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JUNE 16, 2017

Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com now owns roughly 40 grocery stores in Southern California, in what is the company's biggest foray into the grocery store market to date. Amazon and Whole Foods announced Friday that Amazon is acquiring the Whole Foods Market grocery store chain, in a $13.7 billion deal. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 14, 2014

A Los Angeles plumbing and water heater repair and installation company, Ritz Plumbing & Heating , said this morning that it has started accepting Bitcoin for purchases of its service, effective immediately. Ritz Plumbing & Heating says it is based in Los Angeles and serves counties all over Southern California.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Senior executives representing technology, media and e-commerce firms in Southern California will gather together to officially re-launch the TechCouncil of Southern California (TCOSC) as a chapter of SIIA’s Software and Services Division (SSD) of SIIA (The Software and Information Industry Association).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As the diaspora out of Silicon Valley continues, the Southern California tech world has proven to be a tempting landing pad during the COVID-19 pandemic. .” Kozlov’s appointment comes as the Los Angeles tech ecosystem is having something of a moment.

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MARCH 4, 2014

In a move that might not surprise many in Southern California''s music and technology world, Santa Monica-based Beats Music said this morning that it has acquired Topspin Music , the music marketing startup which was--until recently--run by Beats Music'' CEO Ian Rogers. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2019

A lot of our readers have asked if we could add some video content to our news stream, and we've started talking with local entrepreneurs, investors, and others to learn more about how Southern California's high tech industry is growing and expanding. Want to see more video content from socaltech?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

City of Industry-based NewEgg , the unsung, billion dollar e-commerce giant which is among the largest online businesses in Southern California, is taking on Amazon Prime with a new program it launched this morning-- NewEgg Premier. per year program. per year program.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , the provider of two-factor, mobile authentication services and software, said today that it has launched a new product, called TeleSign Smart Verify. Jillings is a serial entrepreneur and longtime Southern California technology executive, with such successes as FrontBridge and Vantage Media under his belt.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

A new, online coupon software "bookmarklet" called Koupon Kitty --backed by Juvo Capital, the investment firm of Talmadge O'Neill and Harry Tsao--said it launched Wednesday, to help consumers find the best coupon codes for various e-commerce sites.

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APRIL 23, 2013

The world of search technology is constantly evolving, with new features like autosuggestion, "instant search", autocorrect, mobile support, and more constantly showing up in such services like Google. But, if you''re not one of the giants in search, how do you keep up with the constantly evolving features in search?

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Infrastructure, services and "picks and shovels" tech will be important here.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. You'll be able to browse all of those contributions here. And I'm hoping to do fewer meetings and spend more time reading and thinking.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

What's different here from the many other services out there? On the customer side, there's been such a massive boom in and around e-commerce, with so many people looking for marketing talent, there's a huge ecosystem of customres and companies, which has allowed us to grow rather quickly. How are you funding the business?

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Based in Los Angeles, AppOnboard sees itself as one of a new breed of LA startup that’s steeping itself in the local ecosystem and trying to be one of the cornerstone’s for a new technology hub in the southern California region. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 23, 2010

The Third Annual India Trade Conference is being presented by Southern California Edison; the Port of Los Angeles; the U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Commerce; Network of Indian Professionals, and Quanta Consulting, Inc. Thursday, July 29, 2010 -- 3rd Annual India Trade Conference.

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JUNE 25, 2015

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based CrossCut Ventures (www.crosscutventures.com) announced its third, venture capital fund--a continuation of an investment theme very much centered around the growth of Southern California, and in particular, the Silicon Beach startup ecosystem. I think that's what we're most enthusiastic about.

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Southern California Edison Blog

MARCH 23, 2021

While managed network service providers may not provide content delivery network services directly, they can transport the traffic from a CDN through their network solutions, such as with dark fiber or managed wavelengths, to increase network performance and speeds. What Business Advantages Does CDN Traffic Services Provide?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

A lot of those brands, on the e-commerce side, are becoming more data driven. The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. How we do hat, is we've built an analytics platform, Daasity, for data-as-a-service.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. We have four investments so far, two of which are public. TX Zhuo: I started my own business out of college, an e-commerce company. How does Southern California versus Silicon Valley compare so far?

