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0 A New Year’s resolution for Google: Buy MySpace, stat!

[Peter Yared is the vice president of apps at Webtrends, which acquired Transpond, a social-apps developer he founded.]

For all the money Google has...

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0 Music service Rdio opens to public with $4.99 subscpriptions

Social music service Rdio officially launched today into the crowded field of online music that includes providers like Pandora, Last.fm, iLike and...

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0 Well-known angels back local services startup Thumbtack.com

Thumbtack.com, a site where users can find local service providers like plumbers, wedding officials, dance instructors, and more, said today that it...

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0 Google gives a sneak peek at what could be an iTunes competitor

Google gave a brief glimpse of what appears to be a Web-based competitor to Apple’s iTunes Store during the company’s keynote session at the I/O...

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0 Facebook to open Seattle engineering office; Hadi Partovi joins as an advisor

Facebook is set to open an engineering office in Seattle this summer. The company is bringing on Hadi Partovi, who co-founded and sold iLike to...

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0 Zynga grabs a member of MySpace’s old guard for public relations

Social gaming giant Zynga has grabbed MySpace’s vice president of global communications, Dani Dudeck, to shore up its public relations department....

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0 Familiar Turns Your Screensaver Into A Social Picture Frame

Familiar, the artist formerly known as Picadee, launches in beta today. Familiar has an incredibly simple yet compelling value proposition, namely...

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0 Getting The Band Back Together: Picadee Founded And Funded By The iLike Guys

Keep an eye on yet-to-be launched Picadee, a new Seattle startup getting some buzz. The company was founded by former iLike employees Marcus Womack,...

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0 Songkick Launches iPhone App To Connect Location To Gigs

I have a confession to make. I'm a fan of live bands, but what with one thing or another, I just don't get to see enough. I signed up to all the...

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0 Food Is The New Frontier In Green Tech

This is a guest post from Ali Partovi, angel investor, startup advisor and serial entrepreneur. He co-founded iLike, acquired by Myspace in 2009, and...

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0 Google’s Music Search Engine Quietly Vanishes From The Web

At the end of October 2009, my colleague Jason Kincaid traveled all the way to Hollywood, Los Angeles, for the official unveiling of Google's new...

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0 Toddlers Pick iPhone Over Windows 7 Phones 10-1

Flashcards for toddlers is a huge business. Ok, I actually have no idea how big of a business it is. But I know parents think they're an important...

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0 Like The Ping Sidebar, iLike Founder Hopes Apple Copies Mission Of Helping Small Artists

If the new Ping sidebar that was launched today as a part of iTunes 10.0.1 looks familiar, perhaps it's because you've been using the iLike Sidebar --...

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0 10 Facebook Tabs to Add

Over the past month, Facebook has not so smoothly transitioned third party content from boxes to tabs on your Facebook profile page. This is best...

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0 Google Hires Legal Gun For New Music Service

Google has hired well known music attorney Elizabeth Moody to assist them with negotiations with music labels and other rights holders for their...

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0 OPower to Expand to West Coast, Names iLike Founder Hadi Partovi to Advisory Board

Energy efficiency tracking company OPOWER added Hadi Partovi to its Technology Advisory Board and will open new offices in San Francisco next month....

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0 After More Than 10 Years, Indie Music Community GarageBand.com Folds

GarageBand.com, the well-known indie music store, discovery & review service and online community, will be discontinued as of July 15th, 2010, more...

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0 There Goes The Neighborhood: Facebook To Open Seattle Office

There I was thinking I was such a trendsetter by moving to Seattle. But apparently other people had the same idea, because Facebook is opening an...

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0 MySpace Spinmaster Dani Dudeck Resigns, Moves To Zynga As GM Corporate Communications

Another day, another MySpace executive resignation. Dani Dudeck, Vice President of Global Communications, has resigned from MySpace, says a source,...

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0 iLike Founders Ali And Hadi Partovi Step Down From MySpace Executive Team

Last August, MySpace acquired social music service iLike. As part of the deal iLike founders (and twin brothers) Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi joined...

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