Startups Is the Real Revenue in Printing Money and Trading Sheep? While many large communities continue to chase ad revenue and subscription models, I can't help thinking the real money is in virtual currency and goods. Yesterday we featured an article about Beijing and the fact that TenCent (one of the country's most successful social networks) makes 90% of its revenue from virtual goods. With China alone… Dana Oshiro View comments
Tips Weekend Reading: <em>The Dip</em> by Seth Godin Quitting is one the easiest things there is to do. When we face a challenge that appears insurmountable, we would sooner give up and try something else rather than push through the pain of that challenge. But the truth is, trying something else is only going to lead towards another challenge, and becoming a serial quitter is most definitely not the… Chris Cameron View comments
Startups HTML5 is Great for Mobile, Developers Say The iPad has been this week's media darling with active discussion about the device's merits, a look at how it fails to encourage AR innovation and of course, this morning's announcement of a developer fund. Although it's exciting from a consumer standpoint, between the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and now the iPad, application developers have their… Dana Oshiro View comments
Browsers Weave Goes 1.0: Firefox Gets an Official Bookmark Syncing Tool Mozilla just announced that Weave, its official synchronization tool for Firefox, has just hit version 1.0 and is now generally available. Weave is a free browser add-on that can seamlessly sync bookmarks, saved passwords, browsing history and open browser tabs between different computers that run Firefox. Weave also runs on Mozilla's mobile… Frederic Lardinois View comments
Startups Startup Finance: 4 Online Invoicing Resources With the end of the month rolling over this weekend it is the time when some begin preparing their monthly invoices to bill clients. Theses days there is no shortage of online tools to help with financing and invoices, so we thought we would take the opportunity to point out a few tools to help you get your weekend work done quickly and… Chris Cameron View comments