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MAY 19, 2014

Divide said this morning that it has been acquired by Google, and will go to work on Google''s Android operating system. Qualcomm--along with Comcast Ventures and Google Ventures--had made an $11.0M seed investment in Divide back in 2011. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 9, 2012

Google has from late last year embarked on an in-house cleaning project. In November 2011, Google’s spring clean saw a number of services shut down like Knol, Friend Connect and Google Wave. Google at the moment is shutting down iGoogle, Google Video, Chatback, Google Mini, and the Symbian Search App.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

It also allows you to share on Google+, Facebook or text message in the app, as well as to Twitter and email. To make soup taste better, Google added that its working on an optimized version of the YouTube app for iPad to be launched in a few months. In Quarter 2 of 2012, Google ad revenues were $10.96 Social Videos.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

During the latter half of 2011, Google awarded a number of leading YouTubers and nascent Internet TV networks grants of $1 million to $2 million. Although estimates of Google’s total investment vary, the industry insiders I spoke with believe it exceeded $100 million. The same phenomenon is true in the YouTube ecosystem.

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APRIL 19, 2012

The latest numbers from the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, The National Venture Capital Association, and Thomson Reuters have tallied up just under a billion dollars in venture capital investments in the Southern California region in Q1 of this year, a very significant uptick from Q2 of 2011. was invested in the region.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Weiss retired from Disney in 2011. Ryan Steelberg, along with his brother, are best known for their sale of their last company, dMarc, to Google. Brand Affinity Technologies runs such sites as Fantapper , and also recently acquired the fan photography business of Printroom. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said Sunday that it is reaffirming its financial outlook for fiscal year 2011. Demand Media said that that report "significantly overstated" the negative impact of those Google changes.

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MAY 20, 2011

monocle or Google Goggles allow you to take pictures of restaurants/objects and give you more in-depth information on the subject. Think a google maps digital overlay over a police helicopter chase video, with all visible street names and numbers on the screen. Science fiction stuff right?

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Friday, December 2, 2011 -- Women 2.0's for Founder Friday LA, featuring Jenny Yee of Google and BetterWorks as our host. s Founder Friday LA. Join Women 2.0 Network, mix, mingle and hear Jenny share her experiences and advice for would-be entrepreneurs. See [link] (more)

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JUNE 2, 2015

The robots in the competition are humanoid-like (think Robby the Robot), and intended to assist humans in things like earthquakes and tsunamis, and was launched as a response to the 2011 tsunami in Japan. DARPA's robot challenge is open to the public.

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JUNE 20, 2012

There's been a lot of excitement in the mobile advertising space lately as recent announcements from Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Apple, etc. in 2011 to more than $20B by 2015. Tuesday, June 26, 2012 -- Mobile Marketing. have sparked a renewed interest in the industry. See [link] (more)

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APRIL 25, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -- LA Web/Mobile Software Entrepreneurs. Special keynote by Eytan Elbaz, current co-founder of Scopely, a social engagement platform, and formerly VP and founder of Applied Semantics, which was acquired by Google. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Venture capital investments in Southern California for Q3 of 2011 are up from last year, but down from last quarter, according to the latest numbers from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. The latest MoneyTree report from the three find that $603.2M

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). I’m sure you’ve heard the meme that “email is dead” – if fact if you Google it you’ll find a long list of articles that will mislead you. Google knows it. There are 2.9

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DECEMBER 21, 2010

But, I also think there will be some exciting companies we hear about in 2011 that aren't just getting started, but are starting to thrive, who have really fundamentally solid businesses. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? READ MORE>>.

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JULY 9, 2011

Friday, July 15, 2011 -- The Lazy Mans Way to Social Media. No longer will you have to go to multiple places to manage your Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs, reputation management, SMS, Google Analytics or your location-based accounts. How often do you feel overwhelmed by the thought of Managing your social media on a daily basis?

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JULY 11, 2011

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 -- LA Tech Job Fair. The participating companies include: Factual, Google, MyLife, ATandT Interactive / YP.com, Amplio, Hipswap, MerchEngines. Looking for your next cool gig? Come meet great LA tech companies looking for smart people for a variety of technical / engineering roles.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Changes in SEO. New ways Google looks at content and external links. How Techbizconnection. The Biggest Changes in SEO that you need to know A team of search engine panelists will be discussing the biggest changes in Search Engine Optimization. How How International search is taking off.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Facebook filed for its IPO Wednesday afternoon, saying that it is looking to raise up to $5 billion, in what is expected to be the biggest IPO since Google. billion in 2011 in its S-1, which is being underwritten by Morgan Stanley, J.P. The firm reported net income of $1 billion on revenues of $3.7 Morgan, Goldman Sachs & Co.,

