ScoreBig Uses Priceline’s Model to Name Your Own Price for Live Events

Here’s a little secret that sports teams and music venues don’t want you to know: They are quietly unloading tons of tickets online for up to 60 percent off. And, now there’s an app for that.
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L.A. Stories: HipSwap Tries to Take the Creepy out of Craigslist (Video)

The mobile app-heavy service allows anyone with stuff, including boutique merchants with quirky stuff to move, to quickly snap photos of items, price them and then — presumably — sell.
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Klout Acquires Local App Blockboard

Social media influence scorer Klout has made its first acquisition: A local app maker called Blockboard.
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Sound Bites From the SOPA Strike

A roundup of some of the interesting comments made about SOPA and PIPA during today’s Web-wide protest against the bills.
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One Start-Up’s Adventure in Figuring Out the Price of a Used Chair

Priceonomics, a small company that aspires to be the Kelley Blue Book for everything, tells the tale of how it sold four used Aeron chairs to another tech start-up, for a profit of $300.
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Second Life Founder Tries Bringing Aspects of the Virtual World to Real Life

Coffee & Power, started by the founder of Second Life, launches an online marketplace that allows people to buy and sell small tasks — or to meet in person at a company-owned cafe in San Francisco.
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Will the Local Social Network of the Future Be More Like Facebook or Twitter?

Even for a hermit like me, it seems evident there are local social opportunities beyond deals and check-ins. It’s an area ripe for social Web and app development. But what’s the best approach?
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Feds Probe eBay Over Craigslist Spat

The ongoing feud between eBay and Craigslist over the size of the e-commerce giant’s minority stake in the online classified Web site has finally drawn the attention of the U.S. Justice Department. Reuters reports that the agency is looking into allegations that eBay used its Craigslist board seat to gather intelligence that could be used to launch a rival service.

Jetsetter Knocks on HomeAway’s Door by Adding Vacation Homes for Rent

Jetsetter, the upscale travel site associated with the Gilt Groupe, is trespassing on HomeAway’s turf by entering the vacation home rental business.
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Move Over, Craigslist: Airbnb Launches Sublets for Longer-Term Rentals

Airbnb, the fast-growing online accommodations service, is expanding an offering to allow users to more easily book longer rentals of a month or more.
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New TechNet CEO Rey Ramsey Speaks!