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Favor Plans Expansion Into San Diego, Gets $13M

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Favor , a on-demand, mobile delivery app developer, said today that it will be expanding into San Diego in the coming months, thanks to a new, $13M funding round.

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This Week in VC with Farb Nivi, Founder of Grockit

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Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Mobile gifting service. Current round: $8.1mm in Series C by S3 Ventures (lead), Adams Capital Mgmt, Triangle Peak Partners. Developer of Appsaurus , a mobile app recommendation engine. OTHER DEALS: 1. BlockChalk. Location-based version of StickyBits”.

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The Business of Gaming | REACH Games Event Recap

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Mobile and new generation consoles are being adopted at an astounding rate, and all the while gaming has become an increasing social outlet. Typically, instead of spending two years on a game; on a mobile and social games…typical cycle is six to nine months. The gaming industry has changed since the days of Atari and Odyssey.

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Getting To The Next Level In Cloud Storage, With IDrive

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We also have a mobile version of the product, Idrive Lite, which is primarily used to back up contacts. We''re not using third party services such as Amazon S3, which just adds to your cost. Our product name is IDrive, which is a consumer and small business facing, online backup and storage service. Number two, is our pricing.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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Wilson joined Paltalk from Zynga/OMGPOP where he was Chief Revenue Officer of the New York City based developer/publisher social mobile games company, which was sold to Zynga in 2012 for $210 Million. It generates revenues through Subscription, Virtual Currency and Advertising. Now all we need is YOU to: Join us!

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile. The most obvious change is that now social networks become mobile & “location aware.&# The highest profile brand in this space is FourSquare. ask microsoft, aol/time warner & google].

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. Social Networking is Becoming Mobile: FourSquare and Skout. The trend that is unfolding before our eyes is that Social Networking is now becoming mobile and that adds new dimensions to how we use social networks. The Past (1985-2002).