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Interview with Brian Norgard, Namesake

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We started with the initial idea of building vertical, B-to-B social environments, and soon figured out that was a terrible idea. Dan and I, my co-founder, obviously have social networking and advertising backgrounds. And, it is a social network. A social network without people is an oxymoron.

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Rippol Launches Video Discovery Service

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The new site uses social networking features, including links to Facebook and Twitter, to help users find and discover video based on information from friends and family.

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Chumby Targets Digital Photo Frames

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San Diego-based Chumby, which makes Internet-connected devices, has rolled out a new reference design that incorporates the firm's software to create Internet-connected digital photo frames. The firm said that the new reference design--which uses an application processor from Samsung--is available for developers.

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AudioMicro Updates Service, Links With SlideRocket

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The firm also said that it is in a deal with SlideRocket, which will allow users of Sliderocket's presentation site to license tracks from AudioMicro and incorporate them in presentations.

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Interview with Jeremy Gocke, Fliptu

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With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

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SpringRole: Making Hiring Work Better, Through Referrals

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is looking to take that same, fundamental idea of personal referrals to jobs, and scale it out through social networks and the social graph. We wanted to go beyond the walls, beyond those employees, and build a network of people who want to refer others. How does SpringRole work? That is very limited.

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Intercasting

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We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? The second customer is the social networking sites.