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It’s Time to Make a Commitment to Accessibility and Inclusiveness in Social Networks

Austin Startup

link] Is this a live radio app or is it a voice social network? With just an internet connection, you can always find someone to talk to However, as tempting as it is, we can’t declare victory and say that our product is complete. So, why do you even need a voice social network? We’ll see you in Austin!

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The Magic Midnight Mind Meld

Both Sides of the Table

Or how about the inventor of the Internet? It is called, “ the new rules for the Internet bubble &# and he just nails it. It has to do with the future of social networking. You couldn’t help but seeing Uber Pedicabs all around town. No, not Al Gore. The real inventor (the creator of Ethernet) Bob Metcalf.

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9 Unlikely Entrepreneurs Who Changed The Market

YoungUpstarts

Before starting the multinational Internet and software corporation with Larry Page, Brin was a student at the University of Maryland, studying mathematics and computer science. Before becoming a supermarket chain, Whole Foods was a small natural foods store in Austin, Texas, called Safer Way Natural Foods. Sergey Brin. Oprah Winfrey.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

PMC-Sierra, a premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, is purchasing Wintegra Inc. , a leading Israeli provider of highly integrated network processors optimized for mobile backhaul, 3G and 4G wireless and wireline broadband networks. . US CHIPMAKER PMC SIERRA ACQUIRES ISRAELI WINTEGRA.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

” Mike Maples of Floodgate Fund may have the most Darwinian take on it all — always a surprise delivered in his warm, folksy Andy Griffith-like Texas accent. Pandora begs Congress to lower Internet music licensing rates. HealthTab acquires Avvo Health to double its doctor network. Open Sesame! (A A little too late).

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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

Austin Startup

Juan Sequeda – University of Texas at Austin/Semantic Web Austin. The web has gone social and is rapidly going semantic. The trend for social networks (Facebook, Twitter, etc) is to expose their graph interfaces so new applications can automatically inspect and bring new value to undiscovered social patterns.

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Speed, Focus, Smart Insights: 5 Google Analytics Custom Reports FTW!

Occam's Razor

I want to know what Social Network people are coming from. Do notice the clever use of the filter (Social Source Referral Exact Yes) above. It was deeply frustrating to keep track of social networks (they come and go every day!). And if you have not, really, what are you doing on the Internet?)