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TopBooksFor And The Power Of Crowd Content

TopBooksFor is a new site featuring content that is entirely crowd-created, allowing users to create and vote on lists of their favorite books.

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Accelerator Scorecard Part II

Excelerate has been very successful in finding, funding and supporting young Chicago companies. But as successful as Excelerate has been on that front, there haven’t yet been any grand slam successes.

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Sidecar: Smart Calling For Your Smartphone

Sidecar is a newly launched app that aims to add robust and unique features to the calls you make regularly on your smartphone, including video, contact, and location sharing.

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PlayThru: A Gaming Alternative To CAPTCHA Bot Checks

Would you rather decipher random illegible letters or make digital pancakes? This week Detroit-based company Are You a Human announced PlayThru, its fun alternative to headache inducing CAPTCHA technology.

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Seven Startups Join Catapult Chicago

Catapult Chicago has announced seven new startups today that will be joining the 12,000 square foot collaborative space downtown: Dabble, Buzz Referrals, Shiftgig, Tempo, Procured Health, Kula, and BucketFeet.

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DifferentFeather: Social Sharing For Enemies

Sick of reading social links from your friends? Try your enemies.

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Microsoft Opens Social Search Network So.cl To The Public

Today Microsoft has made So.cl available to the public — an experimental research project at the intersection between social networking and search.

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Facebook Acquires Gifting Startup Karma

Social gifting startup Karma announced that they were acquired by Facebook on Facebook’s IPO day.

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New York’s Flatiron District: The New Sand Hill Road?

The Made in NY Digital Map built in conjunction with Internet Week New York and NYC Digital, shows nine VC firms in NYC’s Flatiron District.

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9 Web Platforms That Deliver Business Content With Ease

Members of Young Entrepreneur Council answer the question: What’s one up-and-coming web platform (desktop or mobile) you recommend using to distribute your business content?

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