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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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MySpace, WSJ Look To Send Users To Davos

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Los Angeles-based social networking web site said late Thursday that it has kicked off a competition to send a MySpace user to the Davos World Economic Forum. The competition is being driven by user-submitted videos, where aspiring reporters can explain why they should be chosen to travel to Davos. READ MORE>>.

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Big Stage Partners With GGL Global Gaming

socalTECH

GGL operates a video game social networking site, which provides news, communities, and online gaming tournaments and competitions. According to Big Stage, the deal will allow users on the site to insert the firm's 3D avatars into game photos and videos. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Want To Meet Someone New? How Tinder Is Catching Fire, With Justin Mateen

socalTECH

If the feeling is mutual, we tell you the good news, and introduce you. Justin Mateen: The vision for Tinder, is about social discovery. There are plenty of other social networks out there, who do a good job of connecting you with your existing network of friends. How did Tinder come about?

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Interview with Tom Grasty, Stroome

socalTECH

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition. Our go-to-market strategy is closer to Facebook. READ MORE>>.

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How Dare They Block My Facebook at Work?

Startup Professionals Musings

Based on a survey just last year by Robert Half Technology , over half of today’s companies block social networks completely, while another 19 percent only permit it "for business purposes." Social networks have become a great vector for Trojans like Zeus and URLZone. Marty Zwilling.

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Young Minds Attacking Old Age Problems | SXSW’s First Ever Panel of Young Innovators

Tech Zulu Event

Enzo has been featured on Ellen Degeneres, NBC News, Forbes, Tome, Scientific American and many other news outlets. Walker’s app “ Rode Dog ” enables users within pre-established social networks to send barking sounds to offending pack members to encourage them to stop.

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