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ArmorWay: Applying Computer Game Theory To Real Life Problems

socalTECH

It was started at the University of Southern California in 2006-2007. We''re now scaling it up, and we''ve also filed seven patents in that process. Zare'' Baghdasarian: That''s the precise issue we address with our patents. What''s drove your decision to take this to market as a stand alone company?

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Interview with Paige Craig, Betterworks

socalTECH

I spend about twelve months before starting BetterWorks thinking about the SMB space, and the lack of tools and software for companies. I wanted to give companies a tool to recruit, retain, and optimize their existing workforce. There's a fairly complex platform we've patented. One person there was Nicole Jordan.

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Interview with Eric Golden, Equipois

socalTECH

Brown was approached by a manufacturer, who asked if his technology could hold tools for an assembly line. Eric Golden: The first use is for holding tools for manufacturers. Most manufacturers these days have workers that have to use tools, that can weigh from six pounds to up to 30 or 40 pounds.

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CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

Tech Zulu Event

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. Clients have included MoveOn.org, Rep. Ron Paul’s presidential bid, the Arizona League of Conservation Voters and the 2008 California No on Prop.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

Just as you would not ask your family physician to perform a coronary bypass, do not ask your corporate lawyer to help you write your patent application. However, you should seek a patent attorney when it is time to craft your patent application. Just like the phone, our remote access product was simply a tool.

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How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague

SoCal Delicious

For example Twitter , where gazillions of bots [type A] follow other equally superfluous but nevertheless very busy bots [type B] that automatically generate 27% valuable content (links to penis enlargement tools) and 73% not exactly exciting girly chatter (breeding demand for cheap viagra). Designating antisocial geeks. Posting tweet.

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Interview with George Ruan and Donald Patterson, Quub

socalTECH

I'd really include things like the telephone busy signal, voicemail, or a lot of other different communications tools, all of which give the ability to provide information on what's going on at the other end of the channel. The sort of support mechanisms and networks in place really are about pharmaceuticals, biomedical, and patents.

Startup 100