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Green Dot Completes Loopt Buy

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Monrovia-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit card products, reports today that it has completed its acquisition of Mountain View-based mobile social networking developer Loopt. Green Dot had announced the acquisition in March. The deal was worth approximately $43M in cash. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Rapportive, Backed By Calacanis, Acquired By LinkedIn

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According to those reports, San Francisco-based Rapportive , a developer of plug-ins which overlay social networking information on your Gmail account, has been acquired by LinkedIn. The report put the acquisition in the "low teens" of millions of dollars.

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Interview with Vinny Jindal, Stockr

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What does social networking have to do with the stock market? Vinny talked with us about his start, which allows users to discuss and collaborate on their stocks and finances in a social way. We wanted to tackle that problem, by using a social network. In that network, we bring in content from all over the web.

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Streetfire Merges With CarDomain

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Marina Del Rey-based Streetfire , which operates an online user-generated site focused on car and motorcycle enthusiasts, said Wednesday that it has merged with fellow social networking site CarDomain. Tags: streetfire cardomain merger acquisition automotive motorcycle. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed.

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Warner Bros. Buys Flixster

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Flixster operates an online social network and community for fans; Rotten Tomatoes provides film reviews, information, and news. According to Warner, both sites will continue to operate independently. Flixster has offices in San Francisco, and Rotten Tomatoes has their operations in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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Kindbody raises $15M, will open a ‘Fertility Bus’ with mobile testing & assessments

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The New York-based company was founded last year by Gina Bartasi, a fertility industry vet who previously launched Progyny, a fertility benefit solution for employers, and FertilityAuthority.com, an information platform and social network for people struggling with fertility.

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

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking.