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EXCLUSIVE: FriendFeed readying RSS accelerator

Update, 7:30 p.m.: FriendFeed Inc. co-founder Paul Buchheit has published a detailed explanation of the social networking aggregator's planned Simple Update Protocol. In a nutshell, he describes it as a...


Riot Games scores $7M Series A and Mitch Lasky on board

Mobile game pioneer Mitch Lasky, who joined Benchmark Capital last year as a general partner, is backing game startup Riot Games Inc. Benchmark Capital and FirstMark Capital LLC are funding Riot Games' $7 million Series...


Facebook vet Matt Cohler joins Benchmark Capital

Matt Cohler, an early employee of Facebook Inc., will join Silicon Valley venture capital firm Benchmark Capital in the fall as a general partner. Cohler is not cutting all ties...


Miles Electric Vehicles names Kevin Czinger CEO

Miles Electric Vehicles named Kevin Czinger, who is both a seasoned executive and an experienced investor, as president and CEO Thursday. Czinger's background includes serving as a senior executive with...


Balderton Capital scores on Bebo sale, but could it have done even better?

The sale of social networking firm Bebo Inc. to Time Warner Inc.'s [TWX] AOL division for $850 million is a big win for Balderton Capital, the European venture capital firm...


Mayfield Fund leads Gigya Inc.'s $9.5M Series B

Advertisers including Kimberly-Clark, Levis, MTV, Sprint and Toyota are increasingly using "widgets," clever little online applets, to market their brands, says Eyal Magen (pictured), cofounder and CEO of Gigya Inc. The company, which...


Google's fab four launches FriendFeed with a $5M Series A

FriendFeed Inc. on Tuesday is launching publicly after a private beta test and announcing a $5 million Series A round. Like dozens of other companies, FriendFeed is trying to leverage...



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Editor's letter: Nov. 16, 2009

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