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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

TechCrunch LA

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. Wabisabi Design, Inc.

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Los Angeles-based Talespin nabs $15 million for its extended reality-based workforce training tools

TechCrunch LA

That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology developer Talespin did — and it just raised $15 million to grow its business. .

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Age of Learning Partners With Tencent On English Learning Software

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Los Angeles-based educational software developer Age of Learning and Chinese Internet giant Tencent said today that they have launched a new online English leanring program, ABCmouse , focused on teaching English to children in China. Financial details of the deal between the two companies were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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PurePhoto Buys PhotographyMentor.com, Launches Photo Site

socalTECH

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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MySpace Boosts Internet Safety Efforts

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Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace is looking to boost its Internet safety efforts today, saying that it is backing a campaign by nonprofit Enough is Enough to help keep children online. Tags: myspace social networking internet safety children. Financial details of the sponsorship were not disclosed.

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

When my team of graduate students and I sent the first message over the internet on a warm Los Angeles evening in October, 1969, little did we suspect that we were at the start of a worldwide revolution. After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed.

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