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Yes you heard it right. Stanford has announced that there would be a class focusing on creating facebook apps. Awesome stuff! You can check out the class facebook group here. Why don’t we have stuff like this here at NUS? To find out more, I have emailed the Dean of School of Computing regarding this and will keep you guys updated on this matter.

Amazon launched their much anticipated online music store Amazon MP3.  The name doesn’t impress but what impresses the most is the fact that the songs would be DRM-free. So does this mean that we’re allowed to download/copy/transfer the songs to multiple computers, burn, rip, cut, paste etc? Well yes to a certain extent. The good thing is that most big label players have signed up. The bad news is that only selected segments of their catalog will be up for purchase.

As for me, well I don’t care. I don’t download nor buy my music (online) anymore. I have my Spotify and it’s more than enough. A perfect world for me would be where one will have unlimited access to a wide variety of music for free, with some third party footing the bills

Dopplr, the “social networking” site used by frequent travelers, was recently funded by a wide range of superstar investors (read: Martin Varsavsky (FON), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn, PayPal), Saul Klein (Index Ventures, The Accelerator Group - Stardoll, Joost, Last.fm) and so on).

I frequently used Dopplr when I was in Europe due to all the traveling but hardly use it these days. Dopplr’s blog did not mention the amount they received. They’re still invite-only but ping me if you’d like one.

“We’re gratified that so many world travellers have already found value in Dopplr,” said Lisa Sounio, CEO of Dopplr. “Having this international group of active Dopplr users now joining us as strategic investors is tremendously exciting. Martin, Saul, Joichi and Reid have a great sense of business, technology, design and travel.”

Moral of the story: If a potential group of investors is already using your service with(out) you knowing it, life is set. This service will never be a global hit, but may be able to sustain itself due to the very fact that there are some people who are internet savvy and travel alot.

Eric Wahlforss, Adam Wern together with some folks created it in 24 hours. Now it’s done in 10.5 hours. Feedjit is the first online start-up which was made under 24 hours that I have heard of. It’s a widget that shows incoming and outgoing traffic. See how it was done here. You guys know any more under 24 hour internet companies? Do comment if you do.

The Chasers have come up with a quick and funny video on internet degrees. Presenting to you, Mr. Sonny. Enjoy.

I recently stumbled across this video where Randy Zuckerberg (or Randy Jayne), sister of Facebook’s CEO Mark, posted a video of herself and a couple of mates dissing Friendster, Yahoo and so on. This video also spoke about Facebook’s IPO intentions. She’s the one starting the song. It was on youtube for quite a while since Feb but was plugged out by Facebook soon after. It’s quite hilarious so check it out below. And yes, Facebook is hiring a Stock Administration Manager. Why? You guess.

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