'Four years ago, Los Angeles-based Adly (www.adly.com) launched to much fanfare as one of the first local startups to tie into the brand-new, Twitter micro messaging platform. What is Ad.ly''s business now? We''re the leading social advertising platform that leverages celebrity relationships. Why would a brand or advertiser want to work with Adly? MORE >>

'A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. With no industry connections or family ties, talent agent John Ferriter applied basic entrepreneurial principles to reach the pinnacle of Hollywood''s elite. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly Infochachkie articles! Don''t let them get in your way. MORE >>

'We have posted Round 5 of our ongoing project measuring the performance of web application frameworks and platforms. In this round, we''re very happy to announce that a community member has contributed tests for ASP.NET running on native Windows. This is Round 5, but it''s only the first round with Windows results. View Round 5 results now. Thanks! MORE >>

'For the past 5 years or so Google, Facebook and a handful of tech industry giants have been quietly buying scores of early-stage startups for their talent. And to keep up with the Jones’s it seems that Yahoo! has now employed the same strategy. And who cares, right? in their 20′s. What could be more capitalist than that? Or Die. Really? MORE >>

'Hansi Hansmann, President of the host angel group AAIA kicks off the EBAN Congress. surprise for me as the 13th EBAN Congress began in Vienna this morning; I finally met Stewart Craine of Barefoot Power in person. So as these events often do, I am surrounded by old friends as I meet new ones. And the message is coming across. Photos MORE >>