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Google+ Brings Story Suggestions to Mobile Web Publishers
Google announced Monday that publishers hooked into Google+ can use the social network to offer customized story recommendations via the mobile Web. The new product suggests stories to readers based on what’s relevant on a publisher’s site, or if a user is signed in to their Google account, a story on the site that’s currently popular on Google+. The idea, Google said, is to surface the most relevant content for users, while recirculating more traffic for publishers.
Amazon Buys Book Recommendation Site Goodreads
It’s kind of a natural for a company that, despite its many other ventures, still makes a lot of its money selling books.
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Yahoo Brings Jybe Team Back Into the Fold
Yahoo said Wednesday it had acquired Jybe, maker of a personalized social recommendation app, and its five-member team, all former Yahoos. Neither the terms of the deal nor the plans to integrate the technology into Yahoo’s platform were disclosed.Go West, Young Geek: Chris Dixon on Why He Became a Silicon Valley VC at Andreessen Horowitz, and More! (Video)
If you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere.
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Last.fm Founders Are Back to Help Find Interesting Web Content
Last.fm co-founders Felix Miller and Martin Stiksel famously made it easy to passively share what songs you’re playing so you can also track them, and get recommendations. Now they are back with a new start-up called Lumi, which passively records each Web site you visit. The twist is that Lumi is a personal service, built to be anonymous and secure (we can only hope!), for the purpose of finding new content based on previous experiences.Confirmed: Chris Dixon Becomes Seventh Investing GP at Andreessen Horowitz
So it is written, so it shall be done.
New York Techie Chris Dixon in Talks to Be Next Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Every time a cash register rings, a VC gets his wings.
After Declaring It the Future of Yahoo, CEO Mayer Appoints IntoNow’s Cahan to Mobile Kingpin (Internal Memo, Natch!)
That’s Mr. Mobile to you!
What Is Social Commerce? eBay Takes a Stab With Its New Site Redesign.
CTO Mark Carges provided a glimpse of how eBay plans to make the shopping experience more social.
Web Stocks Catch a Break Today, Heading Up in Overall Stock Rally
Not mind-blowing, but Silicon Valley will take it.