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The death of Pownce seems to have been a big news-getter. It’s unclear why except that star-power was behind the company (Kevin Rose of Digg, Ariel Waldman, Leah Culver). As noted in the myriad of echo chamber articles here, here, here, here, here and here (left unlinked because our policy is not to

Isn’t that headline scary?  Yes, Pownce is shutting down… now, for the 99% of you who have no idea what/who Pownce is, I’ll fill you in. Kevin Rose, the man behind Digg, hinted for a while back in 2007 that he was working on a secret project, and on June 27, 2007, it was revealed to be a new

Much-discussed startup Pownce Inc. is shutting down its service and has been sold to blog software maker Six Apart Inc., according to posts from Pownce co-founder Leah Culver and Six...

Pownce, the microblogging service often compared to Twitter, has been acquired by Six Apart. According to the company blog, the service will be shutdown on December 15th, while the main Pownce team – Leah Culver and Mike Malone – will join Six Apart.

Another one bites the dust? Pownce, a would-be Twitter rival that was heavily hyped due to the involvement of Digg co-founder Kevin Rose, is closing its doors in two weeks. It's not quite going away, according to a post from Pownce founder Leah Culver on the start-up's official blog.

Casual game site Iminlikewithyou will soon start selling virtual goods, founder and CEO Charles Forman (pictured) tells Tech Confidential in our Behind the Money video interview.Games on the mulitplayer site, such...

I hate that I’m writing this post, but I’ll be damned if this service goes unnoticed by any of the 13 readers of my blog. I’m lying. I actually love that I’m writing this. Passion like this doesn’t come frequently to me, so when it’s here - I’m tapping it. As the post title suggests I’m talking about uSocial.

Kevin Rose Apologizes for Sexist Joke on Diggnation Digg / Tech Industry News Mon, 11/24/2008 - 18:30 Digg founder Kevin Rose issued an apology this morning for statements he made on the latest edition of his video podcast Diggnation.

I will admit it, I’m a huge fan of Diggnation, and this is a pretty cool day for all other fans.  Diggnation has partnered with BitGravity and unveiled this new Multicast service.  You can see if yourself by using this link: http://revision3.com/remix/ Watching it right now.

This week’s $250 million funding for vacation home rental listing company HomeAway Inc. was the largest web-related venture capital investment since the bubble days at the turn of the millennium. But it also contained a provision that signals how the lack of venture exits may be causing some