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NOVEMBER 27, 2008

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 -- Hollywood Web Televsion Meetup: December. The 4th monthly Hollywood Web Television Meetup brings together Los Angeles' rich, diverse creative talent for the purpose of sharing resources, finding opportunities for collaboration, and helping talented content creators to shape the future of web television.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 -- LA web app dev meetup @ causecast. FREE food and drinks + technical talks for about an hour. See [link] (more).

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Wednesday, November 12, 2008 -- Hollywood Web Television Meetup: November. Join us for the 3rd Hollywood Web Television Meetup.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Thursday, September 25, 2008 -- LA Web Hosting Group Meetup. In our September meetup, we will be focusing on Game Service Providers. This is one segment of the hosting industry which tends to be ignored by a number of industry veterans. To put it simple, some think that there is no money in Game Hosting!

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. And innovation is what creates value. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008 -- LA Web Hosting Group. See [link] (more).

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

The company said it filled nearly 200 jobs from 2008 to 2011, tops in the Education industry. Lynda.com now has operations in Carpinteria and Calabasas, and according to the firm's web site has over 400 employees in total. Lynda.com said the award will appears in Inc's December/January issue.

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Calabasas Education Sites Course 245

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Torrance-based Swagbucks.com , an online site which allows users to earn virtual currency or other rewards from taking actions online, has now given away $15M in prizes since its launch in 2008. The site--which is headed by Scott Dudelson--also said it is on track to have $25M in revenues this year.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers.

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Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

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AUGUST 16, 2010

due to the web site. The firm said it it studeied marriages between January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, and concluded 542 people were married every day in the United States due to the site's efforts. The study was conducted by Harris Interactive for eHarmony. percent of all new marriages in the country. READ MORE>>.

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eHarmony Sites Study Pasadena 275

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Who knew surfing the web could be so rewarding? Los Angeles-based Swagbucks says that so far, it has awarded $27 million worth of gift cards, physical items, and payments via PayPal to its users, just for searching the web, watching videos, doing market research surveys, and other activities. READ MORE>>.

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Technology Council

SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com will be presenting &# New Challenges and Innovative Solutions for Publishers in a Web 2.0 John Suh, CEO of Legalzoom.com will present &# Successful Launch Strategies for Online Businesses&#. Following Jason’s presentation he will [.]

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JUNE 18, 2009

Active Network entered the events management business in January 2008, with the acquisition of event management software firms RegOnline and WingateWeb. The firm said its new product, ActiveEvents OnDemand, provide tools to event planners for managing conferences, meetings, tradeshows, seminars, and other events. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2012

The company describes itself as a "new kind of technology incubator" on its web site, and says it is focused on big data and cloud companies. Frost is well known for founding DATAllegro, which he successfully built and sold to Microsoft for $275M in 2008.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Orange-based M86 Security , a developer of web security products, said Thursday that it has relaunched its products from its acquisition of Finjan, under the new M86 Security Secure Web Gateway brand. M86 acquired Finjan in November. The firm said the new products will be available in the first quarter of 2010. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

According to Walt Disney, the new service--available via iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and the web--allows users to purchase and watch movies from Disney, Pixar, and Marvel. Burbank-based Walt Disney Studios has launched a new, cloud movie service this morning, called Disney Movies Anywhere. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2012

It looks like Ross Levinsohn is building out his team to help out at troubled web portal and media firm Yahoo. Barrett was most recently at Google, where he had been since 2008, when Google acquired Admeld, where he was CEO. Barrett was Chief Revenue Officer at Los Angeles-based MySpace.

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JANUARY 11, 2011

San Diego-based VMIX , which provides online video and media management, said today that the firm has deployed its services in Europe and Asia, using Amazon Web Services. The firm has been using Amazon in the US since 2008. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking web site MySpace has linked with Microsoft on the launch of Microsoft's new social networking-focused cell phones, the Kin 1 and the Kin 2. The phones are the result of Microsoft's acquisition of Danger Research, maker of the Sidekick, in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

