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GSA Signs Deals with Facebook, Other Social Media Firms

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 29, 2009 - 7:13am.
Washington - In a move designed to make it far easier for government agencies to share information over the Internet, the General Services Administration (GSA) has signed agreements with a group of social media services including Facebook, MySpace, Blist, Vimeo, Slideshare and AddThis. The deals allow other federal agencies to legally use the Web tools without negotiating their own terms of service.

Social Database Firm Blist Raises $6.5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 20, 2008 - 7:48am.

Seattle - Blist, the provider of an online social database service, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $6.5 million in its first round of venture capital financing, from Frazier Technology Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures.