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0 With 32M kids online, Moshi Monsters invade toy market (video)

Hybrid models of online games and toys are getting fashionable. Yesterday, Mind Candy announced that its Moshi Monsters online game characters are now...

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0 LAUNCH Conference Prize Money Hits $151K

The prize money for Jason Calacanis' LAUNCH Festival technology conference has hit $151,000, after early stage venture investor Venture51 agreed to...

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0 Jason Calacanis: "Blogging Is Dead" & Why "Stupid People Shouldn't Write"

"Blogging is largely dead."

"There are a lot of stupid people out there ... and stupid people shouldn't write."

"There needs to be a better system...

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0 Downsizing Its Video Team, Mahalo Refocuses On Education Apps; Plans To Release ‘An App A Week’

It's been a rough year for Mahalo. The startup, which was founded by Jason Calacanis in 2007, began its life as a human powered search engine that...

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0 Mahalo Cuts 25 Percent

Santa Monica-based Mahalo, the online content and information site run by Jason Calacanis, has laid off 25 percent of its employees, according to a...

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0 Calacanis: Yahoo Should Buy Mahalo For $150M

How much is Santa Monica-based Mahalo worth? According to Jason Calacanis, in a blog post, $75M to $150M. In a list of 10 acquisitions he suggested...

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0 Advertisers Ramping Up on Local Spending, Popular News Aggregator Reports

Contrary to the beliefs of some Internet entrepreneurs, local news and advertising is not dying. If advertising professionals can be believed,...

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0 Blog - How the Human-Curated Web is Winning, Even if Mahalo Isn't

As social replaces search, humans show their superior ability to defeat the web's spammers and disinformation

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0 Jason Calacanis: "Blogging Is Dead" & Why "Stupid People Shouldn't Write"

"Blogging is largely dead."

"There are a lot of stupid people out there ... and stupid people shouldn't write."

"There needs to be a better system...

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0 Tune in Today to ReadWriteWeb's 2WAY Summit

ReadWriteWeb is holding its 2WAY Summit today and tomorrow at Columbia University in New York City.

We have a full program today, and we'll be...

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0 As Expected, Google's Changes Are Bleeding Demand Media & Other Content Farms

About a year ago, there were all these complaints about how sites like Demand Media were "cluttering" up the internet. However, as we predicted at...

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0 Experian Hitwise: Google's Panda Takes Big Bite Out Of Content Farms

Experian Hitwise reports that downstream traffic to content farms has taken a big hit since Google's Panda initiative went into effect.

Panda is a...

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0 Introducing the Totally Awesome ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit Main Stage Speakers

Over the past several weeks we've been feverishly putting together our biggest event ever: the 2WAY Summit. While we'll be launching our full event...

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0 Open Angel Forum Looks To Expand

The Open Angel Forum, the angel investment group started by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis, is looking to expand, according to the group. The group said...

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0 Calacanis Drops TechCrunch50 Lawsuit

Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com, and organizer of the recent Launch conference, has dropped his lawsuit against TechCrunch...

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0 Mahalo Chops Headcount, Says Report

Santa Monica-based Mahalo, the online human-curated news and search site headed by Jason Calacanis, has cut 10 percent of its staff, according to...

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0 Following Google’s Algorithm Change, Mahalo Lays Off 10% of Staff

Mahalo, the human-powered search engine and directory, has been hit hard by Google’s recent algorithm changes, site founder Jason Calacani…

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0 Calacanis, Arrington In War Over Launch, Says Report

A report last night from the Atlantic Wire says that Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com, and Michael Arrington, the founder of...

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0 Time For Quality over Quantity: Jason Calacanis Hits Out at Demand Media and Content Farms

I came across this very interesting video of Jason Calacanis speaking about his pivot strategy of Mahalo at the DLD in Munich last month. Calacanis...

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0 A Look Back On Andrew Keen's Failed Predictions

In writing my recent post about the failure of Google's Knol, I went back to look at what I had written previously about it and I dug up a post from...

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