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Thursday, December 1, 2011 -- Monetizing Innovation. Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12B to get access to their 17,000 patents. How 'IP Capitalists' are beating Venture Capitalists in Innovative Companies? Nortel sold its 6000 patents for $4.5B to Apple, Sony, Microsoft, EMC consortium.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

HauteLook was acquired for $270M in 2011 by Nordstrom. Google might not be a purely Southern California company, but the company now has thousands of employees spread across the region, including a location in the iconic Binoculars building in Venice, designed by Frank Gehry. big requirements for development, release, and QA engineers.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 9, 2013

2011 was the year of the video interview, in which I spoke with the likes of Guy Kawasaki, Len Short, Brad Feld, Naval Ravikant and Steve Blank. Exposure on these sites more than doubled my readership from 2011. YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund. > Greetings loyal readers.

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JUNE 1, 2011

That’s how it felt then and a bit how it feels in May 2011. Would Google have become today’s juggernaut without Yahoo! What if Google had paid attention to Dodgeball – would there be no FourSquare today? And 18 months later, in May 2011, I have crossed 422,000 views. I did that? Oh, Crap.

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MARCH 31, 2014

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Twittering.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

It’s basically Google for icons. In 2011 I talked to a friend, Steffen Thilsted , who asked me if we should join a startup-competition called VentureCup together. Can you briefly describe IconFinder.com? IconFinder provides high quality icons for webdesigners and developers in an easy and efficient way.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? In a world dominated by Google, Apple and Facebook, can the other content and media companies retain or regain their former glory? TCOSC Digital Media Society.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

Stay tuned for the upcoming Ming.ly public beta launch and join our beta list at [link] Ming.ly is also hiring.

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DECEMBER 27, 2010

Examples: After successful sales of their prior companies to Google, Ryan and Chad Steelberg are back with BAT, while Gil Elbaz is making big news with Factual. What are the technologies, companies, or things you think the community ought to pay the most attention to in 2011? More are on their way.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Guy’s latest book, Enchantment , was released in March of 2011, to overwhelmingly upbeat reviews. When I wrote Enchantment, I knew that the social media would be wrong – if I were to write either of the books today, I would have a whole section on Google+. I think Google+ is a great, great mechanism for enchanting people.”.

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MAY 17, 2013

We outfitted the early-2011 vintage i7 workstation we are using as a database server in our dedicated-hardware tests with a Samsung 840 Pro solid state disk in preparation for running our new database updates test. If you have questions, comments, or criticism, please contact us on our Google Group or at Github.'

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Co-founded in 2011 by Sina Sohangir and Shahram Seyedin-Noor, GraphDive raised over $1 million in initial funding. GraphDive uses social login tools such as Facebook Connect, Twitter, LinkedIn and (now) Google+ login to provide deep user analytics for the enterprise via a simple API and enterprise dashboard. Social login tools.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

After you claim your identity with placeholder domain names, accounts in social networks, and common blogging platforms, your next challenge is to create enough positive content as a “Google wall” to keep negative info out of the top Google search results. Twittering.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Businesses in 2009, 2010, and 2011, when they wanted to start a business, they didn't buy a Novell or use Exchange. There are none of those resellers for Amazon Web Services or Google. We believe that the operating system of business is going to be Google or Microsoft, so we're working with them both. Explain that?

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

That work laid the foundation for Greg’s contribution in founding bigMETHOD in 2008, a social media agency that joined BLITZ in 2011. The 44,260-square-foot ROC–Santa Monica location, last occupied by Google, will have more than 200 socially conscious, shared-workspace environments with space for as many as 150 small companies.

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JUNE 10, 2014

The real estate impact of this activity can probably be traced to the 2011 arrival of Google in the Frank Gehry-designed “binoculars” building on Main Street in Santa Monica. Google chose Playa Vista to establish YouTube Space LA , its flagship center for content creation. In some cases, these people can walk or bike to work.

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MAY 9, 2013

CapLinked’s new investors include Conversion Capital , Inflection Ventures,The Artesian Group, Chris Harris (software engineering manager at Google), and Lee Essener (founder of AccessDNA). Based in LA, and launched in 2011 by Eric M. Jackson funding Google Inflection Ventures Investing Lee Essener'

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OCTOBER 7, 2011

Upon news of his resignation as Apple’s CEO in 2011, it was also announced that Jobs was a victim of pancreatic cancer with public disclosure of his declining health. Steve Jobs 1955-2011. The trending search item: “pancreatic cancer” reached Google’s rankings at #2 in a span of one night.

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