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Panels Not to Miss at SXSW

Austin Startup

– Would love to see revenue/business models re-enter the social media conversation. 3:30pm – Another good problem to have – Media Armageddon or Ze Frank ? The juxtaposition is glaring: old media or web pioneer? 3:30pm – *Cue self-serving segment* Beyond Algorithms: Search and the Semantic Web.

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Go Anywhere, Get Anything

Reid Hoffman

In February, Greylock kicked off “Iconversations,” a new speaker series featuring “icons” across tech, finance, media and culture. I was born in Iran and I grew up there. during a time period when immigrants were welcome, even though we were coming from Iran and relationships between Iran and the U.S. You came to the U.S.

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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 Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. as an example of why I shouldn’t be investing in the Twitter ecosystem any longer. Or how about Google?

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Bright Unveils A Data-Driven Approach To The Job Search, Raises $6M

techcrunch.com

Anthony Ha is a writer at TechCrunch, where he covers media, advertising, and startups. Then Bright’s 15 data scientists and engineers looked at those results, as well as other activity on the site, to create a generalized scoring algorithm. BRIGHT MEDIA CORPORATION. Company: Bright Media Corporation. Anthony Ha.

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