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Episode 1 of Everybody Game is live!

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Episode 1 of Everybody Game is live! Watch it now and kudos to Carlos Rondela for getting this Kickstarter project off the ground and running.

Nerd Stalker's SF New Tech's Post Event Jibber Jabber

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We were grateful for attending the last SF New Tech event who quietly celebrated their 7th year informing tech audiences of the latest tech on the street. View or listen to our Greg Viloria and Life With Technology's Liberty Madison on their take on the March 20 pitches by Sensus , Litterati , Evernote , Shoplocket , Open Garden , Herdmark , Townten and WeFile.it .

On Deck for SF New Tech's Damn It's Getting Hot in Here

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Here's the pitch bill for the upcoming SF New Tech on 3/20. You will see pitches from Evernote, Litterati, Townten, Open Garden, Sensus, Shoplocket, WeFile.it, and Herdmark. Nerd Stalker will be there as SF New Tech's media partner. Tickets are still available here .

The Birth, Death and Rebirth of Tech

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Download MP3 This week Adolfo Foronda and Greg Viloria discusses their tech picks of the week. Adolfo talks Death of the personal car, Samsung's Android Escape Plan, Get Your Hater App and more. Greg aka SocialGreg talks about Japan Gets an Energy Breakthrough?, Human Body Password and Improve Your Android Battery Life with Apps and more.

Startup Blog Insights: Exit Mourning to Are You Listening

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We believe in startups. Our SocialGreg had the opportunity to sit down with Taffy Williams, the author and voice of the Startup Blog. So, what would you do if you are a founder of a startup and got suddenly ousted by investors? As a leader, Do you listen to enough to understand and respond to the right things? Do you listen to trusted people you hired? In this episode, Taffy talks about how his experiences is reflected in his blog, a recent column written about listening leadership and finally the five stages of mourning people go through when suddenly ousted from a company.

SF Japan Night 5 Summary

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We attended the 5th SF Japan Night by btrax on March 5. Six great startups from Japan presented and gave us a glimpse of what Japanese startups are all about. Learning seemed to be the hot button. ShareWis took top honors as people's choice and Judge's choice at this event. ShareWis is a free "causual learning experience" as described on their website. ShareWis let's visually tracks you learning via a  concept map or  knowledge map and allows you to add to the learning community with your own video lectures. You can go from subject to subject and each lecture is free. Check it out.

Ringya Helps Manage Contacts Via Rings of People

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Having a hard time keeping up with contacts. How about having your friends and colleagues help you manage those contacts? That's what  Ringya brings to the contact party. Ringya is an app that helps your create and manage groups of contacts for better contact management and collaboration using a combination of technology and "friend sourcing." We were happy to chat with Gal Nachum , CEO of Ringya. Gal discusses Ringya's concept of contact management and also gives some advice to entrepreneurs.

Like Lifting Weights For the Brain, HEG Research

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Download MP3 Adolfo Foronda of Nerd Stalker interviews Jonathan Toomim , Founder of HEG Reasearch at the recent Bulletproof Conference in San Francisco. The Upgraded Focus Brain Trainer includes a headband with small red and infrared LED lights that shine through the skin and skull to assess the color of brain tissue; light is reflected back to a spectrophotometer that measures the exact color of oxygenated arterial blood. The headband then sends your brain's data to your computer so you can get feedback in real time* ... and hack your circulation! *Real time is within the critical 350 ms window required for training your nervous system effectively. You can buy the device here .

SocialTime TV: Yahoo's Marissa Mayer WTF WFW?

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Sean Charles  ( @SocialMediaSean ) and  Greg Viloria  ( @SocialGreg ) are back for another episode of SocialTimeTV.  This week, Sean and Greg talk about the Yahoo!'s Marissa Mayer's WFH policy, Oscar Tweets (Winners and Losers), Social Studios (flipboard for Video), Whatever Button for FB and more.

Enrich Your Videos with Better Cross Platform Transactions

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Videos are not just about views, it is all about what you want the videos to do for your brand. Viewbix helps bring interaction to videos by creating a layer above your video for better reach which in turn to lead to better business. We were able to catch up with Jonathan Stefansky from Israel and talk about his web app that hopes to increase you engagement and help your conversions.

Japanese Startups Hit the SF Startup Scene Next Week

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SF Japan Night is back. btrax  is bringing 6 semi-finalists from the February event in Tokyo who will be pitching on March 5 at YetiZen . These promising startups will be judged by group of great tech community leaders like Shirley Lin of 800birds , Ahmed Siddiqui of SignalFire , Edith Yeung of Right Ventures and Dolphin,  Ray Grieselhuber of Ginzamarkets, Inc and  Igor Shoifot investor with TMT Investments and chairman of  HappyFarm . Always a great turnout and interesting startups to view. Order your tickets here .