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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu

socalTECH

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. We spoke with Neville about the company: What is theBlu? How did you decide to start all of this?

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5 things Silicon Valley gets wrong about Southern California

SoCal Delicious

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. Orange County alone is home to more than 300 medical device companies with world-renowned leadership in ophthalmic and cardiovascular devices – a far cry from the “silicone” valley that Ms. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone.

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

Both Sides of the Table

AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Social Networking in Web 2.0: