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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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Interview with Vic Caretti, Loudvine

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One of them is online music events site Loudvine (www.loudvine.com), which was co-founded by Vic Caretti , who gave us the scoop on what the site is all about. We're creating a platform that highlights musicians, venues, and local fans. Where is the site now, in terms of launch? What is Loudvine?

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Curating The Web Using PublishThis, with Matt Kumin

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Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica. I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis. Matt Kumin: We're getting ready to launch an all-new version of our platform. Finally, what's the next big thing for you?

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Streamlining The Sports Recruiting Process with FieldLevel

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We spoke with co-founder Brenton Sullivan about the company''s platform, and how it''s hoping to transform the athletic recruiting process. Brenton Sullivan: What we are is a private social network and platform for coaches to connect with each other, to exchange information on athletes. We think it''s really powerful in our platform.

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Yammer Bails On Los Angeles, Heading To Silicon Valley

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West Hollywood-based Yammer , the corporate microblogging site inspired by Twitter, is moving from the Los Angeles area to Silicon Valley, according to founder David Sacks. Yammer provides a Twitter-like corporate microblogging platform, essentially a version of Twitter restricted to specific corporate domains. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu

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If a fan know they can get their entire brand fix there, rather than having to jump across multiple profiles, multiple social media platform, and networks, that's very compelling. Does this look like a Facebook page, or is this a separate site? Jeremy Gocke: Fliptu is a separate site and community. It was the same issue.

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Location-based virtual reality is increasing its footprint in the U.S.

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alone in 2017 (not to mention the roughly 32 million consoles sold at the market’s peak in 2008), according data on the Statista website. . A producer with MTV Networks, the founder of the collaborative game development platform Squarepushers Inc. The benefits of location-based experiences are clear.

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