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Mercedes-Benz app glitch exposed car owners’ information to other users

TechCrunch LA

TechCrunch spoke to two customers who said the Mercedes-Benz’ connected car app was pulling in information from other accounts and not their own, allowing them to see other car owners’ names, recent activity, phone numbers, and more. It’s not uncommon for modern vehicles these days to come with an accompanying phone app.

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Building A Dream Team For Mobile Advertising, with Gradient X

socalTECH

If there were such a thing as a "Dream Team" for mobile advertising, you would be hard pressed not to pick the founding team of Los Angeles-based Gradient X (www.gradientx.com), whose founders include Michael Lum (formerly of OpenX), Brian Baumgart (formerly at Adconion), and Julie Mattern (formerly of Rubicon Project).

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

I regularly do wine tastings here in Los Angeles with some interesting folks I know. Where I use the Discussion Group: * Ive not been very active in the discussion group on particular topics. There has certainly been a storm of activity over this question. Open Source Business Models, speakers for Web 2.0

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

Both Sides of the Table

I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. The first event was a big success and brought out many of LA’s angel elite. Ambitious goals.

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StartupDemo Was a Huge Success!

Tech Zulu Event

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. For those who ever said there is no startup community in Los Angeles I most certainly beg to differ. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors.

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Jennifer Wang: A Rising Star in Tech

Tech Zulu Event

The daughter of a Chinese immigrant, Wang grew up on the streets of Los Angeles selling slippers and lighters with her mom. The site gets more than 13 million unique visitors per month, which Wang believes is due to the company’s emphasis on quality products and its strong following on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

Tech Zulu Event

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. mt) Media Temple, Inc. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD.,