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LOS ANGELES, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nancy Fox, a former intimate apparel industry marketing executive and President of The Business Fox, a training and consulting company, has published a book designed for independent business-owners and consultants to master networking techniques for high-level contracts. The book was inspired by a text from a former client: "Just got my first million dollar order!" This was sweet music to Fox's ears as she had first worked with the young...

Seattle start-up Opilio Entertainment introduces the popular mini personal ads section "missed connections" to Facebook as well as releasing the mobile and the web app versions. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Utilizing the viral tools of Facebook, the "Missed Connections App" takes Craigslist’s popular but not functional column and puts it on steroids to make it a global concept. The Missed Connections App enables people to reconnect by creating, or searching for a...

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that incorporating a peer-referral program for HIV testing into emergency departments can reach new groups of high-risk patients and brings more patients into the hospital for testing. Co-author and assistant professor of emergency medicine Michael Lyons, MD, says public health officials study multiple approaches to increasing early diagnosis of HIV. These approaches include a recent emphasis on expanding testing in health care...

In the news release, ASMALLWORLD To Relaunch, issued 14-May-2013 by ASMALLWORLD over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that there have been updates in the "PRICE OF A NEW WORLD" section above the boiler plate. The complete, corrected release follows: ASMALLWORLD To Relaunch Will pivot its business model from advertising to subscription with new offerings, global member privileges NEW YORK, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, ASMALLWORLD, one of the first social...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Roughly two years after the launch of Google+, the Mountain View, California-based company’s most recent foray into the social media world is reportedly struggling to gain acceptance among key business brands in the US. Since first going live in June 2011, approximately 500 million users have set up Google+ accounts and about 135 million actively use the social network, according to Reuters reporter Alexei Oreskovic. The average...

GirlWorld, that is the name of the new social network created by Jordan Craft. A 13 year old genius out of Scottsdale, AZ. At 13 years old Jordan decided to jump into the world of mobile development and work to create a social network that would be useful to her and her friends. Scottsdale,AZ (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 GirlWorld, that is the name of the new social network (http://www.girlworldinc.com ) that was created by Jordan Craft. A 13 year old genius out of Scottsdale, AZ. At 13 years...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online One third of all Facebook users take breaks from the popular social network by deactivating their account, and 10 percent of them eventually quit using the website entirely, according to a team of Cornell University researchers. As part of the study, which was presented Thursday at the Association for Computing Machinery's Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Paris, the researchers posted an online questionnaire...

Google Business Photos come to Canada with Wisdek being the first Canadian company to be certified by Google to offer their hottest new service. (PRWEB) May 03, 2013 Wisdek Google Advertising Experts have just become the first agency in Canada to be certified as a Google Business Photos Trusted Agency. They have joined a small handful of elite agencies across the globe to offer Google’s hottest new service to North America. “The benefits of working with a certified trusted agency...

53% of Consumers Prefer to Shop At Small Businesses, Says Survey NEW YORK, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of National Small Business Month this May, OpenSky, the social network for shopping, along with several partners, is launching The Small Business Breakthrough, a national movement to celebrate, recognize, and promote small businesses and entrepreneurs in the United States. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130501/NY05161LOGO) "Consumers are moving away...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online One social network is being called out for privacy concerns, and this time it isn’t Facebook. Path, the social app for smaller networks, has been busted before snooping into users’ smartphone address book and keeping these contacts without their permission. These allegations resulted in independent privacy assessments and an $800,000 fine by the Federal Trade Commission. Yesterday, one blogger called the “antisocial”...