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<title><![CDATA[Rumor: iOS 4.3 to arrive Thursday, support subscription-based apps]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If the rumors are true, iOS 4.3 will make it so you don&amp;39't have to individually buy each issue of a digital magazine or newspaper.(Credit:Conde Nast)Magazines and newspapers are migrating to iOS devices (most notably theiPad) at a steady clip, but there's one problem: publishers don't have a way to sell subscriptions--not yet, anyway.That may change with the arrival of iOS 4.3, which is rumored to be arriving (or at least announced) as early as this Thursday, December 9.As CNET's Joe Aimonetti reported last month, this build was already in the works when Apple rolled out iOS 4.2. And despite the latter's brief delay, it appears iOS 4.3 may still arrive on schedule (at least if you believe the rumor mill's version of Apple's schedule).Unlike 4.2, which introduced a host of new features (like AirPlay and AirPrint), 4.3 will include just one major addition: subscription billing, which would allow content providers to charge weekly, monthly, or annually for subscriptions.Currently, iOS supports only single app payments, meaning you have to make a new in-app purchase every time you want the latest issue of, say, &quot;Wired.&quot;According to eWeek Europe, &quot;further fuel was added to the fire when The Guardian newspaper used a blog to reveal a new subscription-based app, which it said would be released soon.&quot; (Actually, the blog in question doesn't specifically mention a subscription-based app, but rather subscription pricing--not quite the same thing.)Even so, given that so many high-profile publishers have already introduced apps to convey their content (check out Richard Branson's Project), it's a no-brainer that Apple will give them the iOS tools needed to better monetize it. At this point, it's really just a matter of when.And if you believe Gadgets and Gizmos, the big day will be this Thursday, so Apple can steal a bit of thunder from whatever Sony announces that same day (possibly aPlayStation phone).What are your thoughts on iOS 4.3 Think it'll drop this week And are you ready to start paying for digital editions of your favorite print mags Me, I want to keep my print editions but also get the iOS versions as part of my paid subscriptions. What say you, publishers (I'm guessing, &quot;Er, no.&quot;)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dialed In 151: LG's blowin' up (podcast)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 08:10:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This week's episode of Dialed In is brought to you by the letters L and G, as in LG Electronics, because the company has certainly dominated the headlines these past few days. LG looks to be making a big push in the smartphone market, as it continues to release new smartphones for the U.S. market, including possibly the first Android device to have a dual-core chipset. Plus, U.S. Cellular and Cellular South detail their LTE plans--well, sort of--and we come to the defense of basic cell phones. All this and more on this week's Dialed In. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eighth grader knocks Angry Birds out of the top free spot on the App Store]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Angry Birds and its variants have dominated the top ranks of iPhone games for the past year. But on Thursday, a game called Bubble Ball ousted Angry Birds: Seasons from the No. 1 spot on the App Store&amp;'s top free apps list.Bubble Ball is the work of 14-year-old Robert Nay, an eighth grader in Spanish Fork, Utah, and his mother Kari. Robert Nay managed to take a free version of Angry Birds Seasons &amp;8212' which has become a cultural phenomenon with tens of millions of downloads &amp;8212' down with his very first iPhone game. On Thursday alone, Bubble Ball (right) was downloaded 400,000 times. Since its launch on Dec. 29, the game has been downloaded 1.5 million times. The top paid app is still Angry Birds.That&amp;'s pretty good for a solo effort. By contrast, Angry Birds was created by a team at Helsinki-based Rovio, which has dozens of employees and has made more than 50 mobile games since 2003. The iPhone has had lots of hits by independent game makers. But it is still a surprise to hear of a 14-year-old scoring such a big hit. And it shows that being clever still pays off.Nay has toyed with programming in the past. But he found that creating an iPhone game was easy thanks to tools such as the Corona SDK from Ansca Mobile, which lets users create graphically rich applications and games for the iPhone, iPad and Android. A free version lets users create sophisticated apps such as side-scrolling games with physics effects. A paid $349 version