Hulu's April Fool Joke: 1996 Web Design
socalTECH
APRIL 1, 2011
Visitors to Los Angeles-based video streaming service Hulu Friday were greeted with a surprise "redesign" of the web site, as part of a Hulu April Fool's gag.
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socalTECH
APRIL 1, 2011
Visitors to Los Angeles-based video streaming service Hulu Friday were greeted with a surprise "redesign" of the web site, as part of a Hulu April Fool's gag.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 27, 2021
Yet I am amazed to see from recent data that nearly 28 percent of small businesses today still have no web presence at all. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Viral marketing needs a website.
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TechEmpower
JULY 24, 2023
What special data, content, APIs, etc., Targets Are you developing a native app and/or a web app? Can you do a hybrid web/native application? How often is message content updated? SEO Support Will URLs and page content need to be properly formed for SEO? Should content changes be scheduled? Graphic design?
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 28, 2012
The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). People forgot that Fred also wrote “Web Second.” ” So I’ve had to encourage an entire cohort of startups that I’ve met not to ignore the power of the web. Thus I endorse Web Second. then mobile is awesome.
TechEmpower
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Is user interface and graphic design a necessity? You'll discover firms that are prolific in design/interface and light on development, and vice versa. This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. Or is your project a clean slate? Avoid them.
socalTECH
MAY 21, 2014
Are you a content creator for the web? It turns out, nowadays, creating the content is only a small part of your job description The most successful YouTubers, studios, brands and agencies today are intensely focused on using social media to engage with fans, get that content out there, and grow their audience.
SoCal CTO
APRIL 9, 2013
I''ve written before about finding Web Development Firms in Los Angeles. Different firms will have very different skill sets: Do you need user interface design? Graphic design? You will find firms that are design/interface heavy and light on development. So here are some thoughts on selecting the right firm.
SoCal CTO
JULY 13, 2011
This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. One thing to make clear, StartupRoar is a jump off point.
TechEmpower
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
” In our performance consulting work, we often hear variations of the following: “Our web application was running fine with a few hundred users. Web application performance is a broad discipline. A high-performance application is designed to perform well with a reasonable amount of hot data. “It was running fine.”
socalTECH
APRIL 7, 2014
Los Angeles-based content delivery network operator MaxCDN said this morning that it has integrated its platform with a website firewall provider, Sucuri. maxcdn firewall network content delivery sucuri ddos' Financial details of the link were not announced. READ MORE>>.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 21, 2015
One of the best ways for increase in business development is to create a more responsive web design. A great website design simply reflects well on your business and the quality of your service. There are many aspects that go into a responsive web design that meets your client’s’ needs. Making it Faster.
Tech Zulu Event
FEBRUARY 2, 2016
The dynamism of web design ascertains that trends should keep varying to the better with changing times. The changes are usually due to improvements in previous designs to suit current tastes and preferences. Domination of material design. Flat design 2.0 Flat design 2.0 Cinemagraphs. and minimalism.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 19, 2011
In it he asserts that the web is dying and in its ashes will see the rise of the “App Internet.” The web is dying and will be replaced by “the App Internet.” Enter the World Wide Web (WWW). As George appropriately describes in his video, the Internet and the Web are two different, but related things.
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 7, 2009
Normally the product is defined as a web site. Most founders are fairly passionate about the features and functions of the web site, iPhone application, Facebook application, or whatever web application represents the product. What applications and web sites have you been using? For me, my number one application is email.
SoCal Tech Calendar
OCTOBER 19, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010 -- Digital LA - Design Goes Cross-Platform. Join us for our panel discussion on designing GUI across multiple platforms: web, phone apps, iPad, etc. See [link] (more).
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 8, 2013
You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 51 million other new websites created last year, and attract the customers you need. A good start is a book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” Curation, the most efficient content. Start creating content today. All highlight you.
From the Venture Trenches
APRIL 4, 2013
They do not know what they do not know which makes a meaningful conversation with a design agency very challenging. The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. Asmita’s are challenging for a web designer; anyway you move you will be damned.
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 27, 2012
You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 300 million other new websites created last year, and attract the customers you need. Recently I was reviewing a book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” Curation, the most efficient content. Start creating content today.
From the Venture Trenches
APRIL 4, 2013
They do not know what they do not know which makes a meaningful conversation with a design agency very challenging. The pride and effort they have placed in building up their business should be reflected through their web presence. Asmita’s are challenging for a web designer; anyway you move you will be damned.
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
of the firm's web site. The new version of the site is looking to combine search, content, and Q&A. Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the online search site headed by Jason Calacanis, rolled out version 3.0
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 15, 2011
You have to build a web presence with marketing content to get visibility above the 50 million other new websites created every year, and attract the customers you need. Recently I was reviewing a new book on content marketing, “ Accelerate! ” Curation, the most efficient content. Start creating content today.
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 7, 2012
Rarely do we come upon a website or web applcaitions that truly sifts through all the junk and curates the most influential and authoritative source to give to useful and value content…not spam. The team behind Champagne, Illinois startup and newly relaunched PickDeck is a solid core of engineers, researchers, and designers with PhDs.
