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Zoho

 founded 10/05, based in Pleasanton, CA Zoho’s parent company is AdventNet, “a software company started in 1996 focusing on building affordable software for businesses. Aoho reached one million customers in August 2008. Zoho is a suite of online applications (services) … Continue reading

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Matt Mullenweg – cofounder of WordPress and Automattic

Information taken from crunchbase.com   Matt is the cofounding developer behind the open source WordPress blogging platform and its founding company AutomatticA Houston native, Matt also serves as an adviser to Sphere and WeGame.

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Automattic – company that started WordPress

San Francisco, CA, started 07-05 – automattic.com The below information is taken from crunchbase.com Automattic is a web development and blogware company which can attribute much of its success to its popular blog platform WordPress.com, an adaptation of the open … Continue reading

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Microsoft buys Powerset, Gets Foot in Semantic Search Door

Microsoft announced in June that it has purchased natural language search startup Powerset in hopes of adding its team and technology to Live Search. The move is yet another attempt by Microsoft to chip away at Google’s market share, but at least … Continue reading

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