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OliveWoo – The First Location-based Date Service

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About SF New Tech SF New Tech is the largest and longest running monthly technology event in San Francisco. Since forming in March 2006 more than 5,000 people have signed up to attend monthly standing room only events. Basically OliveWoo is a place where you can create, discover, and share exciting date ideas.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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LinkedIn “in the Black” (2006) In sharp contrast to other networks, LinkedIn was the first to offer users paid premium packages. Ahead of its acquisition by Google in the fall of 2006, the site grew to 100 million videos watched by 20 million dedicated users. Periscope became the go-to app for streaming and watching live events.

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YouTube Has Turned 6!

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The company names three main reasons for this growth: an increase in live streaming events. The site was initially opened to beta testers in May 2005 and in October 2006 it was acquired by Google for $1.65bn. The Growth of Foursquare In an Infographic. longer upload times. faster upload processing times.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Here’s 2006. These posts are not in response to newsworthy events, nor are they displayed in any particular order. 6 Tips for Getting the Most out of Foursquare (Mashable): Foursquare is new for many, so learn it and soak it in while it’s still hot. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg. Here’s 2007.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips from the Founder of Foursquare (Mashable): Dennis Crowley knows his stuff, and he’s given some good and creative tips to build visibility to his business. Hey, Foursquare was pretty small once! Foursquare Business Strategies You Don’t Want to Miss (Samir Balwani): With only (!)

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Quantum Entanglements: The Social Media Scandals

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I like to think of this as “Schrodinger’s Blogger&# , referring to the famous thought experiment which explains to us the rather odd concept of the quantum state, in which an event exists only as a waveform of possibilities (1 or 0) until it is observed, and that the act of observation changes the outcome of the experiment.

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What You Can Learn About Social Media Marketing from TLC

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Around that time, though, I noticed that TLC was promoting Foursquare as Facebook within their TV programs. On multiple occasions, I noticed an overlay during their episodes that encouraged users to follow them on Foursquare with a link to a Facebook.com address. The FourSquare/Facebook issue is at best a confusing promotion.