Social Networking Stocks Trading News Alert; (OTCBB:ECDC), (OTCBB:DOGO), (NasdaqGM: FFN), (NYSE: RENN)

POINT ROBERTS, Wash., July 20,2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal, specializing in sector research including tech stocks issues an investor alert for social networking stocks for trading July 20th.

Wall Street can't seem to get enough of social networking stocks . As investors wait for Facebook, Groupon and Zynga Inc IPO's , smaller companies are entering the social networking space with new applications and innovation .
East Coast Diversified Corporation (OTCBB:ECDC), through its subsidiary EarthSearch Communications, Inc., plans to develop a portfolio of GPS related commercial and social networking mobile applications under its new division, EarthSearchMobile, Inc.
"EarthSearchMobile will integrate EarthSearch's current GPS/RFID technology into an easy to use mobile interface to enhance our current product offerings for our existing clients. Other applications to be developed will include social networking activities related to commercial information and retail business sales," said ECDC Chairman and CEO, Kayode Aladesuyi
Digagogo Ventures Corp.(OTCBB:DOGO ), a provider of information and communications technology, announced today it has completed an asset purchase agreement for the acquisition of Swebby Inc. The stock is trading up on news with significant volume. The Company is developing a digital sales and distribution network designed to connect households together and enable individuals to buy or sell items within a local community.
Bizzingo, Inc .(OTCBB: BIZZ ) and IBG.com, Inc. reported they have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to confirm discussions concerning a merger or some other form of business arrangement between the two companies. The combined services of both companies would include online marketing, reputation management, and a social network designed for businesses, positioning Bizzingo to help businesses connect, promote and protect their brands online. The stock was up on the news on early trading.
Social Networking Stocks Trading Snapshot (at time of release)

• BIZZINGO, INC. (OTCBB: BIZZ ) trading at $0.73, up 0.02 (2.82%)
• East Coast Diversified Corporation (OTCBB:ECDC), trading at $0.02 on over 100,000 shares in volume
• Digagogo Ventures (OTCBB:DOGO) trading at $0.54 on over 900,000 shares in volume
• FriendFinder Networks Inc.(NasdaqGM: FFN ) trading at $4.60 , up 0.03 (0.66%)
• LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD ) trading at $97.40 on over 800,000 shares in volume
• Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN ) trading at $10.53, on over 1 Million shares in Volume

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RFID Stock Alert: Q&A with CEO of (OTCBB: ECDC) Discussing Patented GPS and RFID Technology

RFID Stock Alert: Q&A with CEO of (OTCBB: ECDC) Discussing Patented GPS and RFID Technology

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July 19, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal for sector research including tech stocks and RFID stocks releases an interview with Mr. Kayode Aladesuyi, Chairman and CEO of East Coast Diversified Corporation (OTCBB: ECDC), discussing ECDC’s unique patented GPS and RFID technology.

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Mr. Aladesuyi, can you give us insight as to the significance of your recent announcement on $10 Million funding commitment and what that means for the future growth plans for ECDC?

A: Mr. Kayode Aladesuyi, Chairman and CEO of East Coast Diversified Corporation

This is quite a significant event for us. We will now be able to execute our business plan effectively. Our technology is unique, and needed for numerous applications and solutions, and we have spent the last 12 months building a strong global network of distributors and partners. With the funding commitment in place, we can now aggressively promote our product, expand our distribution network, increase manufacturing capacity, and provide credit facility to our partners and distributors as part of our sales strategy. Additionally, we can now increase the resources currently in place to support partners.

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Mr. Aladesuyi, can you give investors an overview on some ECDC’s flagship products, patents and the current sectors you are focusing on implementing them in?

A: Mr. Kayode Aladesuyi, Chairman and CEO of East Coast Diversified Corporation

EarthSearch’s flagship product is the LogiBoxx, which offers the world’s first wireless communication between GPS and RFID. The ability to have these two completely different technologies communicate wirelessly creates a solution once considered impossible and allows businesses to have greater control over their assets, especially when the assets are in transit.

LogiBoxx allow us to offer not just products, but solutions such as Oil pipeline monitoring, Oil tanker monitoring, field force optimization, real time visibility and monitoring of goods in transit, School transportation and class attendance monitoring.

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Mr. Aladesuyi, regarding the announcement of your SchoolsConnects pilot being implemented, can you give an overview to investors on how your technology differentiates compared to other school attendance schools and monitoring system technologies?

