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Detecting Contagious Outbreaks Through Social Networking

SoCal Tech Calendar

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 -- Detecting Contagious Outbreaks Through Social Networking. Current methods for the detection of contagious outbreaks give contemporaneous information about the course of an epidemic at best.

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What Mattered in 2010: Mike Jones, Myspace

socalTECH

For us, it was a big departure from social networking and a new commitment to social entertainment. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? One is to watch the companies who have the ability to leverage the power of social.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

Of course, you’re going to have to perform well to make that stock useful in the acquisitions process. At any rate, it seems only appropriate that social media sites, which have dominated the Internet over the past few years, will likely lead startups back into the IPO game. Do you need the IPO for your acquisitions strategy?

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Gabi Sorts & Ranks What’s Important to You | Interview With CEO Stefanie Hoffmann

Tech Zulu Event

The startup has come up with an app now fully integrated with the giant social network and can be used to comment ,like, tag, browse through events, statuses, comments or swipe through videos as you rank them relevant or unwanted without leaving Facebook. Of course not. Gabi is nearly eight months old. So why Gabi?

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Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

If Avesta sees someone drinking Coloft coffee (organic of course), he quickly asks if they’ve sold anything. Throughout Coloft, there are pieces of art (and stickers) around this theme. Everyone left Coloft around midnight, some making their way over to Bodega for a night cap.

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. And, of course, that person gets notified and you can tweet or post your endorsement as well. That's impressive growth!

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

And it certainly seems to have worked with reports of: Branchout has seen explosive growth in January 2011, growing from 10K to 250K monthly users, with a total usership now in the hundreds of thousands. And, of course, that person gets notified and you can tweet or post your endorsement as well. That's impressive growth!

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