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UCI Entrepreneurship: Judy Greenspon, NPI Services

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, February 23, 2012 -- Judy Greenspon, President, NPI Services, Inc. Entrepreneurship Course, 2012 Guest Speaker Lectures, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, UC Irvine. Free and open to the public.

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j2 Global Buys UK-based Cloud-based Voice Services Firm

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the provider of online cloud services, e-fax, backup, and other services, is continuing its acquisition streak this morning, saying that it has acquired UK-based Zimo Communications Ltd. Zimo provides a cloud-based voice service called Numberstore. READ MORE>>.

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j2 Global Buys UK-based Voice Services Firm

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , the provider of online cloud services, e-fax, backup, and other services, is continuing its acquisition streak this morning, saying that it has acquired UK-based Zimo Communications Ltd. Zimo provides a cloud-based voice service called Numberstore. READ MORE>>.

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Spokeo Hits 150 Employees, Reports Growth

socalTECH

Pasadena-based people search engine provider Spokeo is up to 150 employees in its Pasadena headquarters, almost double the number of employees it had in 2012, the company said today. The site--which is led by Harrison Tang--said the growth compaes as it saw 159 percent revenue growth between 2012 and 2014. READ MORE>>.

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j2 Global Launches $415M Hostile Bid for Carbonite

socalTECH

j2 Global had attempted to acquire Carbonite before, in 2012. j2 Global--despite a low profile in the overall high tech sector--has been a ravenous acquirer, and has accumulated a huge line of cloud-based services (fax, email, backup, cloud apps, and much more) from across the world, and is also the owner of Ziff Davis.

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Flinja Launches At DEMO

socalTECH

The firm showed off its service at the DEMO conference today, saying that its service is now available at both USC and UCLA, and will soon launch at Stanford. Flinja was co-founded by Victor Young, Rebecca Bahr, and Calvin Shen, and was part of the Summer 2012 class from Howard Marks' StartEngine effort. READ MORE>>.

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Fifty years of the internet

TechCrunch LA

The network grew exponentially from its earliest days, with the number of connected host computers reaching 100 by 1977, 100,000 by 1989, a million by the early 1990’s, and a billion by 2012; it now serves more than half the planet’s population. On the one hand, it has led to valuable services of great value.

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