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<title><![CDATA[Why check in to TV shows Misoa4a4s new answer: For the deals]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Whenever I talk about apps that allow users to share what they&amp;'re watching with friends by a4Achecking ina4 to a TV show, the first question anyone asks me is, a4Why the heck would I want to do thata4 Social TV startup Miso has been exploring different answers to that question, such as special content, and it unveiled a new one today &amp;8212' a promotional deal with home shopping company QVC.As a marketing effort for QVCa4a4s program The New Black Friday, Miso users who check in to the QVC channel between 8pm on Thanksgiving and the end of the day Friday will get a link to a special product deal that&amp;'s only being offered to Miso users. The San Francisco startup says it wants to keep the exact deal a surprise, but it will involve a kitchen or food product.This follows yesterdaya4a4s announcement of a deal with Universal Studios Home Entertainment. To promote the upcoming Despicable Me DVD, Universal will have a4Aminionsa4 (characters from the movie) appear on various TV shows, starting with the Macya4a4s Thanksgiving parade. Users who check in to those shows can win points (also called minions, which is, yes, kind of confusing) that can be redeemed for prizes at the MinionMadness.com site.When Miso launched, bloggers (including me) called it a4AFoursquare for TVa4 because it mirrored many of the features of Foursquare and other location check-in services. By adding deals, Miso is again following the lead of its location-based brethren. And as with location services, Miso can presumably offer these deals as a way to both increase user engagement and earn money. Facebook just added deals to its Places service.The company has raised seed funding from Google Ventures and various angel investors. (Investor Georges Harik also invested in VentureBeat.) It&amp;'s competing with a number of other products, including Comcast&amp;'s new Tunerfish service.Previous Story: Acer announces its answer to iTunes: AlivePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: social TV, TV check-insCompanies: Bazaar Labs, Miso, QVC          Tags: social TV, TV check-insCompanies: Bazaar Labs, Miso, QVCAnthony is VentureBeat's assistant editor, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining VentureBeat in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneur Corner: Modern marketing and smart hiring]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Herea4a4s the latest from VentureBeata4a4s Entrepreneur Corner.M&amp;amp'A: Can you back out when a better deal comes along a4&quot; If youa4a4ve agreed to a deal and another, better offer comes along later, can you back out Attorney Scott Edward Walker looks at the restrictions of letters of intent a4&quot; and offers advice on things you should keep in mind when drafting one.Mastering the art of modern marketing a4&quot; Marketing is as much about analysis as it is about creative work these days. Byron Deeter, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, looks at new trends in the marketing world a4&quot; and how they could redefine the role of CMO.5 things to ask yourself when hiring a4&quot; Your team is your most important asset. Serial entrepreneur Will Herman offers five questions to keep in mind as you look to expand and interview candidates.Think your start-up doesn&amp;'t have IP risks Think again. a4&quot; Patent infringements can be the death knell for a startup. Jonathan Fritz, a partner at Michael Best &amp;amp' Friedrich, LLP, tells you how best to protect your company from inadvertently stumbling into a lawsuit.Essential qualities of a successful business &amp;8211' Startup success comes down to two things: Execution and people, says serial entrepreneur David Marshall. Ideas have little to do with it a4&quot; and business plans are even less important.Next Story: How GetGlue plans to dominate TV check-ins (and more) Previous Story: Sony&amp;'s Home virtual world hits 17M users and finds a business model in virtual goodsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: entrepreneur corner          Tags: entrepreneur cornerChris Morris is editor of the Entrepreneur Corner on VentureBeat, helping start-up business owners launch and grow their companies. He previously worked at Yahoo! Finance, where he was managing editor, and as director of content development at CNNMoney.com. He is also a widely respected journalist in the video game and technology fields, whose work has appeared in Variety, CNBC.com, AOL and Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter at @MorrisatLargeVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Verizon to combat (iPhone) data hogs by throttling mobile data]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Verizon  is preparing for an expected onslaught of mobile data usage  from new iPhone customers by throttling data for the top 5 percent of users &amp;8212' the so-called &amp;''data hogs.