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| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
| Nimbuzz tie-up with StudiVZ - German Social Network |
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 Nimbuzz - a VoIP, IM and Mobile Communication startup has announced that it will power StudiVZ, the faceBook of GErmany and the largest German speaking social networking site. This will enable StudiVZ users for real time web and mobile communication.
The Nimbuzz powered web and mobile clients is live today for StudiVZ members. The full mobile Nimbuzz portfolio including voice calls, chat, file sharing across popular IM communities will also be available and a link to a bespoke download page will be promoted across the StudiVZ network.
Nimbuzz has entered into a revenue sharing agreement with StudiVZ with income generated from advertisements. Nimbuzz offers a social interaction service combining presence, IM, and VoIP. The free application is available for mobile, PC and Web, enabling calling, instant messaging, file/location sharing across popular IM communities and 23 social networks including Facebook. |
Published on Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:37 PM  |
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| Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
| Subsidized Microsoft Software for Startups |
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 Just last week we saw VCs most successful businessman - John Doerr asking Startups his company has funded to be careful about expenses. Today Microsoft has announced Microsoft BizSpark initiative where in Startups less than 3 years old with less than $1 mn in revenues can join the program and avail almost FREE Microsoft Software for production use.
Startups will have almost FREE access to Windows Client and Server operating system with Microsoft Visual Studio - Programing Language and Tools. They can also use SQL-Server, Exchange Server for e-mails and unified communication development. Additionally they can also avail Microsoft Office suite along with Share Point and Biz Talk Servers.
Enrollmenti s FREE and once you are 3 year old or your revenues cross $1 mn , you pay a $100 exit fee. More details here. Finally the Redmond Giant has woken to competition from Open Source and Free Software Foundation :-) |
| Published on Thursday, November 06, 2008 at 7:03 AM |
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