Ed GubbinsWhy not jump on the lifelogging bandwagon early and sign up to beta-test the new service from Silentale that lets you store and search all your text-based communication? After all, you’ll need the backup after Twitter erodes your brain’s memory.
How Goodreads can monetize its business 
Mike Wolf can imagine the social reading company providing data services, becoming a bookseller or using its API to pull in other money-makers. Disclosure: Goodreads is a True Ventures portfolio company. Om Malik is a venture partner at True Ventures.
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The first part of the Google+ API has just been released
...and it's distinctly underwhelming. Very simple utilities so far, but Google's not trying to raise too much of a fanfare.
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Box.net rejected $550 million+ acquisition offer
These days, Box.net positions itself as a SharePoint competitor, and Forbes says 90 percent of its revenue is from enterprise products. No one's rumoring who the bidder was.
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AOL’s Levick is Spotify’s new chief advertising officer
Paidcontent says the digital music service has at least 35 U.S. staffers, and that Levick, who had followed Tim Armstrong to AOL from Google, will be building out its ad sales force.
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News.me finally gets its wings — but can it fly?
Mathew Ingram doesn't think the New York Times spinoff will gain much ground against Flipboard. Meanwhile, there is lots of talk about Google building a similar personalized news reader of its own.
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