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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. Mobile gifting service. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies. OTHER DEALS: 1. BlockChalk.

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The Business of Gaming | REACH Games Event Recap

Tech Zulu Event

Mobile and new generation consoles are being adopted at an astounding rate, and all the while gaming has become an increasing social outlet. Typically, instead of spending two years on a game; on a mobile and social games…typical cycle is six to nine months. The gaming industry has changed since the days of Atari and Odyssey.

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

Tech Zulu Event

Speakers: [Moderator] Scot Rubin - Owner NITROPOD /SVP Digital Media Big Door /Cofounder G4TV. As a consultant for Comcast and co-founder of G4 Media, Scot helped bring the world of video games to television in 2002. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

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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]. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. The trend that is unfolding before our eyes is that Social Networking is now becoming mobile and that adds new dimensions to how we use social networks. The Past (1985-2002).