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CEO Mike Yavonditte Explains Why Hashable is Not Lame

New York startup Hashable got an extensive video treatment by Building43. Michael Yavonditte, CEO of the relationship-tracking company, faces tough questions from Robert Scoble, including his initial reaction to check-in software: “That’s sort of weird, or lame… Why would you check in on a person?”

Mr. Yavonditte maintains that there are people who Read More

By Adrianne Jeffries 12/30/10 11:46pm

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Q&A Site Quora Is Everybody’s New Favorite Thing

The question-and-answer site Quora was founded by former Facebook employees, lauded from the start for being smarter than Yahoo Answers, and is valued at $86 million.

Despite the fact that it’s been trolled by tech journalists for almost a year, Quora’s userbase had been growing slowly and quietly until it started Read More

By Gillian Reagan 6/16/09 8:29pm

Ann Curry Defends Foreign Correspondents, Twitter; Rick Sanchez Defends CNN

Ann Curry was on fire.

“Here’s what’s pissing me off,” she said, leaning forward in her chair. She was jabbing a pale finger at the audience of more than 350 new media types who had unfolded their laptops at the 140 Characters Conference on June 16th.

“The reason I have to Read More

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