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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

The network grew exponentially from its earliest days, with the number of connected host computers reaching 100 by 1977, 100,000 by 1989, a million by the early 1990’s, and a billion by 2012; it now serves more than half the planet’s population. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? They all depend on EdgeCast to deliver content to their customers, anywhere they are, on any device. We've grown really fast.

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Connecting with People and High Level Communication (A TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 Experience)

Tech Zulu Event

I received dozens of long emails each day with press releases, pitches, news and information. No one wants to wade through mounds of information. Sending emails with lots of information and no warm lead feels exactly as if I were at the desk I just described. Get your headphones ready, they launch Halloween 2012.

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Slickdeals: How An LA Team Is Polishing Up A Diamond In The Rough

socalTECH

Josh Meyers: Slickdeals is the web''s largest deal sharing community. The really amazing this, is those deals are all user generated content, from our users finding the best deals on the Internet. It''s a very trustworthy source of information. We''re doing what Reddit does for content, and Google does for search.

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Why Would a Business Avoid any Internet Presence?

Startup Professionals Musings

Customers go there to check on the details of your offerings and verify that you are not a scam, investors look there to check out your management and sales approach, and suppliers expect to find contact information. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Viral marketing needs a website.

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Zite | Your Personalized Magazine

Tech Zulu Event

One thing Internet technologies have brought us over time is the increasing ability to create customizable or personalized content for ourselves. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration.

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Google Cleaning Out Their Closets

Tech Zulu Event

According to Eichner, Google Mini has been an important part of Google’s Enterprise Search offering since its introduction in 2005 and was helpful however it will be discontinued on July 31, 2012. Some may not remember Google Video, the service stopped taking uploads in May 2009 but still has hosted content and a number of users.

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