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SpaceX Set For Next Resupply Mission For NASA

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NASA will also be taking advantage of the capability of returning samples to earth--something it has been unable to do since the retirement of the space shuttle--in the SpaceX Dragon capsule. As a bonus to this mission, NASA also announced that it would be inviting fifty, social media users to apply for credentials to the launch.

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Sanguine BioSciences Finds Seed Funding

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Valencia-based Sanguine Biosciences , a startup developing a service around blood sample collection for research and development, said Thursday that it has closed on a seed financing round. Size of the round was not announced. The funding was led by INVENT Ventures and Heliant Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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uSamp Gets $10M In Series C

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Encino-based uSamp , the online market research and sampling firm founded by former goZing founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding. uSamp's online platform is used to manage online polling and sampling for clients. uSamp was formerly known as United Sample. READ MORE>>.

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Content, Commerce, and Cosmetics: A Look At IPSY's Subscription Business

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socaltech is a sponsor of next week's Recurring Revenue Conference on Tuesday at the Skirball Center, where Weiss will be speaking on a panel. Historically, women would go to a department store's makeup counter, and they were given samples and people they didn't know would recommend products to them. What is IPSY?

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Interview with Adam Bernhard, HauteLook

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We've been accelerating our marketing, and we also have a fantastic test going in the social media world. We've been talking to customers outside of the Hautelook environment, in social media, and ran a test a few weeks ago with CNC. I saw with that, that there must be a better way for brands to clear their inventory.

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Interview with Andy Steuer, Punchcard

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At the time, they were shipping out CD ROMs with 300 albums, album artwork, and three song samples each. We made it easier for local businesses to acquire customers through search and social media We sold that to Deluxe Corp. You'd pop in that CD ROM, listen to the song, and then call an 800 number to purchase the album.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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See a sample reprint in PDF format. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. These days, there are more Internet guys at the Vanity Fair Oscar party than traditional media players.". socaltech socalcto