A nationwide offer from FTD , the flower delivery service owned by Woodland Hills-based United online , with daily deals phenomenon Groupon has gone south, after consumers complained that the price presented to Groupon users was more than the price a user would get by going directly to FTD's web site. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands announced its fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 results, reporting that--despite the recession--the firm saw an increase in its fourth quarter revenues of 8%, or $27.0M for 29 website related acquisitions during 2008. for 29 website related acquisitions during 2008. versus $24.9M a year ago.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Michael Jones , CEO of MySpace and former founder of Userplane, has another exit under his belt today, as AOL announced it has acquired Thing Labs , a San Francisco maker of web-based, social software. Thing Labs makes the Brizzly web-based software for sharing and discovering content. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Guardian News & Media , the firm behind web publisher ContentNext , is in discussions with potential buyers about a possible sale, according to a report from the firm's own site, paidContent.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Bennett has been at Luxury Link since 2008, serving as Chief Product Officer. Luxury Link operates an online web site focused on hotels, resorts, cruises, tours, and villas. Los Angeles-based Luxury Link , an online luxury travel site, said this week that it has promoted Bob Bennett to the role of Chief Operating Officer.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

ShopNation's web site allows users to find fashion products, including clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories, and lingerie, sort-able by brand, features, price, and other options.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

Marshal8e6 , the Orange-based developer of web and email security products, announced today that it has renamed the firm and brand to M86 Security. Marshal and 8e6 merged in November of 2008; the merged firm acquired Avinti in April of this year.

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Email Web Acquisition Software 113

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OCTOBER 15, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni , the Web 2.0 online genealogy and family tree web site, has rolled out a number of updates today, including a bundling of its virtual gifts with its "Pro" subscription. The gift items include special graphics and messages around birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and other events. READ MORE>>.

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Geni Web 2.0 Web Sites 124

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AUGUST 31, 2009

Los Angeles-based Leads360 , which provides web-based, leads management software, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has signed its 4000th client, Jones International University. No details on the financial impact of the new client were released.

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Rustic Canyon Web Los Angeles Software 133

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JUNE 23, 2010

Among the augmented reality features are the ability for users to experience a "Iron Man" helmet when users hold a comic book up to a PC web camera, a video game controlled by moving the cmoic book, and more. The firm moved its headquarters to LA in 2008. LG Ally is LG's first U.S. Android phone. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2009

San Diego-based Metaplace , the online virtual world startup headed by Raph Koster, disclosed today that the firm is now allowing users to easily embed virtual worlds into any web page. Metaplace said that web users can now embed the firm's Flash-based virtual worlds into blogs or webpages.

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JULY 6, 2010

Social badges--awards which are given for having accomplished certain tasks on web sites and social games--have become popular recently due to the popularity of Foursquare and social games. Johnson is known for his success with VirtualTourist, which he sold to Expedia in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 13, 2010

Mehdi Daoudi is CEO of CatchPoint Systems (www.catchpoint.com), a new Los Angeles startup focused on the web site and web application monitoring industry. We're trying to make monitoring of web sites and applications sexy and simple. That's why web performance and web monitoring mean serious dollars.

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Tool Web Startup Sites 232

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JUNE 24, 2009

Irvine-based eGuardian , a provider of service aimed at protecting children on the web, has partnered with safety education firm i-SAFE, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels. eGuardian develops technology for verifying the age, gender, and location of children on web sites. The TCA invested in eGuardian in August of 2008.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

Tuesday, November 4, 2008 -- Digital Video Expo. From digital cinematography to color correction, web video production and lighting for film, video and HD: The DV Expo conference program will deliver the strategies, tools, tricks and training you need to succeed in today's highly competitive digital video industry. See [link] (more).

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Amazon ran its advertising through its site, Withoutabox, a Los Angeles startup which was acquired by Amazon subsidiary IMDB back in January of 2008. Amazon said it will allow users to view and rate the finalists on its contest web site until September 6th. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Advertising Commerce Sites 140

AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

billion in 2008 to $11.3 We’ve already seen how Web 2.0 eHealth is an emerging field in the intersection of medical informatics, public health and business. The market was recently forecasted to grow from $7.5-billion billion in 2013. All installments of the AeA Competitiveness Series can be downloaded for free at: www.aeanet.org/cs.

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Web 2.0 Web AeA Journal 40

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

According to the report, based on December 2008 search data, there has been a huge increase in online searches for such terms as "coupons", "unemployment", "bankruptcy", and "foreclosure". comScore is a firm that tracks online web traffic and ecommerce. comScore is a firm that tracks online web traffic and ecommerce.

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