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Altly Posts Anti-Facebook Manifesto, Gets Funding

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Los Angeles-based Altly , the latest startup of Dmitry Shapiro , the founder of Veoh and former CTo of MySpace Music, has officially thrown down the gauntlet, saying in a blog post this week that it there is a need for an alternative to Facebook--and the firm is going to create that alternative. READ MORE>>.

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Debating Some of the Issues of Our Time with Dmitry Shapiro

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He won the battle (the lawsuit) but lost the war (went bankrupt, with pending litigation he couldn’t get funded. We talked about how his new company, AnyBeat , will be a difference kind of social network. He’s back in the game as an entrepreneur and this time he wants to take on Facebook. Or does he?

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How do I Really Feel About Anonymous Apps Like Secret?

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” I have been weighing in slowly on the topic over the past few weeks on Twitter but have avoided writing a blog post about it until now. I first discovered him or her as a commenter on Fred Wilson’s blog. And we’re promoting apps like this in the tech press and funding it. Kill a fat person. So so funny.