history of Google's acquisitions and how they were integrated into the company.

Massive Digg Ban For Using Greasemonkey Scripts

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 18, 2008

Digg is banning users who are using Greasemonkey scripts.

Testing Gmail’s New Forgotten Attachment Detector

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 16, 2008

Gmail has added a forgotten attachment detection feature.

Wedge Partners Predicts Major Layoffs at eBay

By Amit Chowdhry ● Sep 14, 2008

Wedge Partners is predicting major layoffs at eBay.

Scrabulous Relaunches Under A New Facebook App Name Called Wordscraper

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 30, 2008

Scrabulous has been relaunched under a new name called Wordscraper.

Microsoft Bans Coder From Making Vista Emulator Theme For iPhone

By Amit Chowdhry ● Jul 29, 2008

A developer who posted a Windows Vista emulator received a cease and desist letter from Microsoft.

Kraft Foods Launches Social Network uPumpItUp With Mandy Moore As Spokesperson

By Amit Chowdhry ● Feb 19, 2008

Kraft Foods has launched a social network called uPumpItUp with Mandy Moore as their spokesperson

National Lampoon and Capazoo Partner Up

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 25, 2007

National Lampoon and the Capazoo social network have partnered

Funny Or Die Raises $15 Million

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 24, 2007

Funny Or Die has raised $15 million in venture capital funding.

Rumor: Wasserman In Talks About Sportnet Sale

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 24, 2007

Wasserman is reportedly in talks with a number of brands for a sale of Sportnet.

iLike And Qloud Find A Home On Hi5 Via OpenSocial

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 23, 2007

Hi5 launches music applications through a partnership with iLike and Qloud

Social Networks Bebo And Digg Hire Financial Brokers

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 20, 2007

Digg and Bebo are have reportedly hired financial brokers to seek acquisition deals.

Google Video Can Now Index External Videos Via Sitemaps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 18, 2007

Google has announced a new feature called Video Sitemaps

Amazon.com Invests In Bill Me Later

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 12, 2007

Amazon.com is investing in Bill Me Later

Classifieds Site Edgeio Auction Beginning At $250,000

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 11, 2007

Edgeio, a classifieds website co-founded by Michael Arrington, has been put up for sale with a starting bid of $250,000.

Mark Zuckerberg Apologizes To Users About Beacon

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 6, 2007

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has apologized to users about Beacon.

AIM And Gmail Partner On Integration Feature

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 6, 2007

AIM and Gmail have been integrated with each other via Google Talk.

Professional Social Network NetHooks Look To Take LinkedIn Head-On

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 5, 2007

NetHooks is a new professional social network that is looking to compete again LinkedIn head-on.

News Corp Acquires BeliefNet

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 4, 2007

News Corp has reportedly acquired BeliefNet

IMDb Files Trademark For Term ‘SoundUnwound’

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2007

IMDb has filed a trademark for the term 'SoundUnwound,' which covers social networking services for music enthusiasts.

Google Presentation In Ann Arbor Reveals 2008 Strategies For Apps

By Amit Chowdhry ● Dec 2, 2007

Google delivered a presentation in Ann Arbor that revealed its 2008 strategy for Google Apps.