lets you publish to the App Store.Nay learned Lua, the language Corona uses, which was much easier than doing a game in Objective-C, the programming language for most iPhone games. A number of big game studios such as Electronic Arts and Tapulous use Lua to make sure their games are efficiently programmed.Nay did the work on the programming and the art and his mother helped him by designing most of the game levels. After being encouraged by a friend to create an app, he started work in November. The game has bare-bones graphics, where you try to get a ball to roll from one part of the screen to another by manipulating objects such as a stick or a triangle.The game went live on the iPhone on Dec. 29 and then the Nays uploaded it to the Android Market about a week and a half later. Corona allows developers to create a game and publish it to both platforms.On Android, the game hasn&amp;'t taken off. But it has grown steadily on the iPhone. Ansca Mobile highlighted the game as its &amp;''app of the week&amp;'' last week, and interest in the title kept on building. At this writing, it&amp;'s still No. 1 on the top free apps list.At some point, Nay says he&amp;'ll try to make some money by creating in-app purchases, or virtual goods for sale, inside the game. Ansca Mobile still has to add the feature that will allow the Nays to do that. Once they do, they can start cashing in on all of the traffic and attention that is sure to come.Next Story: Why 2011 will be do-or-die for TV Previous Story: Social Network creators compliment Zuck on Golden Globe stagePrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Angry Birds, Bubble Ball, iPhone, iPhone gameCompanies: Ansca Mobile, ApplePeople: Kari Nay, Robert Nay          Tags: Angry Birds, Bubble Ball, iPhone, iPhone gameCompanies: Ansca Mobile, ApplePeople: Kari Nay, Robert NayDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.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[Intel will go hog wild, spending $9B on chip factories in 2011]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Intel said today it will spend $9 billion on chip factories and other capital improvements in 2011, far above the $5 billion in spent in 2010.The company made the disclosure in its fourth quarter earnings report, which set a new record for the world&amp;'s biggest chip maker. Intel has never been timid about spending money during downturns. But now that we are in a full-blown recovery, as evidenced by the company&amp;'s strong sales of $43.6 billion in 2010. Intel&amp;'s capital spending plans are closely watched because Intel is the biggest spender on chip equipment. If Intel is bullish, other chip makers are also likely to spend more, creating a boom in chip equipment sales for vendors such as Applied Materials. The spending also shows confidence in the future, as each chip factory can take two years to build.Each huge chip factory costs Intel around $2.5 billion. The picture above shows a new chip factory that Intel built in China. Intel said it would also spend about $7.3 billion on research and development in 2011. That amount includes the research the company has to do in order to develop the manufacturing process for its newest factories.The spending is all the more staggering when you think that Intel spent $7.68 billion to acquire security software vendor McAfee. Even with that diversification, Intel has the cash to spend on factories. Intel has $16.7 billion in cash and short-term investments.In 2011, Intel generated $16.7 billion in cash from operations and returned $5 billion in cash dividends to shareholders. Intel is starting to spend money on 22 nanometer factories. Currently, the company makes chips using a 32-nanometer manufacturing process. It expects to grow 32-nanometer production from three huge factories to four in 2011.Stacy Smith, chief financial officer at Intel, said that the company&amp;'s move from a three factory model to a four factory model explains why Intel is spending more money in 2011. Intel is growing its revenues quickly and that also necessitates the added investment in capital spending. Otellini said that demand for the 22-nanometer Intel chips is expected to be outstanding.Next Story: Intel CEO isn&amp;'t scared of Windows on ARM Previous Story: Capping its best year ever, Intel reports record Q4 earningsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: capital spending, chip factories, chip manufacturing, chipsCompanies: IntelPeople: Paul Otellini          Tags: capital spending, chip factories, chip manufacturing, chipsCompanies: IntelPeople: Paul OtelliniDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.