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OCTOBER 18, 2012

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media , to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exchange for free access to content on web and mobile apps.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Are you trying to figure out where your competitors and running in-app advertising on Android? San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere said today that it has launched a brand new service, which helps advertisers track what ads competitors are running into mobile apps for the Android operating system. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2012

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile publishing and advertising tools, reported today that it has hired Chris Nicotra, the former Chief Technology Officer of comScore, as its new Executive Vice President of Product and Technology. Verve said Nicotra has also served at AOL Advertising and Advertising.com.

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JULY 7, 2017

San Diego-based Qualcomm has ramped up its battle with Apple , saying on Thursday that it will seek to ban the importation of iPhones into the United States, over violation of its patents. Qualcomm and Apple have been locked in a legal battle over Qualcomm's licensing fees for its technology. 8,633,936, U.S.

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APRIL 21, 2010

San Diego-based OpenCandy , a developer of products which software publishers can include to recommend other software products and services to their users and which earns those software publishers advertising revenue, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2012

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of enterprise tag management software, announced today that it has been selected by News International , the UK publishing division of News Corporation for its online media network. The firm raised a $1.1M Series A in January from angels. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2012

San Diego-based SmartDrive Systems said Monday that it has named Steve Mitgang as its new CEO. s advertising products, platforms, and services. Mitgang was previously CEO of Veoh, and also had served at Senior Vice President of Yahoo!'s

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of search engine marketing and search engine optimization software, said today that it has launched a new product focused on creating mobile web sites. According to the firm, its new product--Mobile COntent Optimizer--helps advertisers create mobile-friendly web sites.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing tools for the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo Interactive, and other publishers, said this morning that it has raised $7M more in additional funding. According to Verve, the new funding will go towards further development and expansion of products.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 13, 2011

I entered Pepcom’s Mobile Focus event with heightened excitement after driving through the busy intersections of Downtown San Diego’s rickshaw littered streets. And if you’ve never had the Mexican food in San Diego… stop what you’re doing and go. And the most… interesting?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2009

San Diego-based social media marketing firm Brickfish has roped in fashion retailer The Limited , for a pet product launch, the company said today. Tags: brickfish limited fashion advertising social media. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 8, 2011

However, San Diego-based Deal Current (www.dealcurrent.com) appears to have found a sustainable niche in the industry--not providing daily deals, but powering those multiplying deal sites, including a number of major newspaper groups. Jimmy Hendricks: Our lead product is a white label, daily deal product.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

San Diego-based OpenCandy , which develops technology to encourage software downloads by consumers, is hailing its success with TechSmith, a developer of screen capture and recording capture. Tags: divx advertising software download techsmith opencandy. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2009

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of marketing analytics and search engine optimization software, said Thursday that the firm has hired on a new VP of Business Development. The firm also said it has promoted VP Products and Marketing Craig Macdonald to SVP, President, and Chief Marketing Officer. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 12, 2011

Friday, March 18, 2011 -- Customer Loyalty: Creating "Raving Fans" San Diego Software Industry Council. This workshop will go through each of the 7 steps for taking a suspect (someone you suspect would be interested in your product or services) to Raving Fan (someone that does proactive selling for you). See [link] (more)

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego.

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

San Diego-based Verve Wireless, which develops products to help newspapers publish their content to mobile phones, has signed on another set of newspapers, and rolled out a new coupon offering, the firm said late Wednesday. Financial impact of the new customers was not disclosed. READ MORE>>

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JUNE 17, 2009

San Diego-based H2O Audio , a developer of waterproof headphones and other accessories, said yesterday that the firm has inked a multi-year partnership with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. H2O Audio said that the firm and Phelps will collaborate on product development and marketing initiatives. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M Maybe they might be using a platform like Shopify to sell their products and power their website, and they might use Facebook for advertising, and maybe they're using paid search with Google. You mention you have a lot of deployments on Shopify.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Andrew Connell is the CEO of DinnerDate.com , a startup which has been in beta in San Diego for the last few months, and is just now expanding out to new markets. They can choose to go to a dinner that is advertised, and if they've previously expressed interest in a person, we let them know if that person is going.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. Those technologies allow us to scale and offer a superior product for customers.

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JULY 7, 2010

Confident Technologies / Curtis Staker / San Diego - Staker is the former President of Websense, and has pulled together an experienced team with a depth of experience from the firm. His latest startup, Row 44, is providing hardware to Southwest Airlines and other airlines for wireless access, and has a number of announced wins.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Thanks to advertising blitzes from companies like Ancestry.com and 23andMe, Joe and Jane Consumer might know that their genetic blueprint and $100 or so can dig up insights about their genealogy. “The majority of our customers are. “The majority of our customers are.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

If your last company was Apple, Blackberry, AdMob or JAMDAT and you have some experience in the sector then I know that your product will have your experiences baked into it. Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia. version of their product was. Another example.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

But we had a great chance to talk about the recent moves that Twitter has made to “plug holes” and changing its “TOS” on advertising. Discussion: Had a long chat about PicClick , a company founded by Ryan Sit in San Diego. It’s a cool product and worth checking out. They sponsor TWiVC. OTHER DEALS: 1. BlockChalk.

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APRIL 14, 2011

Howard is based in San Diego, and spoke to us about StockTwits. You'd have to come up with an idea, gather the truth, write it, produce it, shoot it, edit it, and when you had the product, you had to figure out how to distribute it. Advertising is one of our revenue streams right now, but not our core focus.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). NastyGal -- which was just about unheard of a year ago -- has rocketed to a over $100M business, driven by women's clothing, shoes, and other products. Rubicon Project. is a good place for employees.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. Vince Bianco: No.

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MARCH 31, 2014

There are lots of products that might look for any mention of a product name or company name, and yes, we do that--but more importantly, we are also analyzing situations that arise. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. A good example of this, we can keep track of a supply chain.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. We went from no suppliers to now over 160,000 suppliers, over two million products online. Michael Kleist: My business partner and I were both originally from San Diego. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

The device is an alarm-clock like, Internet connected electronic product developed by the firm of the same name, San Diego-based Chumby (www.chumby.com). The idea was to spread the Chumby's content in a number of places, free to the consumer, and monetize through advertising. com to Vivendi Universal.

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JULY 6, 2016

A center led by the Scripps Research Institute in San Diego will work on ways for those individuals to participate. Part of the proposed changes will let test makers use public stores of data, such as this one dedicated to genetic variations, to speed up the development of new products.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M What we'll do is figure out the best product to recommend during the installation. We saw that marketing prowess can override the goodness of products. in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

In this interview, we catch up with an amazing TechZulu Spotlight alumnus, Joey Flores, CEO of Earbits , a hand-curated music discovery engine that allows its bands and artists to advertise and promote their own material, events, announcements, contests, whatever. What was the original inspiration behind Earbits? But sell them to who?

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Last week, San Diego-based Kidzui --the kid's website and kid-friendly browser developer, announced another round of funding, and also launched Zui Studios, a new effort to create original content for the portal. Why original content, and how much did you look at production costs for content? Give us an overview on KidZui.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

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