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Joe Stump And Graham Blache Launch Sprintly, Project Management Streamlined

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It’s been only a month since SimpleGeo co-founder Joe Stump

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The Vote Is in and Twitter Gets its Tax Breaks. Now, What about Everyone Else?

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The Vote Is in and Twitter Gets its Tax Breaks. Now, What about Everyone Else?

We just got word that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has voted 8-to-3 to approve the Mid-Market incentive plan that would give Twitter– and other companies– a six year payroll tax deferral for net new jobs if they move their headquarters into the city’s most blighted area. The plan will require a...

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WHERE and Bump Partner for Place Recommendations by Tapping Phones

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WHERE and Bump Partner for Place Recommendations by Tapping Phones

Local discovery app WHERE has partnered with mobile startup Bump for a new local recommendations service called Perfect Places. Bump's technology, which lets developers build apps that share data when users tap their phones phones together, is already available in a number of applications including PayPal, HootSuite and a universal remote control. With...

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AT&T Buys Qualcomm’s FLO TV Spectrum for its 4G Network

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AT&T Buys Qualcomm’s FLO TV Spectrum for its 4G Network

AT&T and Qualcomm have announced this morning that AT&T will purchase spectrum licenses from Qualcomm in the lower 700 MHz range for $1.9 billion. The licenses were previously used to to support Qualcomm's FLO TV business, which will be shuttered, network included, in March 2011. According to AT&T, the added spectrum will be...

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Niche Job Board Finds Opportunity in Temporary Employment

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Niche Job Board Finds Opportunity in Temporary Employment

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark . If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here . Name: Urban Interns Quick Pitch: Urban Interns is a national marketplace that connects growing companies with people...

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