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UCLA Looks To Tap Social Networks In Teen Health Effort

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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

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Privacy, Net Neutrality, The Social Network, Angelgate and More on TechZulu Law

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TechZulu's latest web show, TZ Law, premiered this week with co-hosts Lisa Borodkin and Christina Gagnier. We had special guest Denise Grayson of The Social Network. Denise talks about how her work in the movie brought a deja vu from her experiences dealing with ambitious Internet entrepreners on Wall Street during Web 1.0.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. They've acquired CAPTCHA security tools originally developed by Vidoop, and looking to market that technology to e-commerce web sites, social networking sites, and others looking to reduce spam and fraud.

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Is it a Good Idea to Have Ads in Tweets?

Both Sides of the Table

was the “static&# web. Traditional media companies published their stories on the web. was the 2-way web. Banner or AdSense style ads placed either at the top of the page or down the right hand side (often called a skyscraper) would only net Twitter money for users that log into Twitter.com.

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Kick-Start Your eCommerce Business for $100 or Less

Startup Professionals Musings

Personalize a simple web site. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook. This costs nothing, and allows you to safely collect money from customers all around the world. Then there are full-featured software sites like Facebook.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

Its also been interesting to see the interaction of tools involved - Social Networking, Blogging and a Discussion Group. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0 The level of resumes we get through our LinkedIn networks is top notch. Im very happy with the time Ive spent building up my LinkedIn network.

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‘Do-It-Yourself’ Startups Have Never Been Easier

Startup Professionals Musings

Personalize a simple web site. Don’t expect that you can create a new social networking site in your garage, and steal all the users away from Facebook. Other popular tools are available at low cost, with built-in e-commerce capabilities (pay via credit card), including this Top Ten list for 2014.

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