Startup Roundup: myYearbook Chatter feed surpasses 1 million posts per day, Duck Duck Go whups Cuil

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DEFINITE READS

myYearbook has announced that its real-time location-based Chatter stream feature—launched last November—receives 1 million posts per day. According to a press release, two new features, which allow users to ask questions and rate each other, ala HotOrNot.com, have accelerated the stream’s growth rate. myYearbook’s traffic continues to grow at an impressive rate, with over 55 million monthly visits and 4.3 million unique visitors.

MIGHT BE WORTH YOUR TIME

Zen of the Art of Programming blogger Antonio Cangiano writes a fascinating piece about the difference between the ex-Google employee created, $33 million-funded Cuil search engine compared to Philadelphia’s one-man-show Duck Duck Go. The victor? Cangiano says Philly wins this one.
Venmo, which we featured this week, has announced that it is partnering with The Black Eyed Peas and the iAm Hope Foundation to power the group’s Haiti fundraiser.

GIVE A GLANCE

Were you raised to be an entrepreneur? Business coach Cameron Herold gave a talk at TEDx Edmonton about getting kids started early with entrepreneurship.
More than 900 minority business enterprises gathered at the Convention Center for a summit about picking up stimulus opportunities, the Philadelphia Business Journal reports. The event was co-sponsored by the Enterprise Center and the Small Business Association to help businesses get a chunk of the $500 billion federal dollars spent annually on contracts.
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