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Colleen Taylor is based in San Francisco where she is a reporter for TechCrunch TV. Previously she worked for GigaOM, where she reported on startups and Silicon Valley. Earlier, Colleen reported for Mergermarket, an online newswire and subsidiary of the Financial Times focused on M&A. Before that, she was a contributing editor for Electronic News, the semiconductor industry trade newsletter. Colleen... ? Learn More Foursquare has revamped the experience of its app from the perspective of its users on both the consumer and merchant side. And on Wednesday, the company is pulling back the curtains on a long-awaited feature for all Foursquare watchers: Revenue generation. Foursquare is announcing today the pilot launch of “promoted updates,” which will let companies issue messages about deals or available products to Foursquare users. These new updates will come in two forms: Promoted updates, such as Gap saying, “We have new yoga pants!” — and promoted specials, such as Walgreens sa...

Toronto, Canada (PRWEB) April 12, 2012 Panl Inc., a Toronto-based startup, today announced an updated version of its cloud based IT monitoring solution. The latest release features a snippets library with fully coded solutions to common monitoring applications, and an improved contacts manager. Panl makes monitoring simpler and better: no learning curve - most monitors are one liners no evaluation/purchase cycle - sign-up and start monitoring in less than 15 minutes no up-front cost - pay by the month for the services needed no software install required - use command line tools or Panls free plug-ins no dedicated server needed - Panl runs in the cloud Panl is specifically designed to handle specialized monitoring situations which arent supported by off-the-shelf monitoring products. Panl is targeted at developers, IT operations staff, and system administrators, with commercial plans starting at $ 10/month. "IT monitoring software ha...