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Back in July 2008, we wrote about a company called Paragon Lake that had raised $5.8 million to put kiosks in jewelery stores to help you design custom jewelry. Earlier this year, the company got a new name (it’s now called Gemvara), its CEO departed (it’s now being led by founder Matt Lauzon), and it [...]
Wed, April 7 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
I found one person who has no plans to buy iPad 1.0: James McQuivey, a VP at Forrester Research. He’s less than impressed with Apple’s latest offering and if he buys an iPad in the future it will be in 2011 or beyond (when the second generation comes out). While the “Kindle Killer” chant is [...]
Tue, April 6 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Even a casual glance at new Russian site BigLion shows you that the creators not only copied Groupon’s business model, but they also just ripped the site design and navigation off completely, too. The sites look nearly identical, even down to the smallest details.
What’s more, the practice seems to be accepted in Russia, and the [...]
Sun, April 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Imagine if you walked into a used car dealership and knew exactly how much the dealer was skimming off your purchase. I don’t want to draw a parallel between used car sales and the mobile ad marketplace, but it’s an industry, like many, that could use more transparency. Burstly, an ad manager service, wants to [...]
Tue, March 30 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
