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Debating Some of the Issues of Our Time with Dmitry Shapiro

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We talked about how his new company, AnyBeat , will be a difference kind of social network. I’ll let you watch the video to find out what we thought , but we covered: Why YouTube took off when Veoh and others didn’t. Or does he? We had a chance to discuss many issues of our day.

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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.

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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. There are many things I am – but different than what I say on this blog is not one of them!