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Bill Clark is the CEO of Microventures, a startup fundraising platform that uses crowdfunding to allow investors to invest between $1,000 to $10,000 in startups. He also manages the venture capital firm MicroAngel Capital Partners. You can follow him on … Continue reading →

Research in Motion’s stock price fell 6% on Wednesday, after the company announced its latest setback — a delay in the system update for its PlayBook tablet. RIM wants to make sure it is “confident we have fully met the … Continue reading →

Coldplay will stream a live concert today at 4 p.m. ET on YouTube, through the American Express Unstaged performance series. Early online viewers of the concert, which is actually in Madrid, will be treated to a documentary made by Anton … Continue reading →

Pig King Breanna Hughes also sent us this great carving featuring the Pig King of Angry Birds fame. Mashable Reaction: On Halloween, we don’t know how the Pig King could be so angry. There are parties and free candy! Click … Continue reading →

Two BlackBerry models — the Bold 9900 and the Curve 9360 — have been approved for MasterCard near field communications payments. The two devices join the Samsung Nexus S 4G as the only mobile phones that interact with the platform. … Continue reading →

I needed sunglasses, the prescription kind. I hadn’t owned a pair in years, but this past summer I finally became fed up with squinting and wincing while daytime driving. Lo and behold, a few days after I decided to invest … Continue reading →

It looks like earlier rumors are true: Flipboard is indeed getting into TV and film — starting with The Colbert Report. The iPad app, which has long been posited as a social newsreading magazine, welcomed Comedy Central’s Colbert Report Wednesday. … Continue reading →

Sociable Labs, a startup focused on integrating social actions and social sharing into ecommerce websites, emerged from stealth Wednesday with $7 million in funding, as it launched its ROI-Guided Social Design, an ecommerce tool. The San Francisco-based startup was one … Continue reading →

Gamification, the use of gameplay mechanics for non-game applications, is transforming online news into an engaging, social and fun activity. It’s quickly becoming the next frontier in web and mobile technology. But what makes gamification successful? Simply put: motivation. By … Continue reading →

1. Punchbowl’s Halloween Digital Greeting Cards We’re such fans of Punchbowl’s ecards we’ve included two in this roundup. With the look of traditional cards, but great contemporary designs, they are a seriously classy way to say “Happy Halloween.” Click here … Continue reading →