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Latest speakers at MobileBeat: Steve Boom and Sam Altman

VentureBeat  Jun 30 09

I’m delighted to announce the latest speakers we’ve recruited for MobileBeat 2009, our conference on July 16 in SF: Steve Boom, chief executive of mobile social networking company Mig33, arguably the most downloaded mobile application of all time; and Sam Altman, chief executive of another mobile social networking company Loopt, which tracks your location through GPS. (By the way, we’ve pretty jazzed right now about our line up for MobileBeat. We’ve got just about everyone who is anyone coming, and we’ll be making daily updates from now on; sign up now before its too late. Full story...

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VentureBeat  about an hour ago

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VentureBeat  just under two hours ago

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VentureBeat  7 hours ago

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VentureBeat  8 hours ago

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VentureBeat  8 hours ago

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Shared content on Facebook surges fivefold from seven months ago

VentureBeat  9 hours ago

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Redpoint Ventures raises $400M fund for investments in social, mobile, and more

VentureBeat  10 hours ago

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BlueKiwi lets companies build a community for free

VentureBeat  10 hours ago

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Pursway grabs $6m to help find companies social influencers

VentureBeat  11 hours ago

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An SD memory card adapter for your iPhone

VentureBeat  13 hours ago

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