After Raising $1.6M, SimpleReach Launches To Become The PageRank Of Social | Why Windows 8 could be the next Vista | Charge master | To Fight Off Airtime and Google+ Hangouts, Facebook Tests Adding Video "Call" Button To Profiles | Can these four Korean startups make a splash internationally?

After Raising $1.6M, SimpleReach Launches To Become The PageRank Of Social

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Pivoting is a part of life for startups. But, generally speaking, most entrepreneurs aren’t going to go out of their way to pivot right when their business starts taking off. But that’s what SimpleReach did. The startup’s first product, The Slide, is a simple widget that lets publishers recommend similar content at the bottom of articles. In just a few months, it was adopted by thousands of publishers, like Freakonomics.com, sparknotes.com, disinfo.com, The Washington Times, and SF Gate — to name a few.
Yet, in spite of strong early growth and graduating from AngelPad’s accelerator program, they decided to pivot. They froze all new signups to The Slide and turne[...]
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Why Windows 8 could be the next Vista

Posted by VentureBeat
Thinking about Windows 8 fills me with a strong sense of unease. Whether it’s the thought of using the OS on my desktop on a daily basis or the coming backlash by consumers when the OS lands, it distresses me on more levels than it should. Windows 8 could very well be the next Vista.
Plainly said, Windows 8 is Microsoft’s attempt to make Windows everything to everyone in the new mobile-focused landscape. It will work on tablets, laptops, desktops, and any type of hybrid device manufacturers can produce. It will work with touch screens, keyboards, mice, or even a stylus. It’s extremely versatile — and that’s both a blessing and a curse.
Microsoft launched the Rel[...]
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Charge master

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To Fight Off Airtime and Google+ Hangouts, Facebook Tests Adding Video “Call” Button To Profiles

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Desperate to increase video chat usage, Facebook is testing out a “Call” button on top of people’s timeline profiles. I don’t think I’ve received a Facebook video chat since Facebook partnered with Skype to launch the feature a year ago, but now that might change. If a friend is online on the desktop version of Facebook, those in the test see a “Call” button next to that friends name on their profile , while previously a tiny videocamera icon in the text chat window was basically the only way to start a video chat.
Facebook seems to have realized it needed to highlight the feature, otherwise when people want to smile and laugh with friends face to f[...]
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Can these four Korean startups make a splash internationally?

Posted by VentureBeat
South Korea is in the midst of revitalizing its startup community. It is moving away from a stigma of failure�and encouraging more youngsters to forgo the traditional notion of school in exchange for entrepreneurship. Indeed, many in Korea believe the only path is to finish your degree and then work for one of the country’s powerhouses: Samsung, LG, or Hyundai.
But those who attended the beLAUNCH conference in Seoul this week see it differently. Five prizes, including a free ride to the DEMO conference, were awarded to promising startups Thursday, with that spirit of progressing farther than a predictable job at Samsung or LG. Here are the winners:
KnowRe is an education technology sta[...]
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