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The tech review article also included a nice bit of perspective on these valuations.

“Another reason this metric is useful: it indicates that for all the hype around Facebook and its kin, the situation isn’t as hyperbolic as it was in the dot-com boom. Remember Excite, one of the first Web portals? It and its 18 million users were worth as much as $6.7 billion—$372 per user—to the @Home Network in 1999. The next year, Lycos was valued as highly as $12.5 billion, or $431 per user. It might be of little solace that valuations aren’t as inflated as they were 12 years ago, but at least today, unlike then, there is a sizable amount of Internet ad revenue to vie for.”

Another good presentation packed with stats for the generation born after 1995.

Some of the key stats from the mobile game infographic:

- Mobile games are the most popular app category
- People spend an average of 7.8 hours a month gaming on their iphones
- Bedtime is usually game time for mobile gamers (31%)
- In the US, there are 100 million gamers
- Games are the mostly like category of app that people will actually pay for today
- Mobile gaming generated 12B in 2011 

…maybe I will make a go at a mobile gaming startup?

Less than 20% of the fastest growing companies take funding from VCs.

Great read for the mobile space with some excellent stats bundled inside.

This article sounds a bit like the song from rent but instead of life it could be “Seasons of Social Media”.

It is not surprising that Linkedin is the best resource for recruiters on social media. However, if you know how search correctly, Twitter can be an excellent way to source potential candidates that are actively looking in technology.