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The Secret to Going Viral: Harnessing the Kevin Bacon Effect

NetWits

Credible: Great, so you’ve engaged me and done it quickly, but if you try and tell me that your magic beans are the cure to cancer tomorrow, I’m onto whatever else my fascinating network of do-gooders and colleagues is up to. How can you expect folks to spread the good word if it’s too long and complicated to remember?

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Remento, a storytelling app for preserving family stories, raises $3M and debuts its iOS app

TechCrunch

Remento was founded in 2020 by Charlie Greene, who came up with the idea for the company after filming a series of interviews with his mother shortly after she was diagnosed with cancer. Five years ago, Greene’s mother was diagnosed with cancer and his family realized that they were on the precipice of losing stories about her life.

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Green is the fashion flavor of the week with Rubi Labs’ materials made from captured CO2

TechCrunch

When you think of green, climate-aware industries, you’d be forgiven if fashion isn’t at the top of your list. Against that backdrop, Rubi Laboratories is flying a green banner over the industry with “carbon-negative cellulosic textiles.”

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Destined to ring bells

Judi Sohn

Back in 2007, the Colorectal Cancer Coalition rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in honor of Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. It starts with green screen photo of small groups. It came together so fast and Eric was out of town. There was no way I could attend. It was a miserable, rainy day yesterday.

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Twibbon: A Twitter Tool That Puts a Ribbon on Your Profile

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Exactly two years ago , the idea of changing the visual of your Twitter avatar to support a cause spontaneously happened as part of the Pea Fund Fridays , a Twitter fundraising campaign created by Connie Reece to support breast cancer research to honor Susan Reynolds. Remember the sea of green avatars last summer in support of the Iran ?

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Learning from deep learning: a case study of feature discovery and validation in pathology

Google Research AI blog

Posted by Ellery Wulczyn and Yun Liu, Google Research When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, one of the most important steps is examination of the tumor under a microscope by pathologists to determine the cancer stage and to characterize the tumor. This information is central to understanding clinical prognosis (i.e.,

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Digital Strategies for Community Foundations: COF Knight Digital Media Center Workshop Notes

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The project is a hyperlocal source of information about living green–powered by network of environmental activists, nonprofits, and grassroots organizations. It celebrates the natural beauty of the area while educating the community about a green life style. Cara talked about the network formation phase of the project.