Today’s Startup and Entrepreneurial Updates

Here are today’s startup and entrepreneurial updates (TGIF):

• Twitter gets $100 million in funding but wants people to work for free to translate the service – Mashable
• Bunch of new features added – MyFamily
• Brand new look for the Lite Messenger – eBuddy
• Major Email Provider Trends: Yahoo and Hotmail Tops, Gmail Catching – MailChimp
• What I’ve Earned (And Learned) From Writing “Beginning Ruby” – Peter Cooper
• The “WiFi At Conferences” Problem – Joel Spolsky
• Shark Eats Entrepreneur Alive – FairSoftware