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Swap-O-Matic: The Bartering Vending Machine

If you see something you want behind the Swap-O-Matic’s glass display, cash or cards aren’t even an option. Instead, you’ll need to pick something you don’t need anymore, and offer it up for trade (the device relies on the honor system).

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Adventures in Airtime: What Seven Strangers Think of the Service

Napster co-founders Sean Parker and Sean Fanning are working together again to push the boundaries of video on the Internet. We called up seven strangers on Airtime to see what they thought of the new service.

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Meebo Slow Cooked To $100 Million Sale

Online chat client Meebo grew organically, relying on word of mouth and a deliberately-paced test phase to maintain a stable trajectory, according to co-founder Seth Sternberg. That strategy paid off this week, when Google acquired the service for a reported $100 million.

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LockerDome Secures $1 Million In Six Weeks

Sports social networking platform LockerDome announced today that it has secured more than $1 million in a round of funding led by Louis Arch Angels in St. Louis.

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Hack the Midwest: 24 Hours to Build Something Epic

Hacking is alive and well in Kansas City. Nearly 100 developers showed up with laptops and towers to hack the night away at the developer event Hack the Midwest.

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Alex Banayan: The World’s Youngest Venture Capitalist…Probably

When Alex Banayan was made an associate for Alsop Louie Partners this winter at age 19, he likely became the world’s youngest venture capitalist.

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WhosHere, WNM Live Sling Mud Over Alleged Legal Harassment

According to an indie entrepreneur, low-rated social location app WhosHere has attempted to eliminate his better-received competitor.

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Surly Web App Fictify Badgers, Threatens Lazy Writers

Fictify prods and cajoles would-be writers, rewarding them for setting and completing word count goals, and lecturing them when they don’t.

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The Advantages To Staying In Stealth Mode

Stealth mode startups aren’t taboo. In fact, one third of this summer’s TechStars Boulder class is in stealth mode. Check out these tips to see if your startup should stay below the radar.

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Found In Town Helps Your Lost Goods Get Back To You

Chicago-based startup Found in Town is working hard to make sure you have a better chance of recovering lost valuables, using the web and ID tags to allow good samaritans to get your lost items back to you.

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