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[Google to lure enterprise users by copying Microsoft Exchange data to the cloud]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google announced today that it is launching a service called Google Message Community that will serve as disaster insurance for Microsoft Exchange users, backing up their email and contact data into Google applications.The search giant isn&amp;'t one to shy away from pulling business from Microsoft and its Exchange products. In fact, it even offers a service to directly transition from Exchange over to Google&amp;'s enterprise applications.So why is Google warming up to Microsoft now Well, this could be another chance for Google to get its enterprise products in the hands of potential customers. If a Microsoft Exchange server goes down, Google Message Community users can log into Gmail and Google Calendar and move on with their lives. The hope is probably that users will see Gmail as a little more reliable than Microsoft Exchange, and make the switch.And that reliability can be critical for larger businesses that rely on Microsoft Exchange servers and a consistent email service. Email outages can cost larger businesses upwards of $90,000 every year, according to Osterman Research. For smaller companies using Microsoft Exchange, an email outage can mean losing the company&amp;'s (possibly) only communication tool.The service will cost $25 per user per year, or $13 per user per year for current Postini users. The backup service stems from Google&amp;'s acquisition of Postini, a provider of security for email in a cloud environment, back in 2007. Google paid $625 million for the company when it didn&amp;'t have a very robust suite of enterprise applications.Next Story: Chinese startups profit big from US IPOs Previous Story: With Angry Birds at the top, Apple releases its top iTunes content of 2010PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: disaster, disaster insurance, email, Microsoft ExchangeCompanies: Google, Microsoft          Tags: disaster, disaster insurance, email, Microsoft ExchangeCompanies: Google, MicrosoftMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francsico, Calif. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron.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[Google Announces Chrome OS Pilot Program, 12.1 Inch Notebook&nbsp'Cr-48]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Today at this morning&amp;'s major Chrome event, Google has just announced that Chrome OS&amp;8230' isn&amp;'t done. It still has work to do with camera drivers (for notebook USB ports), finishing Google Cloud Print, and more. But it wants to get the notebook into early adopters&amp;' hands, so it&amp;'s announcing a new Pilot Program.  Google will be distributing a notebook called Cr-48. These are not for sale, they are designed as a test unit.Consumers will be able to apply for this, however, but Google isn&amp;'t giving it away to just anyone. On its Facebook Fan Page, they ran a promotion a couple days, announcing a sticker for a Chrome laptop, if you did that quiz, you have a chance of winning a notebook. If you go to youtube.com/googlechrome and make a video showing why you&amp;'re an ideal candidate for this, you&amp;'ll have a chance to snag a notebook. And everyone in the audience at today&amp;'s event is getting one (everyone claps). And if you don&amp;'t fall into any of those buckets, you can go to this page to apply.The CR-48 is supposed to boot in 10 seconds, includes a webcam, and 12-inch LCD display.  It is 3.8 pounds with 8 hours of battery life and an entire week of standby time, according to Google&amp;'s marketing materials.  Eventually, manufacturing partners will make Chromebooks you can actually buy in stores.Google will also be deploying this to some partner businesses, including American Airlines, Kraft, Virgin America, the Department of Defense and more. CrunchBase InformationGoogle Chrome OSInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Speaking Of&8230' TRON: Legacy &8211' Interviews with Cast &amp' Crew, Part 1 &amp' 2&nbsp'(TCTV)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ok TRON fans, have I got a treat for you!I just returned from a two day TRON press event with some awesome interviews from the creators, cast and crew of TRON: Legacy and the original TRON. I asked many of the questions Ia4ssolicited from TechCrunch commenters a4sand everyone seemed to love them &amp;8212' especially Jeff Bridges. I mean, maybe they say this to everyone, but his handlers said they had not seen him that animated until our question came along.Bridges was also pretty excited to talk about the tech involved in the making of TRON: Legacy. He took on the project of making the movie with enthusiasm when he realized he could do much of the acting without cameras by using motion capture. a4sKeep a look out for his interview in part 3&amp;amp'4 along with the super sexy and awesome Olivia Wilde!Part one (video below) includes interviews with Steven Lisberger, the original writer and director of TRON and co-producer of TRON: Legacy. I asked Steven this question from TechCrunch reader &amp;''hmbguy&amp;'':&amp;''[I] watched the original while in high school. It was a BIG reason I went  into computing, the other being Tracy Kidder&amp;'s &amp;''Soul of a new machine&amp;''.a4sI&amp;'m  curious to know if the original cast thought their movie would have  such a huge impact. From what I&amp;'ve heard that&amp;'s where we get cron on  Unix as well.