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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Visa Places Bet on New Approach to Payments With Rare Investment in TrialPay

Visa, Greylock’s Reid Hoffman and others are pouring $40 million into TrialPay, which helps companies like Facebook, Gap and Fandango increase sales through the use of incentives.
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Apps for Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers

Here are 10 mobile shopping apps for the holiday procrastinators out there.
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Google Buys Alfred Restaurant Recommendation App for Local Team

Google today said it had acquired Clever Sense, maker of personalized restaurant recommendations apps (if you liked that, then you’ll like this).
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Will the Local Social Network of the Future Be More Like Facebook or Twitter?

Even for a hermit like me, it seems evident there are local social opportunities beyond deals and check-ins. It’s an area ripe for social Web and app development. But what’s the best approach?
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Nextdoor Launches Private Social Networks for Neighborhoods

Nextdoor, which opens to the public today, hopes to connect neighbors through highly local social networks where their identities are carefully verified.
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President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!
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Even More AsiaD Speakers: Yahoo’s Yang, HTC’s Wang, Samsung’s Hong and More!

You want more AsiaD speakers, we got more. And there are more to come, too!
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Loku Wants to Beat Yelp and Google at Local Search With Some Help From Big Data

Loku, a Web app in private beta, is bringing big data to local search. The start-up will have to bring something big to that fight if it wants to challenge the likes of Google and Yelp.
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Yahoo Loses Longtime Ad Tech Exec Dev Patel

Yahoo has lost another one of its longtime top advertising tech execs, as Advertiser and Publisher Solutions VP Dev Patel ankles out the door.
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It’s a So-Lo-Mo World, After All