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Anonymous Social Media App Nets $550,000

L.A. Business Journal

Santa Monica-based Trill Project, founded by four high-schoolers who want to make social media safer, received on Aug. Founders Bootcamp is a venture studio focused solely on high school entrepreneurs and run out of the UCLA Anderson School of Management’s Cross-Campus space.

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LA Dangles Stuffed Bear For Social Media Love

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based top level domain extension.LA , which has been marketing a top level domain which celebrates the association with Los Angeles, said it will be giving away stuffed bears at random to users who promote the domain on social media, like its Facebook page, or subscribe to its email newsletter.

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UCLA Looks To Tap Social Networks In Teen Health Effort

socalTECH

The UCLA School of Public Health is looking to tap into the power of social networks, in an attempt to encourage adolescents from 13 to 17 to take better care of their health. UCLA and Health Net said the effort is being funded by a $1.1M Tags: ucla.

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Social Media Marketing

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 -- Social Media Marketing. The German American Business Association (GABA) and Epic States, invite you to an exciting workshop and panel discussion focusing on the social media industry followed by a reception at the UCLA Anderson School of Management.

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. If we ask what we could have done to mitigate some of these problems, one can easily name two.

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One Simple Way You Can Make an Actual Difference in Somebody’s Life

Both Sides of the Table

We’re all bombarded with social media campaigns asking for us to Tweet, share, like, change our badge, use a hashtag or generally show outrage at a topic du jour. It turned out that UCLA had a Guardian Scholar program set up since they have around 100 students entering every year out of foster care / homelessness.

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Linked in Live Los Angeles

SoCal Tech Calendar

Do you need to be part of the Social Media trend? Can you use social media efectvely to promote your business? Join us to hear the good, the bad and the possibilites for leveraging social media and how it's transforming the way we do business.