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ADISN: The ANTI-ad network.

Written by Angela Wilson Gyetvan on July 16, 2008 at 12:59 pm

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They have the coolest homepage you’ve ever seen.   They have a tiny bit of attitude:  Their tagline is “break up with your ad network.”  And that attitude is well-deserved:  they could very well be the killer app of the Web 2.0 era.
That’s because ADISN is a next-generation ad network that uses relationship data from the [...]

AOL: Leading the Pack

Written by Angela Wilson Gyetvan on July 15, 2008 at 12:23 pm

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So, we’re sure you’re all aware that iPhone mania is in full swing this week.  But did you realize that AOL is involved?  The company has released three new iPhone OS applications that all you original iPhone holders and you lucky new 3G owners are sure to love:  AIM (you’ve heard about AIM haven’t you?  [...]

Thanks to Growthink.

Written by Angela Wilson Gyetvan on July 14, 2008 at 12:44 pm

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Twiistup is all about emerging businesses, which is why we love companies like Growthink, which actually help give us emerging businesses to celebrate.  (In a way, because of Growthink, we get to party by the pool! Why, thanks, Growthink!)
Growthink is a leading strategic consulting, advisory and investment banking firm to growth companies.  They’re headquartered [...]

Let’s Hear it for Independence: DMX

Written by Angela Wilson Gyetvan on July 10, 2008 at 4:03 pm

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So, we all know that July is the month when we celebrate the good old US of A’s birthday.  But did you know that there’s a second independence-fostering entity that also celebrates its birthday in July?  It’s called DMX, or Direct Media Exchange, and the company is officially two years old this month.
Why is this [...]

Magnify360: It’s the User Experience.

Written by Angela Wilson Gyetvan on July 9, 2008 at 1:46 pm

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Forrester Research publishes a high-profile and highly-desirable-among-those-wonky-analysts report called “Hot Companies to Watch.”  And they are extremely (extremely!) selective about whom they include.  Last April, only seven companies made the list.  Among them is a gem called Magnify360, whom we are delighted to welcome to Twiistup4 as a sponsor.
With Magnify360, it’s all about the user.  [...]

Now, a word from our sponsor: FreshBooks

Written by Angela Wilson Gyetvan on July 9, 2008 at 12:12 pm

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We knowledge workers tend to be an unruly crowd, often preferring to work as freelancers or start our own companies, rather than submitting –horrors!–to the demands of “the man.”    Unfortunately, that sometimes means that we need to get “the man” to pay us.  The team at FreshBooks has felt our pain (having been through it [...]