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Los Angeles-based Userplane, the division of AOL which develops chat and instant messaging applications, said Monday that the firm’s webchat platform has been ranked number one as the most popular Friendster application. According to Userplane, the firm’s application was used by nearly 800,000 members last month of the Friendster social networking web site. Userplane develops web applications which can be embedded into social networking, dating, and other social web sites.
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The ASR 1000 line powered by 40-core CPU. An analyst praises Cisco for its innovation with the QuantumFlow Processor and its new operating system, the Linux-based IOS XE
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Being more environmentally conscious doesn’t have to mean installing solar-energy panels on your roof or buying a Prius. Here’s a handful of products that could help cut power and save the planet
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Ancient applications can sometimes get in the way of creating Web-based systems that improve businesses. A Burlington, Mass.-based firm takes on the modernization challenge
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The software will allow companies to create communities and let them communicate by a variety of social networking methods. An Info-Tech analyst says the market is currently led by newbie vendors, which large companies don’t always trust
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Half the companies surveyed by Deloitte Consulting said they have outsourcing deals in place but have trouble with their vendor staff and technology. Why the situation is even worse in Canada.
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San Diego-based storage service provider Nirvanix said Monday that it has added Michael V. Wall to its board of directors. Wall was most recently at Intel Corporation, where he was general manager of the firm’s Storage Group. Wall has also served at Cray Research and IBM. Nirvanix is a venture backed firm which provides storage as a service. The firm competes against Amazon and its S3 storage services.
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The William Morris Agency, Accel Partners, Venrock, and AT&T said Monday morning that the firms have agreed to create a new investment firm to seed and grow firms in Southern California. The firms said that a new joint fund will focus on discovering, funding and building companies focused on the “Web 3.0″ consumer media technology arena. According to the firms, the new fund will be managed by Richard Wolpert, previously chief strategy officer of RealNetworks and president of Disney Online. Size of the new investment fund was not disclosed. AT&T is a limited partner in the venture.
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Paul Ryan is founder and CEO of Done Right (www.Done Right.com), a Pasadena-based startup in the lead generation and local advertising industry. The firm is venture backed by August Capital, Mohr Davidow, and others, and recently closed an (unannounced) Series C funding round. We caught up with Paul last week to get the latest on the firm’s services, and also to hear Paul’s contrast between his experience as CTO of Overture Services and running Done Right. Paul spoke with socalTECH’s Ben Kuo.
Thanks for the interview. Can you describe Done Right’s business to us?
Paul Ryan: Done Right is a venture funded startup in the local lead generation space. We generate telephone leads for local businesses, primarily in the home improvement category–for contractors, plumbers, roofers and others like that. We generate leads by using both online and offline media…. (more)
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