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PeeqSee Launches Social Networking App

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Los Angeles-based PeeqSee , a new startup developing social networking and media apps, has launched an app which lets users create interactive, visual posts. Arat was previously President and CEO of Vantage Surgical Systems; President & CEO of Microfabrica; and also had served at Silicon Value, IBM Microelectronics, and others.

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USC Launches Media Lab

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According to USC, the new lab--backed by IBM, Verizon, the Levi's brand and Mattel--will focus on the areas of geolocation, social networking, digital entertainment, gaming behavior and transmedia.

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Interview with Gary Bishop, Network Automation

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We are handling IT processes which are normally the purview of large players like BMC and CA Technology, HP, and IBM--considered the Big 4 in IT administration. They are looking for very large engagements, and there is a huge investment in infrastructure for the products that companies like HP and IBM deliver.

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Why Aren’t There More Female Entrepreneurs?

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She bought our first computer – an IBM XT with a 10MB hard drive – in order to do her books electronically. But this coming generation is much more likely to be inspired by The Social Network and want to be entrepreneurs. She was the dominant figure in my family and was both an entrepreneur and a community leader.

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Open Source Business Model

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However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. One of his companies - Gluecode - was sold to IBM for a pretty good price. in Computer Science.

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Startup CTO Speaking

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He's also led significant technology projects for a very impressive list of companies including Citibank, Lexus, Microsoft, Nissan, Universal, IBM, HP, Sun, and the list goes on. Most notably, he was the original CTO for eHarmony for its first four years making him partly responsible for more than 4% of the marriages every year.

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Interview: Kevin O’Connor of FindTheBest

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Messenger : Kevin O’Connor , Co-Founder of FindTheBest , former Co-Founder and CEO DoubleClick (sold to Google, $3.1B, seed investor ISS (sold to IBM, $1.3B), Co-Founder ICC (sold to DCA $25mm). This might sound a bit off, but I actually thought the movie “The Social Network,” did a phenomenal job at depicting the essence a startup.

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