Four Trends to Trickle Down the Mountains From This Year’s Summit Series Basecamp 2012

Looking back on a memorable Summit, here are four trends buzzed about in Tahoe.

More Details on Rovio’s Valentine’s Day Treat: Angry Birds on Facebook

The latest incarnation of the popular game, arriving next week on Facebook, adds some new features and a handful of social twists.
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The Internet Hasn’t Killed the Radio Star: Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman’s Full Dive Into Media Interview

The guy who helped build MTV, then AOL, is now running a radio giant in an Internet age. Why?
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Who’s Ready for the (Heaven Forbid) Social Networking Patent Wars?

Just in case patent wars happen to be contagious, it seems worth evaluating which social networking players are best-equipped.
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So, How Long Does Facebook Keep Your Deleted Photos? (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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Behind the Scenes at Groupon’s Tech Headquarters as It Prepares to Report First Public Earnings

Groupon is slowly building out its technology prowess in Palo Alto, Calif., 2,000 miles away from its headquarters — one acquisition at a time.
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SchoolFeed Turns High School Reunions Into a Facebook Social Game

SchoolFeed, which is building a sort of Facebook social gaming version of Classmates.com, already has six million monthly users. Now it has raised $1.75 million in funding.
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What Zuckerberg Could Do With His Facebook Fortune (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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California Pension Fund Challenges Facebook Over Board

A large California pension fund has challenged Facebook Inc. over what it sees as a lack of diversity on the company’s board of directors, just days after the social-networking firm filed papers to go public in a closely watched IPO.

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Facebook Buddies Up to Marketers at New York Event

Want to know more about Facebook’s ad plans in advance of its IPO? You may get a bit of insight at the end of the month. The social network is planning a half-day program geared toward marketers, which it will host at New York’s Museum of Natural History. Facebook says COO Sheryl Sandberg will kick off the program, which will include “inspirational breakout sessions” and a chat with an unnamed “esteemed guest.”

Klout Acquires Local App Blockboard

Social media influence scorer Klout has made its first acquisition: A local app maker called Blockboard.
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My So-Called Social Super Bowl

A Super Social Bowl

On Facebook, We Get More Love Than We Give