&amp;''The second half of part one includes interviews with Bruce Boxleitner, who is well known for his roles as Alan Bradley and title role Tron in the original TRON movie as well as Bruce Sheridan in Babylon 5' and James Frain who plays Thomas Cromwell in Showtime&amp;'s The Tudors as well as Clu&amp;'s evil sidekick in TRON: Legacy. I loved all of my interviews, but I would have to honestly say that I loved theirs the most. They were super animated and Bruce even got into character for a moment, which was really cool. Boxleitner was genuinely stoked that TRON has inspired a lot of people to get into technology.The first half of part 2 features Beau Garrett (House, former Guess model, Fantastic Four), Michael Sheen (Underworld, Frost/Nixon) and costume designer Christine Bieselin Clark who also designed costumes for Watchmen (she is an avid TechCrunch reader &amp;8212' go Christine!!)My focus on the 2nd half is around the glamor of the TRON fashion world. Beau Garrett plays a role as one of the sirens (I&amp;'ll explain what these beautiful women do later..) in TRON and Michael Sheen is in charge of the End Of Line club. Christine led the team that put together the amazing outfits featured in the movie and she&amp;'s a true geek and was excited that we were actually interested in how everyone fit into those suits and still looked amazing' let&amp;'s put it this way &amp;8212' there&amp;'s a LOT of compression. She doesn&amp;'t advise that any of us try this at home and suggests that we become familiar with Home Depot and some reflective tape for our own suits. If you decide to take her advice, just be careful that you don&amp;'t end up looking like TRON Guy&amp;8230'.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Social media tracker Tynt gives developers content in real-time data streams]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Social media tracker startup Tynt has launched a new application program interface (API) that allows developers to access their content through real-time data streams, as the rush to put more information in the hands of smartphone users heats up.Tynt works with online publishers and websites to track and analyze data about the sharing activity of their users.The new API is the first initiative ofTyntLabs,as the company debuts new data tracking tools through itsTyntInsight feature and makes them available to developers and users.San Francisco-based Tynt also unveiled its new Content Discovery feature, where visitors can see top stories, popular search terms and images of in the sections of celebrity, how-to, New York, sports, technology and travel.It simultaneously announced its new Geo-location service, which shows the specific areas, images, search terms and stories that people in New York are most closely following.CEO and co-founder Derek Ball (pictured) told VentureBeat that Tynta4a4s new approach to interactive services is trying to find a way to harness the overall creativity flourishing in a lightning-fast developer environment.a4AOur internal researchers are finding fascinating patterns in the aggregate data and we have so many ideas for what amazing applications could be built,a4 said Bell. a4AWe simply cana4a4t create them all, so it will be very interesting to see what kind of applications others choose to build on our data.I am confident that the best apps will result in positive traffic flow for our publisher partners and great insights for the end users of those applications.I think one of the most interesting possible areas is mobile.a4Tyntcurrently offers two APIs, a Category API, where developers see a real-time stream of content related to six popular categories, and a Keyword Search, where developers engage real-time information streams based on keyword searches to figure out how users are interacting with a websitea4a4s content.Bell said he believed that targeting mobile apps will almost certainly be the next target for both developers and companies catering to businesses trying to quantify how their websites are engaging users.a4AI think one of the most interesting possible areas is mobile. Steve Jobs recently said a4Search hasna4a4t happened yet on mobile devices,a4a4 and he indicated that apps would be where people would go for their