---
title: 'memepdx 020: Jive and Filtrbox, StepChange, AboutUs and Jyte, Beer and Blog, Lunch 2.0, Mercy Corps, and Google'
date: '2010-01-14T11:04:13-08:00'
type: post
word_count: 315
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categories:
  - memePDX
  - Oregon
  - Podcasts
  - Portland
tags:
  - AboutUs
  - Beer
  - Blog
  - 'cami kaos'
  - china
  - Filtrbox
  - Google
  - haiti
  - JanRain
  - Jive
  - jyte
  - 'lunch 2.0'
  - memePDX
  - 'mercy corps'
  - StepChange
---

# memepdx 020: Jive and Filtrbox, StepChange, AboutUs and Jyte, Beer and Blog, Lunch 2.0, Mercy Corps, and Google

How is it already Thursday? Oh. Well, if it is that means it’s time for another episode of [memePDX](http://twitter.com/memepdx "memePDX").

This week, it’s the “acquisition edition.” [Cami Kaos](http://twitter.com/camikaos "Cami Kaos") and I talk about [Jive acquiring Filtrbox](http://siliconflorist.com/2010/01/07/portlandbased-jive-software-acquires-boulderbased-filtrbox/ "Jive acquiring Filtrbox"), [StepChange getting acquired](http://siliconflorist.com/2010/01/12/portland-stepchange-part-burgeoning-social-agency/ "StepChange getting acquired"), [AboutUs acquires Jyte from JanRain](http://siliconflorist.com/2010/01/13/officially-declaring-2010-year-acquisition-portland-aboutus-acquires-janrain-jyte/ "AboutUs acquires Jyte from JanRain"), [Beer and Blog turns two](http://siliconflorist.com/2010/01/08/portland-beer-blog-celebrating-years-beering-blogging-beering/ "Beer and Blog turns two"), the [first Lunch 2.0 of the year](http://siliconflorist.com/2010/01/12/reminder-lunch-20-extensis-week/ "Lunch 2.0 at Extensis next week"), [Mercy Corps helping Haiti](http://mercycorps.org/haiti "Mercy Corps Haiti"), [Google’s approach to China](http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html "Google and China"), and [Google Docs will allow uploading documents](http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/01/upload-and-store-your-files-in-cloud.html). And thank you so much to [Joe Christensen](http://twitter.com/blazeit "Joe Christensen") at [Blaze Streaming Media](http://www.blazestreaming.com/ "Blaze Streaming Media") for loaning us a Tricaster so we could even do the show this week.

Let’s get to it.

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