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Newest Pligg Venture BizSugar: Social News for Business

May 24, 2010 By 8 Comments
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I've been an avid fan of Pligg CMS for a long time now. It's an open source project, allowing anyone to download and run their own social news community similar to Digg and Reddit. I have my own case study for Pligg as well, and recently BizSugar has caught my attention. The domain and brand of BizSugar has been included on "web 2.0 site" lists and directories for a long time now. However, the recent re-branding and marketing campaign done by the BizSugar team has launched the site into … [Read more...]

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Digg, Inc. Lays off 10% of Company Staff

May 7, 2010 By 1 Comment
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In a blog post this morning by Kevin Rose, it appears as though Digg has cut roughly 10% of their staff. Layoffs have been made to around 12 employees, and it was difficult on the entire staff to part with many members. Digg has done nothing but grow over the past few months, so it's surprising to see a reduction in their team. It seems as though there are still many engineering positions open for the platform, and Digg, Inc. is actively still interested in hiring for jobs. … [Read more...]

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Behind the Scenes with Template Monster’s CEO David Braun in 2010

April 28, 2010 By 12 Comments
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Template Monster has really made a name for itself over the past couple of years. Growing into the leading provide for website templates, clearly the company's CEO David Braun is doing something right. I've been a huge fan of Template Monster for years now and have written about their blog earlier this year. However with 2010 kicking around, I was intrigued to hear about how Template Monster is doing and where they may be heading. I've got a great interview with David below, discussing future … [Read more...]

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Microsoft Office 2010 Outlook has some New Digs

April 18, 2010 By 7 Comments
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With Microsoft's official release of Office 2010 being pushed out of Beta, I'm excited to see where they plan on going next. I've been running 2010 beta since they released them for download months ago, and I've been more than pleased with all of it! The biggest noticeable change is with Outlook, my favorite e-mail client. I currently run 4 inboxes through Outlook, and all of them are easily organized and simple to keep track of. The newest features in Outlook allow for so much customization … [Read more...]

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Google Merges Startup Visual Search Engine Plink with Google Goggles

April 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Google has taken another step forward in visual and image search after acquiring UK-based startup Plink. Having only launched 4 months ago, Plink is a visual search engine which you can download as an Android app and take a photo of a picture to find out more information about it. Plink has a lot of info in their official blog post, but it appears as thought he developers will keep Plink available for download but instead shift focus towards Google's equivalent Google Goggles. … [Read more...]

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Jay Adelson Steps Down as CEO of Digg.com

April 6, 2010 By 1 Comment
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In a recent blog post entitled simply "Update from Jay", it has been officially announced that Jay Adelson will be stepping down as Digg's CEO after 5 prosperous and amazing years. Jay has done an amazing job as CEO, and I firmly believe Digg wouldn't hold it's current success status today if it wasn't for his ideas and inspiration. Although Jay doesn't state any specific reasons for this choice, he does have virtue and motive to do so. As quoted FTA, "With the new Digg getting ready to … [Read more...]

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Interview with Professional XHTML/CSS Slicing Company Slicejack

February 26, 2010 By 8 Comments
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PSD Conversion is a very high-paying business. Many amazing designers know how to work through Photoshop but just don't have the time or haven't learned how to code their designs into XHTML and CSS code. This is where many popular companies come in to help, the most popular being psd2html. I got an interview with the founder and creator of Slicejack Toni Trivkovic. He has some really inspirational words for those who are looking to get into the slicing business. It's a very high-paying market … [Read more...]

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