data,a4 said Bell.a4AIf you are building the ultimate app for any passion you might have, imagine being able to tap into a human curated set of the best content around that passion.a4Next Story: Verizon pushes for rewrite of &amp;''antiquated and anti-competitive&amp;'' US telecom law Previous Story: Skyfire launches first mobile browser for &amp;''the social networking generation&amp;''PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: advertising, API, developers, location based services, mobile apps, Social Media, social networkingCompanies: tynt labsPeople: derek bell, Steve Jobs          Tags: advertising, API, developers, location based services, mobile apps, Social Media, social networkingCompanies: tynt labsPeople: derek bell, Steve JobsRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting.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[ In Dublin, cargo bikes will ensure business deliveries during construction - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cargo bikes have already proved to be a viable option for business deliveries around the year in France and Geneva, and soon they''ll become commonplace in Dublin as well while the city undergoes some major construction. Specifically, while a new public transport project is under way in the city, local businesses will be encouraged to use cargo bikes rather than trucks or vans to make their deliveries.Road closures and other traffic glitches are expected to occur during the building of the new Metro North public transport line, so Dublin is taking proactive action. Over the next few months, the Dublin City Council will be introducing a fleet of cargo bicycles in the hopes of helping businesses navigate around the roadworks. Capable of carrying loads of up to 180kg at a time, the bikes will offer a green solution while still allowing deliveries to be made. Currently, the City Council and the Dublin City Business Association are asking businesses to register their interest in using the bikes, which should hit the streets during the next 18 months, according to a report yesterday in The Journal. In the longer term, there is also a plan to keep cargo bikes available for use in pedestrian areas, The Journal reported.Dublin did just celebrate the one-year anniversary of the establishment of its city bike sharing scheme, so bicycles are already a common sight on the city streets. What particularly impresses us, however, is the city''s foresight in seizing the Metro North project as an opportunity to introduce cargo bikes to businesses that might not otherwise consider them. Other cities around the globe: follow Dublin''s example, and carpe diem when you can for some eco-minded changes of your own! (Related: Pedaled by two, a cargo bike for hauling furniture.)Website: www.dublincity.ieContact: customerservices@dublincity.ieSpotted by: The Journal<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gamification company GreenGoose to close $500,000 funding round tomorrow]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Gamification company GreenGoose will close a $500,000 funding round tomorrow after its popular presentation at the Launch Conference in San Francisco today. Its product demo attracted a series of angel investors, investor Bill Warner said on stage during the conference&amp;'s awards ceremony.The company won the best overall startup award for Launch Pad companies at the conference a4&quot; those are the startups that were offering demos in the pit outside of the presentation room at the Launch Conference. GreenGoose wasn&amp;'t scheduled to present, but judges liked the company so much that it was brought on stage.Investors include Jason Calacanis, the Launch Conference host, and Warner. Late-stage venture capitalist Jay Levy and angel investor Shervin Pishevar committed $100,000 in funding to GreenGoose last night during a crazy on-stage fundraising event.The company makes stickers that users put on things like drinking bottles, vitamin bottles and toothbrushes. They then register with GreenGoose online to start collecting points. Whenever someone takes a drink of water or brushes their teeth, the site awards points. Therea4a4s also an accelerometer that measures how long users exercise, and awards points for that. The batteries in the stickers last for around a year.Next Story: Room 77 and StackOverflow win Launch&amp;'s big prize Previous Story: Get ready for the most social DEMO everPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: GreenGoosePeople: Bill Warner, Jason Calacanis, Jay Levy, Shervin Pishevar          Companies: GreenGoosePeople: Bill Warner, Jason Calacanis, Jay Levy, Shervin PishevarMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. 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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