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Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg, 28, found dead at home, no foul play suspected

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by on July 20, 2015 at 6:40 pm
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Josh Greenberg, co-founder of Grooveshark, was found dead in his Gainesville, Florida home on Sunday. He was 28. Police say no foul play, injuries or drugs are suspected. Grooveshark recently shut down as music labels sued the company for copyright infringement. According to Greenberg’s mother Lori, Josh was excited to start new projects and not at all depressed or otherwise distraught about Grooveshark shutting down. Greenberg was found by his girlfriend, Abby, who found him lying in bed after returning from a weekend trip. “It looked like he was sleeping,” she said. An autopsy is being performed today to determine…

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Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg, 28, found dead at home, no foul play suspected

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 6:40 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Grooveshark
Josh Greenberg, co-founder of Grooveshark, was found dead in his Gainesville, Florida home on Sunday. He was 28. Police say no foul play, injuries or drugs are suspected. Grooveshark recently shut down as music labels sued the company for copyright infringement. According to Greenberg’s mother Lori, Josh was excited to start new projects and not at all depressed or otherwise distraught about Grooveshark shutting down. Greenberg was found by his girlfriend, Abby, who found him lying in bed after returning from a weekend trip. “It looked like he was sleeping,” she said. An autopsy is being performed today to determine…

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YCombinator’s YC Fellowship will give $12K to people with big ideas

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 6:29 pm
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Before companies can become companies, they start out as ideas. YCombinator President Sam Altman said in a blog post today that the fund is now looking to help people with great concepts get to the point where they finally become real businesses. That experiment is the YC Fellowship program, which will offer a $12,000 grant — not a traditional investment like the way YC handles its semi-annual batches — to qualified teams who apply. Altman said these fellows will have access to some YC resources, and a dedicated partner that will handle office hours. Fellows will have a much lighter-weight program, but in exchange will…

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YCombinator’s YC Fellowship will give $12K to people with big ideas

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 6:29 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

idea spark
Before companies can become companies, they start out as ideas. YCombinator President Sam Altman said in a blog post today that the fund is now looking to help people with great concepts get to the point where they finally become real businesses. That experiment is the YC Fellowship program, which will offer a $12,000 grant — not a traditional investment like the way YC handles its semi-annual batches — to qualified teams who apply. Altman said these fellows will have access to some YC resources, and a dedicated partner that will handle office hours. Fellows will have a much lighter-weight program, but in exchange will…

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Revealed: Spotify had no idea how much you’d hate its new logo color

Jul20
by on July 20, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

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Spotify quietly changed the tone of its green last month and it drove people insane, wondering if they were imagining it or if something was wrong with their phones. The company’s lead designer, Tobias van Schneider, wrote in his personal email newsletter today what happened when the company changed the color and how it didn’t realize what had gone wrong at first. The color of the Spotify icon gives me anxiety THEY DONT LOOK ANYTHING ALIKE pic.twitter.com/VpUMHyp9ds — Victoria Marie A-A (@vmaayeee) June 15, 2015 Schneider wrote: What sounds like a small change ended up in a relatively huge tweet storm…

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