Raptr Gaming Network

 

Raptr has two components. A Windows based software download that keeps games up to date automatically, and a website social network that pulls game data in from the client as well. The product is similar to Valve-only Steam, although it has a lot more to offer users and is developer agnostic. Today, Raptr supports 1,000 titles, including World of Warcraft – Steam has a hundred or so.

The website is a game-centric social network. Users add friends and can see what games they are playing, installing, updating, uninstalling, etc. You can also see what games your friends are playing right now.

Raptr looks at the games you play, and how much time you spend, and compares that data to other players to recommend other games to you that you might like.

Via Raptr Gaming Network Opens For Private Beta

Lovely places to visit in US if you don’t die tomorrow 1 :p

Death Valley:

Devils Tower:

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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park:

Mt. Hood:

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Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Me.dium – a social web browsing experience

 

Me.dium is a web browser plug-in for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer that turns web browsing into a social experience. It gives you a personalized map of the Internet showing where you are, and what web sites your friends are visiting in real time.  You can use it to discover new people and places that are relevant just to you. It also allows you to surf with friends in real-time. It’s just like hanging out in the real world, but online

Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: Me.dium – a social web browsing experience

Building Your Social Network Site

 

Flux,  Ning & KickApps

 

Via Flux Takes Off

Google Trends: silverlight, asp.net, ajax

 

Google Trends: silverlight, asp.net, ajax

TheFunded Creating Database of VC Term Sheets

 

Venture capitalists already don’t much like TheFunded, a site that launched last March that lets entrepreneurs post stories about how they’ve been treated during the fund raising process.

But now they’re really going to be angry – the site is encouraging users to upload term sheets so that people can compare and contrast individual terms from each VC.

Via TheFunded Creating Database of VC Term Sheets

Y Combinator

 

Y Combinator is a new kind of venture firm specializing in funding early stage startups. We help startups through what is for many the hardest step, from idea to company.

We invest mostly in software and web services. And because we are ourselves technology people, we prefer groups with a lot of technical depth. We care more about how smart you are than how old you are, and more about the quality of your ideas than whether you have a formal business plan.

Y Combinator