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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:09:04 -0400</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-9061 alignleft" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="rumormonger" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/rumormonger1.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="155" />THE KICKSTARTER IS NOT ENOUGH. <strong>Turf Geography Club</strong>, the app that takes Foursquare and Monopoly and pronounces them man-and-wife, was oversubscribed for its Kickstarter round: <strong>$17,375 on a call for $15,000 </strong>from <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/turf/turf-geography-club-an-iphone-game/backers#p4">185 backers</a>, including RRE's <strong>Adam Ludwin</strong> and the angelic <strong>Dave Tisch</strong>. Now the start-up has raised a real seed round, numerous sources told Betabeat, and has hired a developer and a freelance artist. Creator <strong>Michael Tseng</strong> declined an interview. "We're going into<strong> stealth mode</strong>, heads down in the aero-tuck if you will. Let's postpone our chat until we're prepared for launch," he said in an email.</p>
<p>ZUCK GETS RETARDED. <strong>Mark Zuckerberg</strong> was partying in Midtown Saturday night, and no one tweeted us? <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/party_with_peas_SWcR9vgZIxHZpaGyUHqzqJ">Page Six says</a> Zuck was at <strong>Lavo</strong> with the<strong> Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am</strong> and<strong> apl.de.ap </strong>and <strong>10 male friends</strong>, "and the Peas bandmates joined them a short time later," and they all ran up a $4,000 tab on <strong>Moet &amp; Chandon Rose</strong>, <strong>Patron</strong> and <strong>Grey Goose</strong>.<!--more--></p>
<p>OH REALLY? <strong>Free wifi</strong> is coming to major New York City parks this week, courtesy a <strong>big carrier</strong>, a source tells us.</p>
<p>ANNOUNCEMENT: AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMING. <strong>Lot18</strong>, the members-only website for wine and epicurean products from "<strong>coveted producers at attractive discounts,"</strong> is gearing up to make a "<strong>major product announcement" </strong>on June 16. The start-up expanded to ~50 employees and moved into a new office following a $10 million raise in the beginning of May.</p>
<p>TURNTABLE.FM HOT IN THE VALLEY. "There are now (full) Turntable.fm rooms for <strong>Facebook, Zynga, Path, 500Startups, Uber</strong>, StumbleUpon, VMWare, OMGPop, etc etc etc. Hot damn,"<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/talsafran/status/78190699811586048"> according to</a> developer and man-about-Turntable <strong>Tal Safran</strong>.</p>
<p>SLAMMING OUT START-UPS. "Launch a startup in a week? <strong>Challenge Accepted</strong>," Disrupt disruptor<strong> Mark Webster</strong>, co-creator of joinable.org, the hackathon project that launched and demo'ed at<strong> TechCrunch Disrupt</strong>, <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/markcwebster/status/78189856639025154">tweeted</a> today. Whatcha talkin' bout? we asked. "A working prototype of one, yes. Will keep you posted as it unfolds," he said.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-9061 alignleft" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="rumormonger" src="http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/rumormonger1.jpg" alt="" width="241" height="155" />THE KICKSTARTER IS NOT ENOUGH. <strong>Turf Geography Club</strong>, the app that takes Foursquare and Monopoly and pronounces them man-and-wife, was oversubscribed for its Kickstarter round: <strong>$17,375 on a call for $15,000 </strong>from <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/turf/turf-geography-club-an-iphone-game/backers#p4">185 backers</a>, including RRE's <strong>Adam Ludwin</strong> and the angelic <strong>Dave Tisch</strong>. Now the start-up has raised a real seed round, numerous sources told Betabeat, and has hired a developer and a freelance artist. Creator <strong>Michael Tseng</strong> declined an interview. "We're going into<strong> stealth mode</strong>, heads down in the aero-tuck if you will. Let's postpone our chat until we're prepared for launch," he said in an email.</p>
<p>ZUCK GETS RETARDED. <strong>Mark Zuckerberg</strong> was partying in Midtown Saturday night, and no one tweeted us? <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/party_with_peas_SWcR9vgZIxHZpaGyUHqzqJ">Page Six says</a> Zuck was at <strong>Lavo</strong> with the<strong> Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am</strong> and<strong> apl.de.ap </strong>and <strong>10 male friends</strong>, "and the Peas bandmates joined them a short time later," and they all ran up a $4,000 tab on <strong>Moet &amp; Chandon Rose</strong>, <strong>Patron</strong> and <strong>Grey Goose</strong>.<!--more--></p>
<p>OH REALLY? <strong>Free wifi</strong> is coming to major New York City parks this week, courtesy a <strong>big carrier</strong>, a source tells us.</p>
<p>ANNOUNCEMENT: AN ANNOUNCEMENT IS COMING. <strong>Lot18</strong>, the members-only website for wine and epicurean products from "<strong>coveted producers at attractive discounts,"</strong> is gearing up to make a "<strong>major product announcement" </strong>on June 16. The start-up expanded to ~50 employees and moved into a new office following a $10 million raise in the beginning of May.</p>
<p>TURNTABLE.FM HOT IN THE VALLEY. "There are now (full) Turntable.fm rooms for <strong>Facebook, Zynga, Path, 500Startups, Uber</strong>, StumbleUpon, VMWare, OMGPop, etc etc etc. Hot damn,"<a href="http://twitter.com/#!/talsafran/status/78190699811586048"> according to</a> developer and man-about-Turntable <strong>Tal Safran</strong>.</p>
<p>SLAMMING OUT START-UPS. "Launch a startup in a week? <strong>Challenge Accepted</strong>," Disrupt disruptor<strong> Mark Webster</strong>, co-creator of joinable.org, the hackathon project that launched and demo'ed at<strong> TechCrunch Disrupt</strong>, <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/markcwebster/status/78189856639025154">tweeted</a> today. Whatcha talkin' bout? we asked. "A working prototype of one, yes. Will keep you posted as it unfolds," he said.</p>
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