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APRIL 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), which operates the Mail.com email service and portal, as well as its own network of content-focused web sites, said today that it has acquired BGR.com , a mobile/gadget review and news site. Tags: content publishing gadget blog acquisition merger bgr.com mail mail.com.

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Blogging Content News Sites 133

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MARCH 19, 2012

Are you the sort of person who relies on your friends to help you figure out the best places to explore on the web? That's the idea behind HypeMarks (www.hypemarks.com), a new startup looking to tap into your social graph to guide you to the web. I'm a person that loves discovering new stuff on the web.

USC 252

USC Startup Web Ideas 252

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APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. They didn't buy it because of the financial content, they did it for the web video expertise. Through Howards investment in betaworks, he also owns early shares in Twitter.

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Ideas Web Startup Content 248

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AUGUST 10, 2011

Since then, the two left to start a brand new startup, SendLove.to (www.sendlove.to), which launched Tuesday, focused on allowing users to rate public figures in news stories, blogs, and elsewhere. Effectively, what Corey and I are trying to do, is distill the course of opinions on the web, and turn that into a consumable format.

Startup 174

Startup Blogging Writing Examples 174

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. However Gmail is only private email conversations. They'll reply to my emails in half an hour, and give us great feedback on what we're doing. We started working on local web design projects, but got sick of that in six months.

Startup 242

Startup CTO Coach Blogging Social Media 242

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MAY 24, 2011

I had requests from friends to put them on an email, or give them a calendar reminder when a band was playing, and one thing led to another, and I started the site. I actually worked in the offline business world until Web 1.0. What's your background and how did you get into this? Vic Caretti: It's rather diverse. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

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JANUARY 4, 2013

Blair Harrison: Frequency was borne out of a frustration of mine, which is having to visit many different places to consume video, from a combination of social networks, to blogs, to apps. You helped define video on the web with iFilm. What's different now, and how has the world changed? We touch on all three.

Social Network 232

Social Network Startup Services Organization 232

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JULY 23, 2010

For StyleHive, in particular, we're adding a daily email newslette rprogram, and are reaching out to hundreds of thousands of email newsletter subscribers we have who have been underserved. We're also bringing back the founder of MyStyleDiary, to reinvigorate the company and site.

Newsletter 165

Newsletter Sites Content Advertising 165

Jason Nazar

MARCH 22, 2011

He just pounded out design and code for a few weeks and got Plancast up on the web and users adopting his product right away. In Los Angeles we are at a disadvantage because the founder(s) often have no experience in building consumer web applications. Challenge #5 – There Hasn’t Been Enough of an Organized Tech Community.

Company 111

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DECEMBER 17, 2008

In their case, people write their scripts on a web site, and when they're done, they can submit them to contests with a single click. John Singleton: In reference to contests--one thing about our technology--is we have the only system like this on the web. It's then transferred to our system, and out into the world.

Writing 209

Writing Hollywood Startup Sites 209

SoCal Delicious

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. Last November, the Web-search giant opened a flashy new office in Venice to focus on engineering, sales and advertising; the company will lease close to a quarter-million square feet in the neighborhood by 2014. Most Emailed Feed. Email Newsletters and Alerts. WSJ.com Email Features. Real Estate.

Los Angeles 44

Los Angeles Software Review Technical Review Journal 44

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

He’s been steadily emailing me for the past 18 months with ideas for local entrepreneurs I “have to meet&# and has been egging me on to spend more time in Seattle. I re-connected with Andy Liu the founder & CEO of BuddyTV – the largest destination for social TV enthusiasts on the web. How do we make that happen?

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317