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Serviz Acquired By Porch

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Sherman Oaks-based Serviz , the on-demand home services company founded by serial entrepreneurs Zorik Gordon and Michael Kline, has been acquired by Porch , another online marketplace for home services. Porch, which is based in Seattle, said it will integrate the Serviz technology platform into its own site, Porch.com.

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Kazaa Sold To Altrinsic

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Sherman Oaks-based Brilliant Digital Entertainment , operator of the Kazaa peer-to-peer digital music service, has sold its Kazaa peer to peer network and brand, according to New York-based Altrinsic. Brilliant Digital Entertainment web site says it would be relaunching Kazaa last year.

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Interview with Dan Yomtobian, Scour

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Dan Yomtobian is CEO and founder of Sherman Oaks-based Scour (www.scour.com), a meta-search engine which adds social features such as voting and comments to Internet search. Dan Yomtobian: We haven't done much marketing yet, and most of our user base is really viral. People are so used to the Google mold.

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