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When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

SoCal CTO

In this post, I want to look at just the question of when it makes sense to use Facebook Connect, Twitter Oauth, OpenID, Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication, Google Friend Connect or basically any of the other authentication mechanisms. Take a look at Startup Metrics. Identity Wars: Google & Yahoo! Example What do I mean?

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Topspin Backs High Def MP3 Format

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Topspin's software is being used by such artists as the Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Paul McCartney, The Doors, Janis Joplin, Arcade Fire, Eminem, Linkin Park, Trey Songz, Peter Gabriel, Carly Simon and Metric. Rogers was the former GM of Yahoo Music, and Topspin has raised funding from the Foundry Group and Redpoint Ventures.

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Los Angeles Tech Launched - Hot List

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So here's the Hot List for 1/1/2009 - 1/15/2009 Top 5 Posts The 7 Ways to Get Traffic on the Web Why You Need To Lead A Tribe - Seth Godin LA Gets Dugg, Hammered, Screwed How To Get The World Excited About Your Business –The James Siminoff Interview Viral analytics and metrics - go viral young startup Top 20 Keywords SEO Metrics Marketing Social Media (..)

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magnify360 Launches Advertising Optimization Tool

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magnify360 said its new Google Cost Optimizer automatically synchronizes with AdWords accounts, and provides campaign performance metrics to users about return on investment in individual keywords, cost per click, conversion rates, and other information.

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8 Growth Practices That Every Startup Needs To Follow

Startup Professionals Musings

Pick a single metric that is the focus for all growth. Today’s world is full of metrics leading to business growth, including customer logins, revenue per customer, retention, and average solution price. Zuckerberg had so much confidence and determination to stay independent that he turned down an early $1 billion offer from Yahoo.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

Both Sides of the Table

And finally, Scott demonstrated his internal management tool for managing the metrics of his business. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. If you’re an entrepreneur make sure you watch the video for that segment alone. It’s awesome. The deals we quickly went through are: 1.

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Interview with Josh Stomel, ResumeBucket

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We also provide the consumer a slew of tools, that will help them upload their resume and manage their online identity, plus we also have a resume builder function, detailed metrics on exactly who is viewing their resume, and the ability to create and manage multiple versions of their resume. Are those resume public or private?