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Last.fm Starts Paying Royalties to Unsigned Bands

Online music service Last.fm today announced that it will start paying out royalties to unsigned and independent bands that upload their music to last.fm. Artists will earn royalties whenever their...

It's Official: There Is No Bubble

Yesterday we analyzed the financials of the 7 publicly traded Internet Big Cos. There was nothing bubbly there, with an average PEG of 1.4. So the next stop is the "middle 20". These are publicly...

Search Flickr Images by Color With the Multicolr Search Lab

Flickr, a popular photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo!, has a ton images available for browsing through. You can search for photos in a multitude of ways including by user, tags, title keywords, and a...

After Lively, What's Next for Google?

Yesterday, Google released Lively, a browser based virtual world somewhat reminiscent of The Palace from the mid-90s. A lot of people have been wondering why Google would be interested in entering...

Medialets Launches iPhone Ad Platform: Think DoubleClick for iPhone Apps

The iPhone isn't just a mobile phone, it's truly a next-gen computing platform. Although all mobile devices run an OS and are essentially mini-computers, the iPhone is arguably the first device to...

DreamFactory's Collaboration Suite Now Available on Intuit's QuickBase

DreamFactory's suite of Enterprise 2.0 applications consists of a Project Management module, a Time and Expense Module, a Document Manager, and a Team Calendar. (See our coverage of their launch...

New: ReadWriteWeb Companies

Here's another new feature we're launching: ReadWriteWeb Companies. It's a company index, powered by TradeVibes. Now whenever we write a review of a startup, you may see a RWW Companies widget at the...

Can Browser Add-ons Be Businesses?

Full disclosure: Alex Iskold runs a browser add-on company called AdaptiveBlue. Also Fred Wilson, who is cited in this article, is a partner in Union Square Ventures - an investor in Alex's...

Microsoft: Every Dollar of Piracy Costs Small-Fries Five Bucks

Microsoft released a sponsored study this morning that aims to quantify the economic impact of piracy on related small businesses in the software ecosystem and identifies sales of software licenses...

Getty to License Images from Flickr Users

Yahoo and Getty Images announced a partnership today which will allow Getty to contact Flickr users and offer them to add their images to Getty's collection. Getty would then license these images and...