A: Mr. Kayode Aladesuyi, Chairman and CEO of East Coast Diversified Corporation

EarthSearch SchoolsConnects utilizes our flagship LogiBoxx solution, using wireless communication between GPS/RFID to deliver real time information to parents and schools about student bus riders. SchoolsConnects give parents peace of mind and law enforcement better response time to child kidnapping incidents. The capability for RFID to identify events, communicate it to GPS and have the LogiBoxx take action is unparalleled and without competition in the market.  In addition, the real time capability also allows us to provide information to parents about student behavior at school, getting parents more closely involved in student academics, such as students skipping school, skipping class or even going into class late. For years, school administrators have sought to have parents become more actively involved in student’s academics and behavior at school. SchoolsConnects delivers the solution to accomplish this objective. Our system offers direct email communication between parents and teachers.

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Mr. Aladesuyi, regarding your China relationships can you speak to us more about your June 8^th announcement on signing a Letter of Intent with  ZST Digital Networks, Inc. and how you see that relationship benefitting the growth of ECDC?

A: Mr. Kayode Aladesuyi, Chairman and CEO of East Coast Diversified Corporation

The Chinese market is the fastest growing market in the world. When you have a country experiencing the kind of growth that we are witnessing in China, along with the growth comes operational issues such as theft, lost cargo, and inefficiencies due to human error. Our technology offers the solution with the greatest value proposition to a growing market such as China. Entering the world's fastest growing market is a significant milestone for us.

ZSTN is in the GPS business with clients already in place with needs for our solution. They are one of the largest service providers in the Henan province, which has more than 100 million people and represents a large market for logistics in China. The LOI calls for a minimum annual purchase commitment of $5 million per year. 

About ECDC:

EarthSearch Communications, an ECDC Company (OTCBB:ECDC), is a US-based business whose flagship product, LogiBoxx(TM), integrates GPS and RFID at the hardware level. When combined with its proprietary Global Asset Tracking and Identification System (GATIS) middleware, LogiBoxx and GATIS become the centerpieces of a LogiBoxx Certified Solution. An unprecedented business decision-making tool, a LogiBoxx Certified Solution offers continuous visibility within the Supply Chain, Logistics, and Asset Management and Control industries. Along with its integrated, patent-pending GPS and RFID technologies, EarthSearch also offers a complete line of innovative RFID solutions. Its expertise with GPS and RFID technologies, combined with exceptional support and service facilities, distinguishes EarthSearch as a leading manufacturer and supplier of real-time location solutions in the marketplace. For more information on East Coast Diversified, visit www.eastcoastdiversified.com

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Social Networking Investor Alert; Zynga Files IPO

POINT ROBERTS, Wash. - July 4, 2011 - www.InvestorIdeas.com, a global investor research portal, specializing in sector research including tech stocks issues an investor alert for social networking gaming company, Zynga www.zynga.com. The company announced its IPO filing July 1, 2011.

Zynga Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
July 01, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO---Zynga Inc. announced today that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not yet been determined. A portion of the shares will be issued and sold by Zynga, and a portion will be sold by certain stockholders of Zynga.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. will be joint bookrunning managers and representatives of the underwriters for the offering. BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC will also be joint bookrunning managers, and Allen & Company LLC will be a senior co-manager for the offering. This offering will be made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the preliminary prospectus, when available, may be obtained from the offices of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014, or by email at prospectus@morganstanley.com, or Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282, or by e-mail at prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.
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How to Find the Next Hot Social Networking Stocks Following Linkedin (NYSE:LNKD) IPO and Talk of Facebook IPO in 2012

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LinkedIn Corporation (NYSE:LNKD), the world's largest professional network on the Internet,
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a price to the public of $45.00 per share. The stock is currently trading at $74.59, up 1.76 (2.42%)
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Cloud Computing Stock News; Gar Wood Securities Initiates Coverage on GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX) With $9 Price Target

NEW YORK - June 6, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) � GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), announced today that Gar Wood Securities, a full service institutional broker--dealer located in Chicago, Il, has initiated coverage and issued its Insight Equity Research Report on the Company with a Buy rating and $9 per share target price.

