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Goodreads Decouples From Amazon

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According to Goodreads, it is also working with other open data sources for book information on the site. Goodreads is backed by True Ventures, Michael Jones (MySpace, Userplane), along with others. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Ian Swanson, Sometrics

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I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. The platforms will be using it to serve ads into their ecosystem, essentially allowing their ad sales teams to sell into their impressions.

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Interview with Sometrics, Ian Swanson

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I worked at Userplane, building social applications for sites like MySpace. We also just recently launched a standard API, which allows any social networking site to use our analytics code. The platforms will be using it to serve ads into their ecosystem, essentially allowing their ad sales teams to sell into their impressions.

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Interview with Jerome Chang, BlankSpaces

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Those could be mobile professionals, corporate firms, sales people, or people who normally work at client sites or home based offices. Mike's latest claim to fame was selling Userplane to AOL. Many of those people have been stuck at home, because there were no other choices. They came here, and it worked.

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