Ello announces funding, public benefit corporation conversion and promises to never sell ads or user data in a letter to users. The Foundry Group, Bullet Time Ventures, and FreshTracks Capital provided the funding. Seth Levine from Foundry will be joining the board and states the full support for Ello’s Manifesto and business model on his…
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Apple’s Topsy turvy deal
The speculation about Apple’s motives in the Topsy deal started as soon as Apple announced they were buying the self-proclaimed realtime search engine for the social web. So why did Apple buy them? Or better yet, why isn’t it clear why Apple bought them? If Twitter had bought Topsy, there would be little of this…
Best of 2010
It’s that time of year, when everyone was to put out their best of 2010 list. Here is my Best List of the Best of 2010 List. Let’s start with Esquires 102 things to be proud of in 2010. Best of 2010: Things that made us proud Esquire PMA’s Best Songs of 2010 Pretty…
Comcast and Level 3 Square Off Over Netflix and Regulation
Level 3 has decided to take it’s negotiations with Comcast to the masses and the federal government. The issue is about the cost of delivering content across each other’s networks, or is it? Comcast claims it is a Peering Issue and the Netflix agreement has caused Level 3 to outgrow the settle-free arrangement the two…