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2011 Consumer Internet Predictions

Lightspeed Venture Partners

While the amount of social gaming on other social networks, especially the Asian networks, has significantly increased over the course of the year, the vast majority of social gaming still takes place on Facebook. Brand advertising starts to move online, boosting premium display, video and social media.

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Spectacles and $SNAP’s $20B Valuation

Austin Startup

This begs the question: how much time do users spend in Snapchat today compared to other social networks, and how will that number change over time? Had Facebook not purchased Instagram, Facebook’s aggregate numbers likely would have dipped as millennials have largely abandoned Facebook for Instagram and Snapchat.

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[Review] The Art Of Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Focused on content curation (ie finding and sharing other people’s content) as opposed to content creation, the book describes a system of planning, calendaring, finding, and sharing of posts on social media. Be promotional – ie pay to advertise if you need to. Be a Mensch – give to others without an agenda.

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[Review] The Art Of Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Focused on content curation (ie finding and sharing other people’s content) as opposed to content creation, the book describes a system of planning, calendaring, finding, and sharing of posts on social media. Be promotional – ie pay to advertise if you need to. Be a Mensch – give to others without an agenda.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. This execution was actually presented in the board room by executives who thought it was a genuine advertisement by them. It was anti-social in nature. Our desire to collaborate and connect.

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly This turns out to be one of the real differentiators for Twitter. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer. Not so on Twitter.

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Special: The 56 Israeli Companies Exhibiting in Mobile World Congress 2011

VC Cafe

i-nigma was successfully deployed by hundreds of enterprises, among them operators, advertisers, integrators and solution providers. Flash Networks’ Harmony My-i is a phone-top toolbar that provides a user-friendly interface to access personalized and targeted content while browsing the open Internet. Aerotel Medical Systems.

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