socalTECH
MAY 16, 2011
Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced today that it has named Michael Kirby as head of its mobile efforts. Kirby has been appointed SVP & GM, Mobile, to lead the company's mobile strategy. Kirby joins Demand Media from GOGII, where he was Chief Revenue Officer. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JULY 19, 2012
A mobile app new project by a local, Los Angeles team has taken to Kickstarter to help fund its efforts to create an animated, interactive caveman for your iPhone and iPad. The team includes entertainment and tech vets who have worked on computer games from Activision, animation from Dreamworks and Disney, and who have worked at Yahoo!
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socalTECH
JUNE 16, 2011
Los Angeles-based Gamzee , a developer of HTML5 and mobile/social games, announced Thursday that it has raised $1M in a seed round of funding. Gamzee is headed by Howard Marks , a co-founder of Activision and Acclaim Games, and former SVP at Disney Interactive Media Group. READ MORE>>.
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 19, 2009
With all of the major console and PC video game companies in Los Angeles (Electronic Arts, Activision, THQ, Blizzard), it only makes sense to discuss how more and more games are bringing in aspects of social media to enhance game play.
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Mobile first is becoming an important part of our daily lives. We interact with the world through our mobile devices, and they are quickly becoming our main vehicles for accessing and sharing information. Hence the emergence of Source13, a new mobile conference produced by Flurry. How do you discover the right people to follow?
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 24, 2011
I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. Scott Lahman , Zack Norman & Austin Murray were the three co-founders of JAMDAT, the most successful mobile 1.0 Sorry, moms. Zack is the creative talent.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 26, 2012
Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. I think we're going to see a real shakeup in how people view social media. Following that, I think mobile advertisement technologies. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? Finally, Google.
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