Gar Wood recently raised $7.55MM for GBS with warrant coverage that will result in an additional $9MM funding to the Company.
Some excerpts from the Gar Wood research report are as follows:
Key Points

• As the largest provider of products and services to IBM's Lotus market, GBS has a long history of working with IBM. The Company is currently working with IBM to market its GROUP Live Cloud Platform and Notes Transformer.
• The Cloud Computing market was estimated to be $16.5 billion in 2009 and is predicted to increase to $55.5 billion in 2014. GBS competes in this market through its Cloud Automation Platform, which can be customized for a wide range of customers, and its software solutions which are now available in a SaaS format.
• Due to cost savings and efficiencies, it is estimated that 40% of all business applications will be delivered via the cloud by 2014. We believe GBS' Transformer software provides the only timely, cost effective method to move Lotus Notes applications to the Cloud, without having to rewrite entire applications or move away from Notes.
• We estimate the total market potential for the Transformer to be roughly $18.0 billion, of which we believe GBS's realizable market could be roughly $5.5 billion. The bulk of this potential revenue would have little cost associated, as it incurs little cost on IBM sales and primarily just programmer cost on applications it transforms.
• The Company's Transformer was awarded the CTO Award at Lotusphere in 2011, while its Cloud Platform won the IBM Bestseller Award at Lotusphere in 2011 after winning the CTO Award at the 2010 Lotusphere.
• Management has a track record of completing M&A deals that add new customers and/or technologies at low valuations. It is also working to expand its distribution channels, similar to its recent agreement with Alliance Technology Group to market to the government sector.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains statements, which may constitute "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Those statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or expectations of the Company. Prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and that results may differ materially from such statements.
About GBS Enterprises, Inc.
GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), is the parent company of Group Business Software which provides product and services for the IBM Lotus market. The company boasts more than 4,000 customers worldwide with more than 4 million users of their products and services. GBS has offices in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, and throughout Germany. Its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany and North American headquarters is located in New York City. For more information please visit www.gbs.com.
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Tech Stock Trading Alert: Elephant Talk Communications (OTCBB: ETAK) -- "Securing the Mobile Cloud"

Point Roberts WA, New York, New York- June 6, 2011, Investorideas.com, a leader in sector stock research features a tech stock alert for Elephant Talk Communications (OTCBB: ETAK), an international provider of business software and services to the telecommunications and financial services industries. Shares of ETAK jumped in Thursday’s and Friday’s trading on higher than average volume.
It’s notable that ETAK reported bullish hiring news on June 2, “Elephant Talk Communications Hires HR Pro to Manage Worldwide Hiring Growth”, during the same week that US job data was significantly lower than expected.
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Highlights from Josh Levine's recent commentary on ETAK:
Levine described Elephant Talk's business model as "Securing the Mobile Cloud." He noted that Elephant Talk intends to manage the mobile cloud, or mobile Internet, to provide access to mobile networks for businesses around the global that are non-telecom, non-tech companies but have huge customer databases. Such companies do not want to invest in IT and telecom infrastructure such as antennas and spectrum, but will look to companies such as Elephant Talk to reach their customers and stakeholders, Levine said.

Levine noted that ValidSoft has advanced its business through its arrangement with Visa Europe and other financial institutions with its fraud-prevention solutions. Levine pointed out that Visa Europe and its 4,000 member banks handle 28 billion transactions a year.
ValidSoft's suite of advanced telecom-based solutions enables banks and other financial institutions to secure all transaction channels, is relatively inexpensive to implement, and is invisible to the customer while maintaining customer privacy, Levine said. ValidSoft has been awarded the European Privacy Seal, he noted.
What makes ValidSoft's solution so revolutionary is that it uses an out-of-band approach, according to Levine. This means that if you want to check or validate what is happening on one network (i.e., Internet), you need another, completely independent network (i.e., mobile) to verify what is happening on the first network.
Additionally, ValidSoft has the world's first commercially available four-factor authentication solution utilizing a single integrated platform. This guarantees a level of security that no competitor can even remotely match today, Levine said.
In pilot programs in the U.K. and Australia, ValidSoft's technology has demonstrated that it reduces transaction false positives from an industry average of 90% to virtually none, Levine said.
Levine also pointed out the significance of Elephant Talk and ValidSoft's strategy of positioning their services in the mobile cloud. As mobile phones are adopted by larger populations, especially where many "unbanked" communities rely on such a device for the transfer and receipt of funds, the mobile or smart phone will rapidly become the dominant form of electronic payment. Levine added that ValidSoft's technology also can provide security to a wide range of transactions in the mobile cloud beyond financial services to include health monitoring, among others.
For the fast-emerging arena of near-field communications (NFC) mobile payments, or the Digital Wallet, Levine said ValidSoft is ideally situated to address privacy and security issues relating to smart phones. The fact is, he said, ValidSoft's technologies were developed for this method and the company had long anticipated that NFC would be the future for transactions. The challenge was to develop a solution within the boundaries that respected the laws and regulations of privacy and data integrity. ValidSoft has succeeded in doing this due primarily to its out-of-band approach, which is now far ahead of competitors, Levine said.
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Cloud Computing Stock News; Leading IBM Business Partner Launches Next Generation Offering for Converting Lotus Notes Applications

