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Pragma is a back-end toolkit for gaming companies, so game developers can focus on games

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Well, now those development studios can turn to Pragma , which is building the back-end toolkit for gaming companies so their developers can focus on what they do best — making games. In a way it’s a complement to the front-end game engines from companies like Epic, the creator of Fortnite.

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ELC Technologies Acquired By Pourzanjani, Rahmat

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Kamran Pourzanjani , the former CEO and founder of PriceGrabber.com, and Omid Rahmat , the former CEO of Tom's Hardware, have acquired Portland- and Santa Barbara-based ELC Technologies , the development firm founded by Jonathan Siegel. According to ELC Technologies, Rahmat takes the helm of ELC. READ MORE>>.

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The OIX Names Laurence Sotsky As CEO

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El Segundo-based The OIX , a fintech company that is developing tax credit and incentives management software, has named technology startup veteran Laurence Sotsky as its new CEO, according to the company. Sotsky was most recently head of venture-backed, mobile application development startup Hopscotch.

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The OIX Names Laurece Sotsky As CEO

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El Segundo-based The OIX , a fintech company that is developing tax credit and incentives management software, has named technology startup veteran Laurence Sotsky as its new CEO, according to the company. Sotsky was most recently head of venture-backed, mobile application development startup Hopscotch.

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SendGrid Ties Into Azure Store

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SendGrid , the provider of email infrastructure for application developers which has operations in Anaheim, said today that it has launched on the new Windows Azure Store. SendGrid--whose three founders met at UC Riverside--handles transactional email delivery for application providers. READ MORE>>.

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I Just Invested in @Burstly, a Mobile Ad Management Company

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Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. As I naturally get asked all the time why we invested in Company A or Company B, I thought I’d just put forth my thesis in writing. I like that.

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Signal Sciences: Protecting Web Apps In The Era Of DevOps, with Andrew Peterson

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In today's world of web application development, speed is everything. Developers are now turning out code and releasing it live to the world in near real time--what is called DevOps and Agile development. How did you start the company? In that world, the risk of security holes is huge. What is Signal Sciences?

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