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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Acquisition. Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. billion for its endowment in 2011 alone. It covers a range of technology trends, from social media to mobile, clean technology, games and chips. Editor’s picks. Featured stories. Cloud services.

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

Both Sides of the Table

After a few acquisitions they offered many of the services you think about as foundations to social networks today. It did not have the same success as Google’s acquisition and MySpace sold Photobucket 2 years later to a relatively unknown Seattle-based startup called Ontela for a reportedly $60 million.