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Earbuds lets audiences stream the playlists of athletes, entertainers and each other

TechCrunch LA

Earbuds , a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. Fox said at every press conference one or two questions would be about what songs teammates played before games. At its core, the app is just about making music more social, according to Fox.

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Interview with Bryan Hertz, VoxOx

socalTECH

With the proliferation of social networks, communications clients and VoIP phone services, users often find they need to use multiple ways--Twitter, Facebook, phone, FAX, and more--to communicate with their contacts. Essentially what VoxOx is, is a service which logs into all of your networks.

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What to do When a Tech Giant Decides to Eat Your Lunch

Both Sides of the Table

It is the same movie I saw 10 years ago when every VC would say to me, “yeah, I get that you’re an online document sharing service, but what’s going to happen when Microsoft enters the market? While Google stopped Facebook in their tracks when they built a social networking company. You’ll be dead.”. Tell that to DropBox.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

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Today I’m announcing that GRP Partners is doubling down on the Twitter ecosystem by investing in DataSift , a company who provides a real-time data platform and tools to third-party developers and corporations. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. The Importance of Twitter. Not so on Twitter.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

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The following was available: “I kept hearing about startups that raised VC funding, but which hadn’t filed Form Ds (nor issued a press release). SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. I’d link to it but it’s behind a paywall. OTHER DEALS.

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You Need to Win the Battle for Share of Mind

Both Sides of the Table

So resume + directionally-correct social graph = goldmine for recruiting, networking and marketing. It doesn’t strike me as a “social network&# in the way we’ve come to define them. But its focus on solving a real-world problem makes it uniquely valuable to most other social graphs.

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Interview with Gary Bishop, Network Automation

socalTECH

In 2004, there was just rudimentary usage of web sites, and now, we've got cloud based, software-as-a-service. What makes us unique, is we've got an automation platform which allows you to deploy in any of those ways. We can deliver a very functional, automation platform for less than $2000. We have a very strong fan base.