Tech Town, NC

Mooresville-based Lulu Press announced last week that they will now help authors publish their works in ebook form to be consumed by the most cutting edge literati among us. The new service, called “eBook Optimization,” allows formatting of a high quality PDF to be read on either an iPhone or the much less heralded […]

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TechJournal South is hosting their Triangle area get together next week on Thursday October 18th from 5:30-9:30 at the Durham Centre Building.
The event draws a few hundred members of the information technology and biotechnology sectors. The crowd tends to be a good mix of people involved with web technology, biotech, and some […]

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If you haven’t heard of SeeMeWin.com, then you probably haven’t heard of anything like it either. The premise is simple - watch people scratch lotto tickets, 24/7, hence the name See Me Win. The obvious question is, why in the world would I want to watch that?
Before we answer that, let’s take a […]

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Jason Caplain of Southern Capitol Ventures is being kind enough to host another Meet a VC Day this Friday, September 28th. The event offers entrepreneurs the chance to sit down for a 15 minute meeting with both a VC, Jason, and a successful entrepreneur, ChannelAdvisor’s Scot Wingo. The meetings will be held at […]

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The social entrepreneur meetup this past Thursday was another success, featuring some presentations and an even broader array of attendees. This meetup was officially the seventh get together organized by Ryan Allis and the iContact crew, and they really seem to be building something worthwhile.
The presenters represented both the social activist side […]

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It’s that time again. Time to hang out with some of the most ambitious, intelligent, successful, fun, and lively people in the Triangle area, and try to somehow make them think I’m just like them.
From the writeup on Ryan’s blog it looks like this one should be the most interesting yet, with […]

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Raleigh-based Real Cities Network announced on Tuesday it will sell online advertising for an additional 51 newspapers owned by the Media News Group, adding to the 31 MNG newspapers already represented by Real Cities. With this agreement Real Cities now sells ads for all 82 newspaper website operated by the Media News Group.
This agreement […]

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Lulu.com, the successful self publishing services company based just down the road in Morrisville, NC, is suing the NBC-News Corp. joint venture “Hulu” for trademark infringement. The complaint alleges that the use of the similarly spelled domain qualifies as “unfair and deceptive trade practices and for federal cyberpiracy.” Harsh words.
This is […]

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