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JANUARY 27, 2022

Los Angeles-based market research provider and software developer MarketCast said on Wednesday that it has acquired Invoke, a provider of market research focused on video streaming services. MarketCast said the acquisition will help it grow its entertainment research and content testing for streaming and broadcast content.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 11, 2015

As a creative director at a software development company, I am always looking for ways to speed up our design and development process and to include as many people and teams working on the project. These teams are usually: business, design, frontend, development, and quality assurance. Sitemap & Wire-Framing.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Populating them can be hard work, especially when the content needs to be just right. On a different project, we’d just used a Large Language Model (LLM) - in this case OpenAI’s GPT - to provide users with pre-filled text boxes, with content based on choices they’d previously made. Everyone struggles with empty text boxes.

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APRIL 12, 2021

Irvine-based Creative Solutions, which develops software for broadcasters, film and video production companies, independent content creators and others, has acquired cloud-native live video broadcasting platform and software developer Lightstream. Financial terms of the buy were not annoucned.

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OCTOBER 15, 2019

Irvine-based content moderation software developer WebPurify says it has enhanced its tools with a new tool, which allows its users to automatically detect text in memes and other images in blogs, forums, social media apps, children's sites, in-game chats, and more.

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MARCH 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based visual effects software developer OTOY says it has launched new GPU rendering software for MacOS, aimed at providing macOS users with what it says provides what it claims is the fastest spectral GPU renderer on macOS Big Sur.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The company said the integration helps address the problems tracking the use of VR training content, and measuring the effect it has on employee performance.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Irvine-based software developer Kofax said this week that it is acquiring Top Image Systems Ltd , a developer of cloud- and premise-based applications use to manage "content-driven" business processes. Kofax is paying around $16M for Top Image Systems, which was based in Israel.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based educational software developer GoGuardian , a developer of. software for the K-12 market, said it has named Mike Jonas its new Chief Financial Officer. GoGuardian recently [link] software to help identify possible suicidal thoughts in elementary school.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based Cloud Takes , an online project collaboration site focused on feature films, post production, and other content work, has been acquired by Technicolor. Cloud Takes founder Daryll Strauss has been hired by Technicolor as Vice President of Software Development. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Santa Monica-based human capital management software developer Cornerstone OnDemand , along with online learning provider Grovo , said Tuesday that the two have expanded an existing strategic relationship. According to the two, Grovo will connects its Grovo Create product as an add-on to Cornerstone OnDemand's platform. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Los Angeles-based educational content management software developer Edlio said late Tuesday that it has acquired Sangha , the developer of a personalized, mobile parent interaction app.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital said it has completed its acquisition of secure cloud-based document management software developer NetDocuments. NetDocuments is baesd in Utah, and provides content management software specifically for th elegal industry, focused on security and compliance.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fliptu , the social media software developer headed by Jeremy Gocke, is targeting the music industry with its social service, and is launching a new platform that lets the music industry share the pictures, video clips, and other social items that fans are sharing before, during, and after concerts.

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MARCH 12, 2020

Los Angeles-based accounting software developer BlackLine is taking a new approach to its annual user conference in Europe, saying that it will now run its InTheBlack London 2020 event as a fully virtual event--but which will still feature thought leaders from its customers and users, instead as a series of virtual event sessions.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

San Diego-based LeaseLabs , which provides oline marketing services to the multifamily housing and apartment industry, has been acquired for $103M by real estate software developer RealPage. According to RealPage, it will $103M in cash and stock, plus up to $14M in earnout upon achieving certain financial objective. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 23, 2014

Santa Monica-based Gravity , the real-time, personalization software developer led by Amit Kapur, has been acquired by AOL , in a deal worth $83M, plus $7.7M gravity merger acquisition content personalization software exit' in earnout. in total funding. in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Santa Barbara-based data visualization software developer Graphiq , and media measurement provider mediaQuant said on Wednesday that the two are in a new partnership, which will make mediaQuant's data available via Graphiq's visual tools. Financial details of the partnership were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2018

According to CMG, the new Capital Innovation Center (CIC) will provide space and conduct event programming, focused on briding the gap between content creators and the tech community. CMG said the intent of the center is to "help drive the future of innovation in music".

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APRIL 24, 2012

Zui.com , the kid's website focused on providing screened content and information to kids, is expanding its services today, saying that it has launched "Facetube", which combines the best social sharing aspects of Facebook with the channels of YouTube. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2017

The Snapchat analytics software developed by Los Angeles-based Naritiv , a startup producing online content for brands, has been acquired by social media management firm Hootsuite. The announcement was made on Tuesday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

LiveXLive said it will combine the content programming teams of both companies. In a related move, LiveXLive apparently also has acquired New York-based social media software developer SNAP Interactive. LiveXLive is a live music streaming service. LiveXLive is based in Beverly Hills, and is led by CEO Robert Ellin.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Jaunt Studios , the content production arm of virtual reality hardware and software developer Jaunt VR, says it has linked up with the Sundance Institute , and will run a six month "VR Residency Program", which will help artists make their own virtual reality short films.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based Ampsy , the social content sharing and aggregation software developer led by Jeremy Gocke, has linked into IBM's Watson technology, saying it is using the machine learning technology as part of a new analytics offering.

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socalTECH

MARCH 10, 2014

Los Angeles-based YouTube video analytics software developer Blazye has been acquired by video and audio content identification technology provider Vobile , the two announced last week. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vobile said it will open up a new Los Angeles branch office as part of the deal.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

The new companies demonstrating today are Instacanvas , a marketplace for social media art; Laffster , an online discovery site for comedy content; Penango , a developer of browser-based encryption and security software; Retention Science , a big data-based marketing software developer; OttoLikes Lab , focused on internet curation; and Wallaby Financial (..)

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APRIL 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based web content management software developer CrownPeak has raised $50M in a funding round, and merged with UK-based ActiveStandards , according to the two companies. The investment round came from K1.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Rio SEO , the local search software development arm of Covario, said Wednesday that it has raised a new round of funding to take the company independent. Voyager Capital, and Stratim Capital, to allow it to pursue further development and sales of its technology platform. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 28, 2010

Day Software , a Swiss developer of enterprise content management software which has operations in Newport Beach, has been acquired by Adobe Systems. Day Software develops web content management and digital asset management tools.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2012

HARDATA , a developer of workflow management software for the broadcast and entertainment industry, has set up shop in Thousand Oaks, and hired a new President and CEO. The Argentina-based software developer said it has named Philip B. Cox as President and CEO, and opened up its world headquarters in the United States.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2013

San Diego-based security software developer ESET is extending its line of security products today to Microsoft SharePoint. ESET said it has launched a new product called ESET Security for Microsoft SharePoint Server, which specifically provides real-time protection security for Microsoft''s popular corporate portal software.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2011

Kellogg was most recently General Manager of Content Relations for Dolby, and was ounder of Jhana Music Group. SRS Labs was originally spun out of Hughes Aircraft, and provides its surround sound technology to consumer electronics manufacturers, semiconductor firms, software developers, ad others.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2011

Sherman Oaks-based GoTV Networks , the provider of mobile applications and content, has been acquired by a Texas mobile software developer, Phunware. Phunware is a developer of mobile applications for major brands and publishers. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

JULY 2, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm is hoping this week that the newly developing field of augmented reality--the layering of software and the real world via mobile phones and computers--will help bolster use of its products, and has released both a software development kit and announced a new research center around the field.

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socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2020

Maimovie is a service of artificial intelligence software developer Mycelebs. The company said the new service lets users view social rankings for their favorite movies, and offers up recommendations and analysis for over 540,000 movies. READ MORE>>.

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