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American College of Preventive Medicine’s Annual Conference

Amy Sample Ward

Location : San Antonio, TX. Tools like mobile text/sms, facebook, twitter, and even Wikipedia have permeated the global community and in times of crisis are natural outlets for updates, news, and even cries for help. Date : February 19th, 2011. Topic : Social Media in Disaster Response.

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Melbourne-based mobile ordering platform Mr Yum lands $65M led by Tiger Global

TechCrunch

Mr Yum , a Melbourne-based mobile ordering and payments platform that was founded in 2018, announced today it has raised a $65 million USD Series A round, led by Tiger Global. The pandemic has so drastically changed the mindset and adoption of technology for the hospitality and entertainment industries globally,” said Teo.

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Robotic vision startup Plus One raises $33M

TechCrunch

San Antonio-based Plus One Robotics today announced a $33 million Series B. Like our clients, our investors have a global footprint representing Asia and the EU as well as North America,” CEO and co-founder Erik Nieves said in a release tied to the news. The round follows an $8.3

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Kodiak Robotics pilots autonomous trucking between California, Texas and Florida

TechCrunch

The freight run included four commercial deliveries on a 5,600 mile round-trip that started in San Antonio and went to San Francisco and then Jacksonville before going back to San Antonio. The pilot marks the first time Kodiak has run an autonomous freight service to Florida. In total, the trip took 114 hours.

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Predictions for the future of social sector data 

Candid

Last month, at the TAG2022 conference for global philanthropy tech in San Antonio, we featured a panel on the future of social sector data that only scratched the surface of core issues such as: . Is social sector data a type of public good?

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Feeding the World Together: Our First Zero Hunger Summit

Saleforce Nonprofit

The hunger crisis will not resolve itself without unprecedented collaboration on the local, national, and global level. Given how many organizations are involved in the process, we need to coordinate and optimize our individual efforts toward a more equitable, dignified experience. The Future of Food Assistance.

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Austin’s Will Hurley on the city’s incredible tech rise

TechCrunch

Ecliptic is also actively raising the Ecliptic Global Growth Fund which will be $500 million and could see its first close by year’s end, Whurley said. Even Intel halted construction of its new office building at Fifth and San Antonio St. Attend TechCrunch Live’s City Spotlight: Austin special event! Register here.

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