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Userplane: We're Not Dead Yet

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Santa Monica-based Userplane , which develops web widgets used by other online community sites, including chat and other collaboration applications, told its users today in an email that the firm's future "remains bright." Userplane was acquired by AOL in 2006. Tags: userplane deadpool widget software. READ MORE>>.

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Michael Jones Gets Exit At Thing Labs

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Michael Jones , CEO of MySpace and former founder of Userplane, has another exit under his belt today, as AOL announced it has acquired Thing Labs , a San Francisco maker of web-based, social software. AOL said it expects to integrate aspects of Brizzly into its Lifestream product, and instant messaging service AIM.

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MySpace Names Jones, Hirschhorn To Exec Team

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News Corporation said a few minutes ago that it has added two new executives at MySpace , and is tapping Tsavo Media's Michael Jones as Chief Operating Officer and Sling Media's Jason Hirschhorn as Chief Product Officer. Tags: hirschhorn jason media sling userplane jones michael tsavo executive myspace. Both are in Los Angeles.

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Interview with Heather Lipner, Uncovet

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Uncovet (www.uncovet.com), headed by Heather Lipner , said it would help consumers discover the most sought-after items from up-and-coming designers, vintage finds from select high-profile brands and home products. That's how I got in, and I ended up working at different design firms designing products for lots of starts.

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Reflections On 2017: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

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I believe we can expect a change in venture capital, with different ways of looking at early stage company value, and new ways to empower networks to participate in the growth of their respective products. Mike Jones is an internet executive, investor and strategic advisor and CEO of Science, Inc. He is also a long-time entrepreneur.

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TechZulu Presents 2012 Startup Forecast | Featuring Science, Tech Coast Angels, Amplify, StartEngine, upStart.LA

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A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded, advised, invested and sold numerous businesses, including application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media, Movoxx, PeopleMedia, Brizzly and Myspace. Mike is actively involved with early-stage start-ups as an investor, advisor and board member.

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Interview with Mike Jones, Science Inc.

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There will also be lots of mobile products. You have a pretty unique perspective, having both created a startup here (Userplane) and run arguably one of the largest technologies companies to emerge here. We'll also be looking at the content and commerce space, the interaction between content and commerce.

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