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Video Interview With TechStars Co-Founder David Cohen 
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Tue, 06 Jan. 2009
This morning I met with TechStars Co-Founder David Cohen in Manhattan. David is in town for some meetings and also for a welcome session this evening for startups interested in TechStars. Te
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blip.tv Partners With ActiveVideo Networks on TV Distribution
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Tue, 06 Jan. 2009
NY-based online video hoster blip.tv has announced a new partnership today with ActiveVideo Networks. The partnership will bring blip.tv content to the TV via the ActiveVideo Distribution Network. Fina
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Upcoming Interviews: You Have Questions? We Will Get Answers!
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Tue, 06 Jan. 2009
Just a quick update for some upcoming happenings around these parts. Tomorrow morning I will be interviewing David Cohen from TechStars. Later in the week I will sit down with Darren Herman of the newly launched HermanFund.
Tomorrow is also the monthly NY Tech M
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Fox News, CNN Rick Sanchez and Brit Brit Apparently Fall For Twitter Phishing Scam
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Mon, 05 Jan. 2009
We reported this past weekend about the Twitter phishing scam that was hitting the circuit hard. This morning we received reports via Tamar Weinberg and
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Change.org Launches 7 Additional Cause Blogs
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Mon, 05 Jan. 2009
We covered the relaunch of Change.org back in October including their video demo. Founder Josh Levy noted that he believes there is power in
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The Semi-Human Techmeme: A Month Later
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Mon, 05 Jan. 2009
A month ago Techmeme founder Gabe Rivera announced that he hired an editor, Megan McCarthy, to help create a more "edited" Techmeme. Gabe noted in his announc
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Touristr Offers Travel Blogs and Travel Explorer
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Sun, 04 Jan. 2009
Touristr is a startup that has been around for a while but is new to me. Touristr provides a place where you can create stories from trips that you have taken. In the title for this review I said Touristr offers travel blogs which is basi
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Twitter Officially Hits Mainstream; First Phishing Scam Reported
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Sun, 04 Jan. 2009
I guess we can all say that Twitter has hit the mainstream. This afternoon reports have come in about a phishing scam which uses direct messages to push people to visit a site "access-logins.com" based out of China. The site (as seen below via
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Phew! Wikipedia Hits $6 Million in Needed Donations
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 02 Jan. 2009
Wikipedia announced today that they have hit the $6 million needed to keep the service going in fiscal 2009 (ends in July). This is certainly great news for all of the Web 2.0 celebs who have pages on the service! Apparen
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Get Your Subway Footlong Instantly With New GoMobo Partnership
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 02 Jan. 2009
Five... Five Dollar... Five Dollar Footlong - that horrible commercial jingle has now hit the online and mobile scene. NY-based GoMobo has partnered with Subway to provide online ordering. The program
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TWPLY - From Alleged Spammer to Sold on Sitepoint in Less Than 24 Hours
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Thu, 01 Jan. 2009
Earlier today, ultra Twitter master Robert Scoble called Twply a spammer. Twply basically takes any "@" reply messages on Twitter and sends them to your email. It's hard for me to call Twply a spammer because they ask each user if they want to send out a marketing mes
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New Year's Eve 2009 Live from Times Square on Mogulus and Hulu
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 31 Dec. 2008
Can't make it to Times Square this year for the New Year's Eve bash? Don't want to go out in what looks to be a freezing cold, blustery night? Would you rather ring in the new year on Friendfeed or Twitter? I've got two words for you: Mogulus and Hulu.
NY-based online video streaming provider Mogulus has setup a New Year's Eve Times Sq
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Dopplr Lights Up NYC
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 31 Dec. 2008
Dopplr, a social network for travelers, launched a new homepage for New York City yesterday. I used Dopplr when it launched but must admit that I haven't been keeping my travel log up-to-date. From links on FriendFeed, I can tell
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Dopplr Lights Up NYC
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 31 Dec. 2008
Dopplr, a social network for travelers, launched a new homepage for New York City yesterday. I used Dopplr when it launched but must admit that I haven't been keeping my travel log up-to-date. From links on FriendFeed, I can tell
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Did Digg Really Improve Their Ad Targeting?
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Wed, 31 Dec. 2008
Nicholas Carlson at Silicon Alley Insider has an investigative post today where he analyzed the advertising that is running on Digg. At the end of his investigat
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Should Google Reader Disable Mobile Browsing Option?
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Tue, 30 Dec. 2008
Over the weekend CN reader Daniel Hallac and I have been chatting about something he found while browsing CN on his iPhone. Daniel was reading a story in Google
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Joel Spolsky's Fog Creek Gets New NYC Digs
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Mon, 29 Dec. 2008
Fog Creek Software, founded by Joel Spolsky, has moved into their new offices located at 55 Broadway in lower Manhattan. Joel has a post discussing the reasons for the move along wi
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OpenID Announces Election Results and New Community Board Members
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Sun, 28 Dec. 2008
The OpenID Foundation named the winners in the community board elections. Marshall Kirkpatrick has a good post on
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Yes, My Face is On Your Google Blog Search Results
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Sat, 27 Dec. 2008
This morning I received an email from Sean Percival that searches for his name returned my photo (from the Twitter Song). Tonight MG Siegler also "found out" that my photo is displayed
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Fox Expert: Anyone Can Be a Web Designer (video)
Allen Stern via CenterNetworks on Fri, 26 Dec. 2008
Back in 1997, I was approached by a recruiting firm in NYC to create a "test" for HTML. They were placing tons of HTML coders but many times the clients would call the recruiter because the coder was using a WYSIWYG tool when the coder said they were a hand-coding expert.
Yesterday on the Fox show, "The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet", expert Lesley Spencer Py
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