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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

TechCrunch LA

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Sgrouples | The World’s Private Social Network, Interview with Forrest Hanson

Tech Zulu Event

Sgrouples is the world’s private social network. It was built on the belief that people want to replicate their real life online–to communicate personally and privately with the people that they really care about in their real life–which is a different model from the current social networks.

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Maintaining Contacts is Not Social Networking

Startup Professionals Musings

Gemassmer We all intuitively believe in maintaining personal and business contacts, but most of us don’t do well in this area, despite the advent of social networking. This clearly represents a good education with numerous contacts around the world. Tags: social networking entrepreneur contact info business.

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. That’s how the Internet was conceived and nurtured. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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Moofaces | Who You Know Matters

Tech Zulu Event

Recently launched Moofaces is a new spin on old social networks in which helps creative people connect based on their professions and interests. Their bringing the conversation back into social networks with a professional twist. Dancer, Fashion Designer, Production Assistant…anything. They can be anything.

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How Chinese Startup Tradesparq Is Looking To Grow In SoCal

socalTECH

It''s a social network for world trade, kind of a combo between Alibaba and LinkedIn. Now, we''re looking at Southern California because there''s lots of talent in the area of design, and we also want to start targeting enterprises here who want to start sourcing products in Asia. We focused almost entirely last year on content.