&amp;'' It&amp;'s also compressing data files transmitted over its wireless  network, according to a Verizon memo (PDF) revealed by the mobile site Boy Genius Report. Clearly,  Verizon is trying its best to avoid appearing like AT&amp;amp'T, which saw  its network take significant hits in performance after the introduction  of the iPhone. Verizon is also home to powerful Android phones like the  Droid series, and ita4a4s preparing 4G devices to launch in a few months,  so the new policies should help the carrier manage data hogs across all  platforms.According to the memo:If you use an extraordinary amount of data and fall within the top 5%  of Verizon Wireless data users we may reduce your data throughput speeds  periodically for the remainder of your then current and immediately  following billing cycle to ensure high quality network performance for  other users at locations and times of peak demand.Penalizing  data hogs for two months seems excessive, especially since ita4a4s unclear  what the dividing line is between the top 5 percent of data users and  everyone else.As for the file optimization, Verizona4a4s memo reads:We  are implementing optimization and transcoding technologies in our  network to transmit data files in a more efficient manner to allow  available network capacity to benefit the greatest number of users.  These techniques include caching less data, using less capacity, and  sizing the video more appropriately for the device. The optimization  process is agnostic to the content itself and to the website that  provides it.The  memo goes on to say that the company will do its best to make sure the  optimization doesna4a4t impact the appearance of content on your mobile  device, it may end up having a minimal quality hit.Assuming  Verizon doesna4a4t go overboard with its compression settings, optimizing  files could actually be a great method for dealing with wireless network  strain. Most users arena4a4t aware of the sizes of files that theya4a4re  playing, which leads them to access files that arena4a4t really optimized  for mobile devices. By re-encoding those files into something more  efficient for its network, Verizon can surreptitiously make its service  appear faster and more reliable without the need for costly upgrades.  Ita4a4s a technique I suspect other mobile carriers will soon adopt as  well.Next Story: How to kill a good idea: Motorolaa4a4s Atrix 4G Laptop Dock to cost $500 Previous Story: Hearsay helps companies embrace a local approach to social mediaPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 3G, 4G, Android, bandwidth, data, iPhone, smartphones, throttlingCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, Verizon          Tags: 3G, 4G, Android, bandwidth, data, iPhone, smartphones, throttlingCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, VerizonDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Campus Dibs raises funding to become the college Groupon]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[A New York startup called Campus Dibs just raised angel funding for its plans to take the group-buying craze and tailor it to college students.Those students can already take advantage of the deals on popular sites like Groupon and LivingSocial &amp;8212' in fact, Campus Dibs founder and chief executive Garren Givens said group buying and college students are a4Aa match made in heaven.a4 But those students have unique product needs. So there are some businesses (like textbook sellers) who want to reach that audience, and others (like a spa or a golf course) who are probably less interested.Campus Dibs offers group deals, where a certain number of customers need to commit to a deal before ita4a4s activated, and flash sales, where the product has to be purchased in a short period of time. Theya4a4re also divided into campus-specific deals for students at the colleges where Campus Dibs already has a strong presence (like Yale and New York University), and national deals aimed at all college students regardless of their location.The site launched last year. The company says past deals included textbooks from Barnes &amp;amp' Noble, devices like the Kindle and the iPad, and study aids like eNotes. The team hopes to crank out a number of new features before the end of the school year, Givens said, particularly to offer better deals through personalization and curation. However, Campus Dibs isn&amp;'t purely focused on academics or limited to a specific geographic, so it should still be able to offer deals over the summer.The $450,000 round comes from undisclosed angel investors.Next Story: Palantir&amp;'s third black eye: i2 lawsuit settled Previous Story: Nvidia earnings focus on the transformation from PCs to mobile chipsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: group buyingCompanies: Campus DibsPeople: Garren Givens          Tags: group buyingCompanies: Campus DibsPeople: Garren GivensAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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