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SlideShare Gets $3M for Online Presentations

Thu, 08 May 2008 06:30:18 +0000

Source:Mashable!
Do you love the functionality of Web 2.0, but you hate all the rounded corners? Then we definitely have the new startup for you. Mobog, a site you might already be familiar with from their rise to prominence back in 2004, has been relaunched today, after an extended hiatus last year. The site originally undertaken […]

Source:Mashable!
Digg is once again ready to do another virtual Townhall meeting with the users of the popular democrat news promotion engine. This time it’s scheduled for Monday, May 12th at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST. Just like last time around, we’ll be airing it here at Mashable and liveblogging the event.
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Source:Mashable!
Presentation-sharing community SlideShare has raised $3 million in Series A funding, led by Venrock. David Siminoff, a partner at Venrock, has also joined SlideShare’s board of directors. Siminoff has joined the ranks of some of the other industry vets that make up SlideShare’s investors and advisory board, which currently includes Guy Kawasaki (founder […]

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SlideShare Secures $3M for Embeddable Presentations

Thu, 08 May 2008 04:30:03 +0000

Source:TechCrunch
Sometimes the simplest ideas are best. While a number of startups are working to bring the whole process of creating presentations online, SlideShare recognizes that many people are mostly satisfied with PowerPoint or Keynote. They just want an easy way to share their traditional presentation files with others.
So the company took the YouTube strategy of […]

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SlideShare Slammed with DDOS Attacks from China

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:30:03 +0000

Source:TechCrunch
SlideShare, a Mountain View-based startup that lets you upload and embed PowerPoint presentations on the web, appears to have stirred the red dragon last week.
About ten days ago the company began receiving anonymous requests to delete slideshows that were deemed “illegal” by the requesters. The SlideShare staff checked out these slideshows and discovered them to […]

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