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Aaron Swartz | A Stranger in a Strange Land

Tech Zulu Event

At 14, he became a co-editor for the spec responsible for RSS technology. His goal was for voters to seek answers themselves without the influence of the biased media and discover patterns and corruption. Finally, Swartz founded Demand Progress , a group focused on advocating civil liberties and government reform.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. Venices median home price in the first eight months of 2012 broke the $1 million barrier, rising to $1,012,000 from $899,000 in the first eight months of 2011. Now, everyone has an app.".

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

asymmetry, real-time, curated RSS / link-sharing]. So this combination of following people you found interesting who share links drove a sort of “news exchange&# that mimicked many of the features of RSS readers except that it was curated by other people! emerge and are there any lessons to be gained about the future?