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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Mountain View-based Wink -- which was backed by Cambrian Ventures and Greylock Partners -- started as a people search engine specifically targeting search of online social networking sites such as MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, and others. Reunion.com is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, and headed by Jeff Tinsley. READ MORE>>

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

According to Central Desktop, it has released new abilities for its customers to share their stories and best practices, through online discussion forums, social networking communities, and links to social sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Delicious, and Flickr.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. I was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!, Lewis is a former pro athlete and author of LinkedWorking , the and a true authority on LinkedIn.

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JANUARY 15, 2011

With the advent of social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, Internet usage has totally morphed, from a serious business medium, to a social and fun medium that still means business. LinkedIn caters to senior business professionals. Here is my perspective on a few of them: MySpace is for tweens, forget it.

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OCTOBER 24, 2010

For example, my personal interest is entrepreneurs, and MySpace is for tweens. Me going to MySpace is sort of like your parents crashing your high school prom – everyone is uncomfortable and neither side has any fun. Every social network, including MySpace, claims to be a mecca for business people to network and sell products.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Now that I think about it, I remember when we relaunched Myspace last year and the Pinterest team accused us of basically ripping off their layout. • Facebook • Twitter • Delicious • LinkedIn • StumbleUpon • Add to favorites • Email • RSS. Share and Enjoy.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I’ve been engaged with social networking for some time now, starting with Myspace and Facebook and just recently (within the last 30 days), Twitter. I was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!, Lewis is a former pro athlete and author of LinkedWorking , and a true authority on LinkedIn.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies? Does advertising work in the social networking world?

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MARCH 22, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds. How do you use LinkedIn?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

MySpace flourished and left Friendster behind in part because they didn’t care about your identity. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+, Quora, Tumblr. Job Search – You’d mostly want to be yourself, thus we have LinkedIn. All of this has become a lot more relevant lately given social networking.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2012

Here are a few of the “do’s”: Post your profile on LinkedIn and Twitter, and join in relevant discussions. There are other networks that also work, depending on where you are in the world, like Ryze, Plaxo, and Facebook, but setting up an account on MySpace probably won’t help you.

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APRIL 3, 2011

The first search turned up a MySpace page. Don’t be tempted into thinking that can safely relieve your tensions or aggressions in the anonymous massive numbers on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. To illustrate the point, here is a true story posted by Seth Godin a while back: “A friend advertised on Craigslist for a housekeeper.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Kurt Daradics ( Facebook , @KurtyD , FriendFeed , MySpace , LinkedIn , Delicious ) (pronounced dare-a-dix) is a great guy to know. He recently co-founded CitySourced and I think Ben Kuo nailed him when he describes him as "a connector. " Kurt has a great background in sales and marketing.

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MARCH 17, 2009

With so many social networks, and dominant sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and MySpace, how do you fit in, and why is there need for another social networking tool? LinkedIn is the rock star space for business. LinkedIn is the rock star space for business. Rob Farrow: You're spot on. Meebo is another powerful site.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Kevin Winston is the founder of Digital LA, the largest LA-based networking group of digital professionals, reaching more than 50,000 members weekly via its newsletter, Facebook, Twitter @DigitalLA and LinkedIn groups.

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DECEMBER 29, 2010

We last talked with Michael Jones, CEO of MySpace. When you take two or more sets of data (LinkedIn, GPS location, lead conversion, PoS, etc.), We asked the same five questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next two weeks.

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SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2007

Why did MySpace win? Certainly MySpaces tie-in with music was a genius move. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S. Why did YouTube win? Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and the fading MySpace is for tweens and creative types. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required.

