SYDNEY--12 Mar--AsiaNet/InfoQuest SOCIAL NETWORKING... CINCINNATI: Trivantis Corporation, a leading developer of publishing software for the FORTUNE 1000, Monday unveiled GotZapp, a new mobile social networking platform that empowers users to create and send a dynamic combination of text, photos and music to Web-enabled mobile phones in a single transmission called a "Zapp." http://www.gotzapp.com ISPO CHINA... BEIJING: The National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing will open its doors on Wednesday, March 14th, to host the ispo china winter 07 for the first time. http://www.ispochina.com AUTISM ANNOUNCEMENT... FREDERICTON: Canadian leaders in autism research and autism technology, Dr. Jeanette Holden, PhD, FCCMG and Cynthia Howroyd, M.Sc, SLP, will be making exciting new announcements about the use of technology in providing treatment to children with autism on Statewide Morning with Tim Cox. http://www.autismpro.com http://www.vecinc.com http://www.autismresearch.com http://www.asdcard.com http://www.autismtraining.com HOTEL INCIDENT... PORT OF SPAIN: Following an incident at the Trinidad Hilton on Wednesday, March 7, in which guests and staff at the hotel were affected by what appeared to be teargas, the Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Martin Joseph, stressed that the country's emergency services and law enforcement and security agencies had the situation well under control. FANNIE MAE... WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fannie Mae will redeem the principal amount of six securities issues amounting to a total of US$500 million on March 19-21, 2007 at a redemption price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued interest. http://www.fanniemae.com BEAR FARMING... SYDNEY: The Animals Asia Foundation on Friday said it welcomes the recent statements on ending bear farming by National Peoples Congress member Madam Zhou Ping. Zhou Ping, a representative from Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province has proposed new legislation to protect bears, specifically to halt the cruel extraction of bear bile for use in traditional Chinese medicine from7,000 endangered Asiatic black bears (Moon Bears). www.animalsasia.org http://www.animalsasia.org AsiaNet is a consortium of leading news agencies distributing unedited, translated news releases for worldwide clients. Visit www.asianetnews.net for full-text versions.