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Motricity to leave Durham for Bellevue WA; Layoff 250 employees

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

This is not breaking news, but one of the Triangle’s most successful tech startups, Motricity, is moving their headquarters at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham for the greener pastures of Bellevue, Washington. Motricity has been both a symbol of the kind of success tech companies can have in the Triangle area, and of […]

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A great, optimistic post for startups

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Marc Andreesson has a truly sunny post today about the outlook for startups in a post YHOO world. Some people are bemoaning the potential loss of a silicon valley stalwart that helped set the playful tone for companies that came after it, especially one that did so much for the advancement of exclamation points […]

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Tags: Venture Capital · Media · Tech · Entrepreneur · Blogging

Ryan Allis Wants YOU to Help End Poverty and buy his Book

January 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ryan Allis, the Triangle area wunderkind, iContact CEO, and host of some of the best meetups in the land wants to add another item to his resume - Bestselling Author. Ryan’s written a book called “Zero to One Million” about how he built a company (two companies actually) to the level of $1 million […]

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Tags: Global · North Carolina · RTP · Venture Capital · Media · Tech · Entrepreneur

Hulu is actually pretty great

January 14th, 2008 · No Comments

I finally got around to trying out my beta Hulu account and, I have to say, it’s pretty damn good. The initial reaction to the venture was, of course, skeptical, but now people seem to be coming around. It’s even been nominated for best video site by the Crunchies.
The key for […]

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Tags: Google · Media · Tech · Entrepreneur

Happy Halloween Techies

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

There aren’t many places that celebrate Halloween like our local Chapel Hill, so in honor of the holiday we thought we’d put together a compilation of the best, most notable Halloween logos sprucing up our favorite websites. If you’ve found one of your own, feel free to submit it to us at tips@techtownnc.com.

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Tags: Global · Google · Just for Fun · Media · Tech

The Daily Show 2.0

October 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment

One of the few shows that I will actually tolerate ads for is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. However, Viacom and their $1 billion lawsuit against Google and YouTube made it difficult to find the best and freshest clips from the show.
Up to now the best place to watch these shows […]

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Tags: Google · Just for Fun · Media · Tech

SeeMeWin Relaunch Goes Live Tonight

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments

For anyone who read my post last week about life-casting lotto website See Me Win, there is good news. The site, which had been down for some redesigning, will be broadcasting live starting at 10PM tonight. I got a message from one of the site’s founders, Duke grad Breck Yunits, saying that they’ve […]

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Joiku is not Jaiku, so what is Joiku?

October 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Along with the rest of the blogosphere I’m well aware of the good fortune$ of micro-blogging startup Jaiku, and its recent acquisition by Google, so when a press release landed in my inbox today for something called “Joiku,” it caught my eye. The rather odd copy reads thusly:
“Joikusoft Oy Ltd. today announces Joiku.com, a […]

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