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1 hr ago | Forbes.com

Bra Tech: True&Co Brings Algorithms To Intimate Apparel

But for women, finding the best fitting bra that matches each person is not easy, says Michelle Lam, cofounder and CEO of True&Co . Instead of searching the racks at a department store, San Francisco startup True&Co helps find the best bra for each individual woman using algorithms, then sends them the best matches through the mail.

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Related Topix: Startups, First Round Capital

4 hrs ago | Sports of Yore

10 LinkedIn Tips for Building Your Business

The Start-Up of You , a recent book co-authored by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, notes that companies don't give you business - people do.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

5 hrs ago | AmericanBankingNews.com

Linkedin Upgraded to "Buy" at Citigroup

Shares of Linkedin opened at 99.94 on Wednesday. Linkedin has a one year low of $55.98 and a one year high of $122.70. The company has a market cap of $10.324 billion and a P/E ratio of 684.52. Linkedin last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 3rd.

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Related Topix: Startups, Social Software, Financial Services, CitiMortgage, Citigroup, Banking

Tue May 29, 2012

Benzinga

Stocks to Watch For the All Things Digital Conference: AAPL, ORCL, P, LNKD, ZNGA

The Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital Conference will take place from today until Thursday, May 31st.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Apple, Startups, Social Software, Zynga, Oracle Corporation

Money Morning

Facebook Stock Options: Proceed with Caution

Gold could break $2,200 in the next six months. And here's how you can get double - or higher - returns on your gold investments this year... Nonfarm payrolls; Unemployment rate .

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook

Benzinga

Why LinkedIn and Twitter Have Brighter Prospects Than Facebook

"Facebook isn't Google; it's Yahoo or AOL." That line sums up this excellent and nuanced take on Facebook by Michael Wolff, and it finally made me understand why I've been uncomfortable with the company's valuation and the widespread belief that it will surpass Google as king of the Internet.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Twitter, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Forbes.com

BranchOut's CEO Weighs-In On the Facebook IPO

Once again, Facebook is having a tough day. FB shares were down almost 10% Tuesday to extend the stock's losses to about 25% from their IPO pricing.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, BranchOut, Business News

News10.net

Airline allows you to use Facebook to see who's sitting by you

An airline has come up with a way to integrate social networking in its regular flight process.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Offbeat

Mon May 28, 2012

SFGate

Pinterest resumes - a way to pin down jobs?

Pinterest is known as a popular online pin board for photos of fashion , food recipes, and arts and crafts projects, but it has also become a place to find creative job resumes.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Recipes, Social Software, Startups, Facebook

Fri May 25, 2012

Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Should You BUY Facebook Now?

When Facebook Inc. started eight years ago, few could imagine that in less than a decade a website dedicated to helping college students connect with friends would become a household name and an over $85 billion company.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Google

Thu May 24, 2012

Benzinga

Social Media ETF Index Weights Facebook at 8.8%

Posted in : Long Ideas , News , Sector ETFs , Short Ideas , Specialty ETFs , New ETFs , Hot , After-Hours Center , Markets , Movers , Tech , Trading Ideas , ETFs The Solactive Social Media Index, the index tracked by the Global X Social Media Index ETF , has allocated 8.8% of its weight to Facebook , according to Global X. The Global X Social Media ... (more)

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Financial Markets, Google

Forbes.com

Lose The Facebook Funk With Visa, LinkedIn And A Zipcar Short

Unless you've spent the last couple of weeks under a rock, Facebook 's debut - as well as the company's subsequent legal drama and the stock's post-IPO slump - has dominated the headlines.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Financial Markets

CNN

Will Nasdaq weather the Facebook storm?

Nasdaq's Facebook "snafu" may prove to be good news for rival NYSE Euronext as the battle for exchange domination continues.

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Related Topix: NYX, Inc, Manufacturing, Automakers, Startups

PR-inside.com

BJAC Named Among Largest Design Firms In Southeast

The firm was also ranked No. 67 in ENR's list of all design firms in the Southeast.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Social Software, Startups, Architectural Design, Arts, Interior Design

Mobile Marketer

What impact will Facebook's rocky IPO have on mobile investment?

Facebook's IPO appears to be turning into a debacle, which could have implications for other companies looking to drum up significant investments based on their mobile strategies.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook

Wed May 23, 2012

PR-inside.com

Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties Announces April Lease And Sales Deals

Coldwell Banker Commercial TradeMark Properties has announced that several of the firm's brokers have negotiated significant deals during the month of April.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Twitter, Startups

InformationWeek

Facebook's Tech-Snarled IPO: What We Know

Facebook doesn't offer a "Dislike" button to complement its ubiquitous "Like" button, but that hasn't stopped investors from expressing their anger about the handling of Facebook's May 18, 2012 initial public offering.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Facebook, Computers, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Lenexa, KS

BayStreet.ca

Social Media Companies Compared

Facebook Inc. , LinkedIn Corporation , Zynga Inc. , CrowdGather Inc. and other social media companies have a wide array of valuations in the public markets.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, CrowdGather, Zynga, Social Software, Google

Mashable

The Beginner's Guide to LinkedIn

LinkedIn is considered the non-sexy, sleeping giant of social networks. It keeps a low profile, perhaps due to the professional nature of its users.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Startups, Science, Computer Science

Forbes.com

Andrew Keen: Why 1984 Is Upon Us

In 2007, before Nicholas Carr and Jaron Lanier , Andrew Keen published a prescient critique of Web 2.0 culture titled The Cult of the Amateur , a book that anticipated many of the problems of the web today.

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Related Topix: Internet, Science / Technology, Social Software, Startups

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