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APRIL 17, 2010

By providing insight into the genetics of disease, as well as access to relevant testing, services, and support, AccessDNA helps people better understand how genetics can impact their healthcare and lifestyle decisions. AwesomeBox : AwesomeBox is currently in stealth mode so I’ll respect that. Tags: SoCal Stuff.

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JULY 13, 2009

Mark has also been quite active mentoring entrepreneurs, We caught up with Mark to hear about what kinds of investments GRP is looking at nowadays, his view on the software-as-a-service market, and how best to approach him with a pitch. So we're focused on technology, and financial services.

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AUGUST 7, 2014

So, what is TaskUs? Bryce Maddock: TaskUs is the best provider in the world of customer care and back office services for emerging growth companies. Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. We do a whole host of other back-office services in that space.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Wittlebee (www.wittlebee.com) announced the acquisition of its own, clothing company--Cottonseed Clothing Company--as it continues to build out its subscription, children's clothing service. and co-founder Sean Percival is a MySpace vet and a familiar face in Southern California's social media circles.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 4, 2010

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 -- Enabling the 5th Screen: Ecosystems, Networks, and Commerce Spring 2010 Executive Roundtable. Well explore the challenges and opportunities for networks, service providers, and drivers of content and commerce in the digital environment of the future. Keynote: Padmasree Warrior, CTO, Cisco Systems.

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MARCH 1, 2017

It's now an internationally recognized showcase for technology here in Los Angeles, and we also get to showcase Southern California companies, as well. Those are companies like Rakuten, Softbank, Recruit, Tencent, and some larger financial services company. They are very acquisitive.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. So, we are offering $40,000 to $50,000, and we're also adding lots more services. The amount of capital varies by accelerator.

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JULY 29, 2011

Whether you have a personal blog or e-commerce website, search traffic is a crucial aspect for you to grow your business. Learn the ins and out of SEO from our featured speaker SEO expert, Rex Freiberger, so you know how to hire a team or do it in house. This event is limited to CEOs only, no service providers.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2011

The venture capital industry is so heavily skewed to Northern California, which the remains spilled over Boston, New York & Southern California. So it was wonderful to hear from a leading venture capital firm based in Washington DC. There are of course other outposts like Austin and Seattle.

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APRIL 10, 2012

One of the most original, subscription startups to come out of Southern California's tech accelerator boom emerged last week, looking to disrupt not just another retail sector or e-commerce category, but something else entirely: the airline industry. By bringing our service to regional airports, you're much closer to home.

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APRIL 16, 2010

Albert previously founded CheapCheapCheap.com, an online coupon and deal finding site, and we thought we'd hear from Albert why he thinks the local, group purchasing market is so interesting, and how he hopes to grow the service beyond just Orange County. What is the site all about?

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

In this installment of our Strategy Series well examine the impact of location-based services on advertising and commerce and at each point well ask, where are the painpoints, opportunities and wheres the money? See [link] (more).

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JULY 23, 2009

Past presenters have received millions in funding from our program; and several have sold their company for huge earnings.

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MAY 19, 2010

Competes with HauteLook , RueLaLa (sub of GSI Commerce) , Billion Dollar Babes , ideeli , Glam List. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. The SimpleGeo API will provide you access to these services. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

We had a fine business in 1-800-DENTIST, our phone-based referral service. But, over the last ten years, consumers behavior has changed so drastically. People are all now using their mobile devices to find products and services. That said, I'm a veteran technology guy here in SoCal.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Sorenson was the initial launching pad for Sorenson Communications, which operates relay services for the hearing impaired, and which is now a very large business, which we spun out a couple of years ago. Peter Csathy: One reason we're expanding into San Diego, is we wanted to be more in the heart of digital media in Southern California.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

My first job out of school was at one of the early bioinformatics companies in Silicon Valley, working as the head of technical services. What networking events in Los Angeles or Southern California do you go to? because I would like KlickFu to remain primarily a SoCal company and success story!

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Every so often--particularly in Southern California--you run into a serial entrepreneur, with multiple successes and great track record-- yet, who very few people are aware of. Jeff Zwelling: Today, we have lots of e-commerce and online subscription customers. There are lots of e-commerce companies.

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