Daily Archives: Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Start-up acquisition article generator

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Start-up acquisition article generator: Matt McAlister is one funny guy. He’s created a fill-in-the-blank news-story generator for articles with this headline: “[STARTUP] gets acquired by [BIGDOTCOM] for $[LOTSOFMONEY].” Technorati Tags: web2.0 Related posts: Andrew’s predictions for 10,000 BC (using Matt … Continue reading →

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Trend story?

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Trend story? Stories about CEOs departing their companies over options-granting issues are piling up in my RSS newsreader. Already this morning, McAfee and CNET CEOs have left their buildings. And controversy continues to swirl around Apple’s option “irregularities.” Technorati Tags: … Continue reading →

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What are Google’s prospects in the small business marketplace?

Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 by Rex Hammock

What are Google’s prospects in the small business marketplace? Another day, another Google announcement. Via eWeek’s Steve Bryant, comes this: “Google will announce tomorrow at the Office 2.0 conference a new product called Google Docs (docs.google.com), which will merge Writely … Continue reading →

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