Is Facebook Blocking Google+ Updates? (Video)

A new video (see below) seems to indicate that Facebook blocks users from posting Google+ invitation links in their news feeds. 

When the user shares a Google+ invite link on Facebook, the status does not appear in the most recent news feed, according to the video. 

Using two separate Facebook accounts, we were...

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Live Blogging 500 Startups Demo Day--Aug. 16, 2011

 

4:23pm: Closing statement form Dave: "Hope you write some checks."

4:20pm: Entrepreneurs in video list problems in Latin America: government bureaucracy, taxes, low broadband penetration (but huge market that's growing). But as one points out, those building startups are running a marathon with mud up to their knees and they are still running -- amazing. 

4:19pm: Dave closing it up with video from Latin America "geeks on a plane" event. Finding startups in Brazil for next batch. Just $25K for a t-shirt. Thanks sponsors. Beers in the back!

4:19pm: KKLD, Kleiner Perkins, Khosla Ventures, all sponsors.

4:17pm: Building community first with a feedback loop. Need more startup designer success stories to attract more designers. Complementary extension to existing accelerators/incubators. Set up as nonprofit. Application in July, more than 200 designers applied. Mentors and angels are picking people interested in working with, referring them to 500 Startups and others

(Photo courtesy @JamesDLevine)

4:15pm: Last message from Enrique of the Designer Fund (part of 500 Startups), which includes 40+ angels. They believe differentiated brand and experience design is critical to achieving meaningful impact. Design leadership critical.

4:15pm: Raised $400K, now raising $1M, already closed $125K.

4:12pm: People using LaunchRock love amplification and higher conversion rate. They want to know more about the people coming and who their friends are. Today you have to understand the relationship someone has with their friends. Product helps you help a person get the message to the right people at the right time.

4:11pm: Back-end tracking for how messages spreading and where people coming from. Helped launch Zaarly, TaskRabbit but also a private airline, hair product, independent film, musician. Now helping 50 Cent launch a product...

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Forget Starbucks, Craft Coffee Delivers Artisan Coffee To Your Door

WHAT: A monthly subscription service for coffee experiences. Craft Coffee [ @craftcoffeeco ] hand-selects premium coffees from artisan roasters nationwide, gathers industry experts to taste the coffee and then delivers the monthly favorites to subscribers...

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Find Fashion in Your Neighborhood with Snapette

WHAT: Snapette [ @snapette ] is a social fashion discovery app. Allows shoppers on the go to upload your own photos, follow hot trending items with the most comments, check out purchases your friends made, and search by brand, store or description for an item...

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From.Us: Crowdsourced Giving Eliminates Bad Gifts

WHAT: Crowdsourced gift giving. Create and share lists -- and costs -- of potential gifts for your friends, who then have the final say and can choose something they really want.  From.us [ @fromdotus ] allows users to connect through Facebook and help each other find gifts the receipient actually wants.

LAUNCHERS: Eric Scott , Daniel Hirunrusme.

INSPIRATION: Giving gifts is hard work, and a recipient is not guaranteed to get something they want...

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