Finally, Emperor Palpatine has his own Valentine’s Day card. What a great way to spread the nerdy love…
“You’re so great… I’d dismantle the senate for you!”
Sphere: Related ContentFunny site sponsored by Virgin Mobile, teaches you the art of sexy texting. When you go to letshavetxt.com, you can choose what you’re “in to” (nurses, plumbers, cowboys, housewives, etc.) and then pick up a few clever one-text-liners, “I always get so dirty when I clean”, “Ever wanted 2 handle a firehose?”, “Let me ring ur doorbell”, “Evr seen such a big wrench?”. They also have a few videos and the ability to fake text with a sexbot.
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News Corporation today announced the launch of Slingshot Labs, an incubator dedicated to building and developing new Web ventures for the company. Slingshot Labs will be headquartered in Santa Monica with former MySpace executives Josh Berman and Colin Digiaro serving as co-presidents.
Interested in working there? Send your resume to: jobs AT slingshotlabs DOT com
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Launch Party Vancouver, Episode 6 ‘The Kiss’ from LAtwiist on Vimeo.
Launch Party Vancouver, Episode 5 ‘Strutta’ from LAtwiist on Vimeo.
This is a very cool video from Mahalo Daily.
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Looking for a way to spice up Valentine’s Day? Try alcohol! (ummm, responsibly, of course) Visit theBar.com and find the perfect drink to impress that perfect someone. A very cool site that lists every cocktail recipe imaginable, highlights the most popular drinks in your area and suggests cocktails for different occasions and events, this website could come in very handy! Just think how lucky you’ll get by whipping up a Passionpolitan, a Godiva Chocolate Berry Diva or a Kissable 
Makeupmondo.com, a Los Angeles based start-up, just launched it’s first round of free how-to videos. Featuring celebrity make-up artists’ tricks of the trade, you can learn how to get Scarlett Johansson’s smoky eye or Angelina Jolie’s plump lips. With more than 50 videos, there are many celebrity “looks” to experiment with. The video’s are very quick and simple, they explain the make-up colors and brushes you’ll need, as well as the application technique. So, next time you see a look you like on the red carpet, visit makeupmondo.com to create it for yourself.
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Rubicon’s mission is to automate the large, yet highly inefficient internet advtertising industry. Today they’re sharing some statistics from their private beta program. They go like this..
· Since launching the Beta program in October 2007, more than 3500 web publishers have signed up to use the service.
· To date, the Rubicon Project has optimized 4 billion online advertisements across more than 50 ad networks.
· The Rubicon Project has already earned website publisher customers more than $1 million in revenue.
Quote from Frank Addante, CEO of the Rubicon Project:
“It’s been an amazing couple of months here at the Rubicon Project. When we started the company, we could never have predicted that by January 2008 our Beta product would already be delivering real monetary value to web publishers across the globe. With significant capital in the bank, we are now laser-focused on expanding our team, building out our infrastructure and revolutionizing the way people make money with online advertising. I can’t wait to see where we are in January 2009!”
Rubicon has also picked up a few awards including the AlwaysOn OnMedia 100 winner and our very own ‘Best in Show’ award from Twiistup 3.
Keep up the great work Rubicon, it’s nice to see this success as you’re helping publishers make money.
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For those who don’t already know, we have our very own masters program in online communities here in LA. It’s run by USC Annenberg School for Communication and funded by the Annenberg Foundation. Its the first program of its kind. A very intensive year gives you experience in all aspects of social networking and really throws you into the deep end of things. Check it out!
Annenberg Program on Online Communities
APOC is also a proud sponsor of Twiistup and Community Next. =)
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