New “Anti-Social Networking” App for the iPhone and Android Helps Entrepreneurs, Professionals Make the Most of Business Events and Conferences

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Backed by the largest database of business-related events, the BCN mobile apps enable professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, and job-seekers to find the business professional networking events that will help them growtheir business or their career.The BCN app’s built-in integration with Facebook and Twitter make it easy to interact while at an event, both in-person and online.The BCN app’s built-in integration with Facebook and Twitter make it easy to interact while at an event, both in-person and online.The new app was showcased recently at the White House Urban Entrepreneurship Forum, held in Philadelphia, where its new interactive features enabled attendees at the Forum to connect and converse both online and in person.Other new features in the app include an improved advanced search, where events can be searched by category, location, and keyword.Users can also save searches for later recall, so a favorite searches can be called up and refreshed at any time.The BCN app calls on event data maintained in the web-based Basecamp Business Calendar Network, found online at many of the top entrepreneurial support organizations around the U.S. Basecamp Business uses a sophisticated process to track and capture the top business events from communities across the U.S.The free BCN for Android app is available for immediate download in the Business category of the Android Marketplace.The Founding Sponsors of the Business Calendar Network include the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology (PACT), the University City Science Center, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Delaware Emerging Technology Center and Select Greater Philadelphia.About Basecamp BusinessBasecamp Business was founded to improve the efficiency of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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