Burbank-based Be Jane , the angel funded, online home improvement site focused on women, told its users that it has sold the web site to an undisclosed buyer, according to reports. The firm said in a newsletter to users that the buyer was a "perfectly suited partner" in the home industry. MORE >>

domain name, used by such services as Los Angeles-based Twitter ad service Ad.ly , URL shortening service bit.ly , and a slew of other Web services, appear to be under threat from the war in Libya. domain name -- letter.ly, an online newsletter service started by Drop.io The popular.ly addresses, they may be unable to do so. Letter.ly MORE >>

Check @SaneLater twice a day, @SaneBulk whenever you feel like reading newsletters, promotions, etc. The only con with the web application is that it can’t be used offline.  I Sanebox (Email Organization) : Service that uses algorithms to organize your email into what’s important and what’s not.  It works amazing well. link]. MORE >>

This was the first in her string of web properties. Daily Candy was one of the earliest successes in the newsletter business, which ultimately sold to Comcast for a reported $125 million. Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian. More on that later. MORE >>

One of the interesting trends I’ve been watching emerge out of the new, social web has been the push toward user-generated and user-directed contests — for user-created advertising, user-driven voting, and even user-directed charity donations. Josh is a long time reader of our newsletter. Well, now site, blog, etc.–but MORE >>