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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

Both Sides of the Table

Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Founded in January 2010 by Stephen Hood (ex-Delicious head of product), Dave Baggeroer (Stanford’s Institute of Design), and Josh Whiting (ex-senior engineer at Delicious and Craigslist). Mobile gifting service. Company still in beta. Hello, Chair.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

Prior to joining DWA Chris worked at Activision Blizzard for 13 years, during which time he held a number of role including Executive Producer and Lead Game Designer. Chris currently serves as Head of Global Interactive for DreamWorks Animation. Wilson Kriegel - President/COO Paltalk | former CRO of Zynga / OMGPOP.

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2). The Past (1985-2002).

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

Both Sides of the Table

mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. MySpace was: scantily dressed, teenaged, middle-America, design chaos and on ad steroids. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. At the bottom end of the stack is storage (S3) and processing (EC2).