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JUNE 18, 2009

It's a place where 20-somethings can brand professionally with a profile, similar to Facebook or MySpace, but in a professional manner. In short, we want to be the bridge between Facebook and LinkedIn. Gregg Champion: I was on my LinkedIn page, and happened to also be watching episodes of The Office.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Here are a few of the “do’s”: Post your profile on LinkedIn and Twitter, and join in relevant discussions. There are other networks that also work, depending on where you are in the world, like Ryze, Plaxo, and Facebook, but setting up an account on MySpace probably won’t help you.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Instead of browsing Web pages, he says, users will browse streams of information from different sources - mainly Twitter - but also Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and the like. According to Dodsworth, the goal is to make TweetDeck the real-time browser. However you look at it, TweetDeck is in a healthy position.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and the fading MySpace is for tweens and creative types. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required.

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MARCH 17, 2010

LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace … I know, I know – Facebook won – but it was still a big business). You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo. A great team from MySpace has created Gravity.

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APRIL 12, 2013

Pinterest said earlier last year it had topped Google+, LinkedIn and YouTube combined, for example and beat Twitter in February the same year. Pinterest is also good for brands as it holds the number 2 spot for largest social network, ties with Twitter but bigger than Instagram, Tumblr and Myspace.

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JUNE 18, 2011

For example, LinkedIn is attuned to business professionals, Facebook is dominated by the social and upwardly mobile crowd, and MySpace is for tweens and creative types. Within each of the platform categories defined above, there is a right one and a wrong one for your audience. Communication and writing skills are required.

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MARCH 29, 2012

Basically, we've built a platform that allows businesses to build social media promotions across multiple social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Linkedin. We also have a mobile platform, which integrates with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 20, 2010

Facebook and Twitter are the two networks they are able to monitor currently, however, they are planning on adding YouTube, LinkedIn and Myspace very soon. But considering the time they will save by not having to manually keep track of their employees this isn't much.

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MAY 5, 2010

Even every platform has a help resource – LinkedIn , Facebook , Twitter , MySpace … blogging platforms… all showing you and explaining what it is about and how you can get started… Visit YouTube and type about any topic and you can simply watch unlimited number of videos about Social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Why did MySpace lose to Facebook & what can Twitter learn from this? Plaxo & LinkedIn. While Plaxo never figured out what to do with us once we were all connected online, LinkedIn did. And they encouraged us to part with a lot more data about ourselves making LinkedIn our virtual resume. It was mostly timing.

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MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We use LinkedIn, gather testimonials, and provide some training through instructional videos, multiple choice tests. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? DogVacay really stands for trust. There are several layers of that.

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MARCH 5, 2012

the business incubator and studio headed by former MySpace CEO Mike Jones. We use LinkedIn, gather testimonials, and provide some training through instructional videos, multiple choice tests. We spoke to Aaron about the company. Can you explain how DogVacay works? DogVacay really stands for trust. There are several layers of that.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

When we tune into any stream: Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, etc., I just checked his LinkedIn profile and it’s not updated so I’m guessing he’s still in stealth mode so I can’t talk about what he’s doing. .&# The stream is limited in length and therefore people share links. Thus, we click!

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JULY 15, 2009

Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. What you enter goes out to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and internally to our own social network.

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MARCH 1, 2010

And thats not even counting MySpace, which Rupert Murdoch famously paid $580 million for in 2005. We have all the people who came out of eHarmony; who came from MySpace and Overture and PriceGrabber and Lastminute.com and Shopzilla and CitySearch and all these places. LinkedIn Sign in or register to comment.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

The code for each site is very simple: Twitter: Plurk: Delicious: Digg: Facebook: MySpace (I think this is right but I don’t have a login to test it): Ping.fm: StumbleUpon: LinkedIn: Place these anywhere you’d like on a static page or in the Wordpress theme file that controls single posts (typically single.php).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

A SoCal native and graduate of both UCLA and USC, Richard Rosenblatt led the growth of MySpace from an unknown to a household name. Share on LinkedIn. If that’s not enough, ShoeDazzle runs charity shoe programs, making the company good for your closet and the country. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. And frankly, I’m okay with that.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

You don’t have the founders of eBay, LinkedIn, Salesforce.com and Yahoo! It’s true that MySpace didn’t become Facebook, but it did spawn 7 or 8 great LA companies run by founders with experience. Each of these companies exited for more than $500 million and several north of $1 billion. You just don’t.

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