Archive for February 2008

WooMe

Feb 6th, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Startups

WooMe is a new startup that is the equivelant of speed dating for social networks. A speaker, mic and webcam required you signup and meet 5 people in 5 minutes. You decided who Woo’s you or click the “no thanks” button and they will disappear from your network forever. WooMe startup is a simple concept [...]



Social Graph API released by Google

Feb 2nd, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Data Portability

Yesterday Google released a new API for the “social graph”. You can check out our previous discussions on the social graph here. Google’s announcement of the social graph API plays well with the 2008 theme of aggregation and organization of social media for users. The API will allow users to find and track data on [...]



Microsoft to buy Yahoo $44.6 Billion

Feb 1st, 2008 | By Startup Addict | Category: Web 2.0 and Beyond

The rumors flying around over this past year may very well come true. Microsoft makes a $44.6 billion dollar bid for Yahoo. According to NewYorkTimes that represents a 62% premium to the existing stock prices and places a $31.00 valuation on Yahoo. The stock is already up 59% in pre-market trading for today on the [...]