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Jobscience Acquires and Closes Down Atomkeep

Tech Zulu Event

Jobscience early today acquired Atomkeep in a move the company says was to help job seekers validate their social image over the various social networks to avoid mistaken identities from would be employers. Job seekers too are aware of the impact of their social relationships to their professional lives.

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. All of these generate social interaction. There's been a fair bit of discussion that Branchout is a bit too aggressive in its push for social interaction. More on this below.

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Branchout an Example of Viral Spread Opportunity for Startups

SoCal CTO

Notice also that on the user screen (Alan Edgett), you can give a badge, vote for Alan, request an endorsement, send a message or give an endorsement. All of these generate social interaction. There's been a fair bit of discussion that Branchout is a bit too aggressive in its push for social interaction. More on this below.

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Interview with Jody Sherman, CEO of EcoMom

socalTECH

Once that a product has made that initial screen, we look further, to make sure it's also cost effective and easy to live with. For lack of a better word, it's really social shopping--not in the way of using social networking to drive sales, but because moms are social, to allow them to share information regularly online.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.). After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville.