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Grindr Names New CTO

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Los Angeles-based gay social networking app Grindr said today that it has named Lukas Sliwka as Chief Technology Officer. Sliwka has been at Grindr since October of 2013, serving as Vice President, Engineering. Sliwka has previously also served at Beachbody, Yamaha, and Mazda.

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Will Your Startup Get Venture Capital or IPO in 2013?

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Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. Angels are also moving up-stage, leaving a bigger and bigger black hole for new startups. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5

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Myspace Confirms Major Password Leak

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Los Angeles-based Myspace , which is now part of Time, Inc., Myspace said it had invalidated all user passwords for affected accounts created prior to June 11, 2013. The company said it had conducted a major security upgrade in 2013 as part of its site relaunch. Myspace--which blamed the hack on Russian cyberhacker "Peace."--said

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

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Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? Cheerful Inc.

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Flipagram: Using Photos And Music's To Create A Viral Machine, with Farhad Mohit

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Los Angeles-based Flipagram (www.flipagram.com) has created a potent and wildly viral mobile app, which combines photos, music, and video to create addictive, engaging mini slideshows of your life. So, in the middle of 2013, my wife came to me saying -- Farhad, I want to support you, but what exactly am I supporting? Cheerful Inc.

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Frank Gehry to Build 420,000sq ft Campus as New Facebook HQ

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The social networking giant has not disclosed the amount it has set aside for the 420,000-square-foot building at its Menlo Park, California campus or how much Frank Gehry is cashing in on this deal. He added,”From the outside it will appear as if you’re looking at a hill in nature”. Walt Disney Architect.

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Earbuds lets audiences stream the playlists of athletes, entertainers and each other

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Earbuds , a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. Earbuds isn’t the first company to take a shot at socializing the music listening experience. Social music app Playlist lets you listen to music with others in real time.