NEW YORK - June 2, 2011 (Investorideas.com cloud computing stocks newswire) – GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), announced that its subsidiary, GROUP Business Software AG, has unveiled a combination of expert services and accelerator tools, called Transformer 2.0, that allows enterprises to transfer large portfolios of Lotus Notes applications to the Web. The launch event was held was held in conjunction with IBM (NYSE:IBM) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Museum in Cambridge MA on the evening of May 25, 2011. The location was significant because MIT is world renowned for fostering innovation and advancement in technology and Cambridge was also the birthplace of Lotus.

"Helping our customers move to a future with rich capabilities in the cloud is extremely important to our Notes and Domino community," stated Kristen Lauria, VP of Marketing, IBM Collaboration Solutions. "It is a game changer. GBS has provided our customers with a path to transform their Lotus business applicationsto the next generation of web and mobile-capable collaborative applications."Speaking at the event were Joerg Ott, CEO and other executives of GBS Enterprises along with Alistair Rennie, GM, IBM Collaboration Solutions, Kristen Lauria, VP of Marketing, IBM Collaboration Solutions, and Kevin Cavanaugh, VP Business & Technical Strategy, IBM Collaboration Solutions. The event also featured Ryan Chin, Research Specialist at MIT who talked about some of the newest innovations being developed.

For the first time, organizations have a set of analytical and executable processes that transform their existing Lotus Notes rich client applications on to the Web, where they can now be run in the cloud, on mobile devices and be more easily integrate with social media platforms. Transformer provides the continuity of the past with all the benefits that are now available in the latest release of IBM Domino.

This comes at a time when organizations are rapidly embracing new ways to develop and deliver applications to their users. By 2014, 40% of all new business applications will be delivered via subscription or self-service via cloud technology. With over 10 million active Lotus Notes applications worldwide, it is no surprise there is increasing pressure on organizations to web-enable these applications. The challenge is doing so without having to invest in time and resource intensive re-development projects, risky data migration and costly retraining of staff.

GBS points to the very high demand for these conversions as proof companies want to migrate and have not been able to figure out how. "Every day we see companies wanting to move their applications to take advantage of the web, but they have been unable to justify the high financial cost," says Joerg Ott, CEO of GBS. "Transformer provides a turnkey solution combining platform expertise with technology, allowing clients to preserve their existing investments in intellectual capital."

For nearly 20 years, GBS has been singularly focused on delivering compelling business solutions and innovation to the Lotus market. Building on this expertise GBS has developed a comprehensive set of tools and services to plan and execute an orderly and fast migration. "Trying to migrate these applications to a totally different technology like Sharepoint or Google Apps, is disruptive and requires huge amounts of money and time," says Scott Hooks, GM of GBS Experts division. "To be effective, you must have the expertise to know what to do and the technology to do it."

Recent enhancements provided in Transformer 2.0 are:

• Transformer Investigator -- collects statistics on which applications are being used, how often and by whom so that an organization can target which applications have the highest impact to transform.
• Transformer Extension Library - allows a variety of enhancements to be applied to all aspects of transformed applications without writing any additional code.
• GBS WebSpace -- is a web enabled version of the familiar Notes client Workspace.
• Support of Object Oriented Programming.
• Ability to maintain application business logic in LotusScript.

About GBS Enterprises, Inc.

GBS Enterprises (OTCBB:GBSX), is the parent company of Group Business Software which provides product and services for the IBM Lotus market. The company boasts more than 4,000 customers worldwide with more than 4 million users of their products and services. GBS has offices in New York, Boston, Atlanta, Toronto, London, Manchester, Copenhagen, and throughout Germany. Its European headquarters is in Frankfurt, Germany and North American headquarters is located in New York City. For more information please visitwww.gbs.com.

Contact:

GROUP Business Software: 
Marketing and Communications Contact: Michael Baum 
Corporate Communications, michael.baum@us.gbs.com

GBS Enterprises: 
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Gary MacDonald, EVP and Chief Business Development Officer 
gmacdonald@gbsx.us Tel: 917-477-9509

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