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Swagbucks Buys Sodahead

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Los Angeles-based prodege , the parent company of Swagbucks , said this morning that it has acquired Sodahead , the online polling and discussion platform founded by Jason Feffer. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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uSamp Gets $15M More For Market Research Tools

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Encino-based sampling and online research firm uSamp announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a new round of funding. According to uSamp, the Series D round came from OpenView Venture Partners and DuPont Capital Management, and will go towards accelerating the development of the company''s Instant.ly in funding.

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Phorus Debuts New Wireless Home Audio Speaker

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Encino-based Phorus , the developer of wireless home audio speaker technology which is now owned by DTS, said it has launched a new product called the Phorus PS5. The company is promoting the new speaker line with a music video from the group Run River North. READ MORE>>. wireless playfi whole home audio speaker phorus'

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uSamp Names VP

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Encino-based uSamp , the provider of survey and sampling technology and services, said Tuesday that it has named Leslie Warshaw as Vice President of Research Solutions. Warshaw joins the firm from Lightspeed Research and TNS, and also worked at Nielsen Company. The company says it now has more than 185 employees. READ MORE>>.

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uSamp Gets $10M In Series C

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Encino-based uSamp , the online market research and sampling firm founded by former goZing founders Matt Dusig and Gregg Lavin, said today that it has raised $10M in a Series C funding. uSamp's online platform is used to manage online polling and sampling for clients. The funding was led by OpenView Venture Partners.

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uSamp Reports Growth

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Encino-based uSamp , the online sampling and survey firm run by Gregg Lavin and Matt Dusig, reported over the weekend that it had revenue growth over over 167 percent. The company also said that it is planning to double its investment in its technology platform.

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How FreedomPop's Free Wireless Internet is Disrupting Telecom

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If you're FreedomPop , the Encino-based startup, you start by offering up free 4G wireless data access, and then expand to offer free, voice-over-IP services, along with home-based wireless Internet services. You earn 10Mb in free data for each person you connect to on the platform, which brings down our acquisition costs.

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