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 27, 2020
Now the city’s enterprise tech scene can claim a really big winner with Signal Sciences , the security monitoring and management company that is getting bought by Fastly , a provider of content delivery networking services, for $775 million. Signal Sciences secures $35 million investment to protect web apps.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 5, 2021
Viral marketing is a deliberate marketing action, designed to grow attention at a compound rate, without further stimulus, by word-of-mouth. Develop viral content. It also means making the content appear omnipresent on the Web and in the marketplace, including dedicated video sites and blogs.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , a developer of web content management systems (CMS), has raised $1.75M in a Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. CrownPeak, which is headed by Jim Howard, develops software used by companies to easily modify and maintain web sites, without requiring web designers.
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 1, 2013
CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?
socalTECH
JULY 16, 2015
Woodland Hills-based Readz , a new startup that is aiming to help marketers quickly create microsites, landing pages, white papers, and other content, said today that it has raised more than $7.15M in funding, and launched its products. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2015
The company said it will use the new funding for accelerating acquisitions, growth, and new content intiatives. lynda.com offers up an online education site where users can learn about a huge library of topics, ranging from everything from web and graphic design software to business topics, 3D animation, and more. in the deal.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 10, 2014
The problem is that with WordPress I just found it a bit too cumbersome to change the design on my own. I’m more of a verbal content guy. I like to get what is in my brain out into words and as you probably know I worry less about typos, grammar or – generally – visual design. So now I suck much less.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 21, 2011
Just about every Startup at some point and especially if you do not have a designer, is going to need icons to help spruce up those websites. Before Iconfinder I was working as a web designer and front-end developer, next to studying computer science and business administration. It’s basically Google for icons.
SoCal Tech Calendar
SEPTEMBER 14, 2012
Karen Marchetti from Response FX will take you through the 12 hottest ideas to drive stronger prospect and customer engagement across your web "Content Hubs".
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 8, 2018
Culver City-based AfterNow , a design and development agency in the augmented reality area, is jumping into the product world with its own, augmented reality software tool, the company said on Wednesday. The tool uses Microsoft's HoloLens. Pricing on the software was not announced. READ MORE>>.
TechCrunch LA
MAY 12, 2020
Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup. Wabisabi Design : an augmented reality game studio focused on bit-sized titles. . Earlier Yellow bets skewed more toward content investments as Snapchat was scaling Discover. Mogul Millennial : a media startup sharing professional resources for Black entrepreneurs. ”
socalTECH
APRIL 28, 2010
Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing its strategy of buying up vertical web properties, saying today that it has acquired ExpertHub , which operates a network of websites which connect consumers with attorneys. as well as two shopping web sites. Financial terms of the buys were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.
socalTECH
MAY 5, 2011
The firm said that Rabin Yaghoubi , who previously launched and led content, commerce, and local partnerships at Google, will join the firm in New York at a new office. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media. FindTheBest is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins.
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 27, 2019
Have you noticed how many web apps and content have turned into subscription services during the last several years? Paying for content. Content providers found the same thing when many found that they could charge a subscription fee instead of relying just upon advertising. Call it the Netflix effect.
Tech.Co
DECEMBER 29, 2023
Gumroad Gumroad is a web-builder and ecommerce platform that lets creators sell products directly to consumers. Vibrant Planet Vibrant Planet is a data-driven science and cloud-based solution designed to support restoration efforts. Source: calendly.com This growth has allowed the startup to expand its team by 237 this year too.
Xconomy
JANUARY 9, 2018
That year the couple, both trained in design, founded a startup in San Francisco, then called KaleidoscopeVR. René Pinnell says he and his wife Selena Pinnell were “blown away” by the virtual reality projects their friends were creating in 2014, so they looked for an entrepreneurial niche that would allow them to support such artists.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , a developer of software-as-a-service for web content management, is jumping into the URL shortening craze, with its own URL shortener. is designed specifically for digital agencies and online marketers using its CMS tools. According to CrownPeak, its URL shortener -- at Cpeak.us READ MORE>>.
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Yet I am amazed to see from recent data that nearly 36 percent of small businesses today still have no web presence at all. There are many practical reasons for going to work early on your web site. Two months later they still didn’t have a web site, and didn’t have a customer. Viral marketing needs a website.
Tech.Co
MAY 31, 2023
RingCentral Startup tool: Web conferencing app Price from: $11.99 If you manage remote or hybrid teams, RingCentral provides the best web conferencing software we've reviewed. Not only does it boast a sleek ergonomic design, but it also X every single feature you'd expect from a top-tier internet phone system. From its 4.3-inch
Tech Zulu Event
OCTOBER 10, 2012
He is the author of various best selling books including Practical Information Architecture, Web Dogma ’06 and Usable Usability. October 14: Putting the content into content strategy – effective writing for interactive media. Putting the content into content strategy – effective writing for interactive media.
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media site run by Richard Rosenblatt, said Friday that it has updated its eHow web site, the firm's questions and answers site. Demand said that it has created a "crisp, clean" design update, and also added new content channels, a new video series, and social tools to the site.
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 18, 2019
The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.
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