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JUNE 21, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of online video hosting and encoding products, announced today that web performance firm Gomez has selected the firm's online video platform, Sorenson 360. Sorenson is providing Gomez with development and delivery of marketing videos to its customers. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

San Diego-based ShowUhow , which develops video-based sales and product information for online retailers and manufacturers, said today that it has added a suite of social media integration features for the firm's offering. ShowUhow is venture backed by Syncom Ventures, and raised a round of capital back in August.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media has launched its own, video URL shortener, saying today that it has launched Vid.vu , a URL shortener specifically aimed at online videos. Sorenson said the new shortener will only be available to customers of Sorenson Squeeze Server. Tags: sorenson media video shortener. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2009

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of video encoding software and related services, is looking to enable third party developers, by releasing a new software development kit (SDK). Sorenson launched its own video hosting and delivery product in May, and established its executive headquarters in San Diego in March.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

San Diego-based Vionic , a developer of technology for helping companies create social media deals and promotions, said Wednesday that it has raised $900,000 in a funding round. According to the startup, which is led by Kosta Gara, its customers include The UPS Store, Office Max Mexico and Pure Barre. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2009

San Diego-based VMIX is eyeing customers of Maven Networks, a provider of video hosting owned by Yahoo, saying Wednesday that it will help customers of Maven to migrate to VMIX. VMIX said it is offering to migrate hosting and delivery of media to former Maven Networks customers to VMIX, without any transfer or setup fees.

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Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Tealium, a San-Diego startup that provides online advertising tag management and marketing services for enterprise customers, has raised $35 million in a growth financing deal intended to expand its technology and market reach. The company’s workforce has grown to about 270, including 80 in San Diego.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of enterprise tag management software which is led by Jeff Lunsford, said it saw 120 percent year-over-year sales growth. Actual revenues were not released by the company. An earlier profile of Tealium in the Inc. 500 reported the company''s 2013 revenues were $12.5M. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Today's interview is with Peter Csathy, President and CEO of Sorenson Media (www.sorensonmedia.com), which recently relocated its executive offices to San Diego. Csathy told us about the firm's move of its exec offices from Salt Lake City, Utah, to San Diego, as well as its hiring and expansion plans.

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MAY 11, 2009

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of video encoding and decoding software, said Monday that it has branched out into the Internet video services market with a new offering to allow customers to encode, upload, and publish their videos. Tags: services hosting video media sorenson.

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Xconomy

JULY 5, 2018

The “empathy economy” will help define the new reality of human and machine interactions in the customer service industry. Brand loyalty has been championed by brands like Gucci and Tesla, who have both a dedicated customer base and “fans” who admire the out-of-reach products.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2011

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the provider of enterprise cloud storage services, said today that it has scored a customer win at Relativity Media, an entertainment studio working on film and television production. Nirvanix provides a cloud storage service, aimed at enterprise customers. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 19, 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009 -- Using Social Media to Market Your Business. San Diego Venture Group. Resistance to social media is futile. Your customers have been there for a long time. Starting from a small base of enthusiast users, the service has rapidly risen to prominence in the media. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2019

San Diego-based Verimatrix , a developer of security software for video service providers, set top-box providers, and others, has been acquired by French company Inside Secure , according to Inside Secure. Inside Secure paid $138.1M in cash, plus up to $9.8M in escrow to cover potential post-closing adjustments and earnout.

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JUNE 28, 2011

San Diego-based music streaming service Slacker has inked a major deal with AOL , to power a new online Internet radio service. The deal came with AOL's Huffington Post Media Group. The deal came with AOL's Huffington Post Media Group. Financial details of the relationship were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

San Diego-based cloud storage service provider Nirvanix has signed on Fox Networks Group , the television broadcaster, as a customer for its service, the company announced this morning. Size of the win was not announced.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2010

For the quarter, San Diego County garnered the most venture capital, with $231.3M The biggest investments in Southern California for the quarter were for San Diego's SkinIt , a maker of customized "skins" for electronic devices, with $60.0M funding, fellow San Diego cloud computing firm RightScale , with $25.0M

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless is reporting tonight that the firm served up 100 million mobile news pages per month in 2009, up 160% year over year. The firm attributed the growth in news page views to local media partners, who have recently been signing up to the company's white label mobile application product. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

San Diego-based Verve Wireless, which develops products to help newspapers publish their content to mobile phones, has signed on another set of newspapers, and rolled out a new coupon offering, the firm said late Wednesday. Financial impact of the new customers was not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm said this morning that it has released a new, augmented reality (AR) software development kit for Android smartphones. The company said the new software should enable things such as 3D gaming experiences on tabletops, and interactive media experiences for product packaging and promotional items.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili. Kanaan Jemili: uCast Global is a digital media company that is looking at creating a scalable global solution for online video. What is uCast?

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AUGUST 25, 2009

San Diego-based VMIX , a provider of online video publishing tools and related services, said today that it has extended a deal with Raycom Media TV, to add fourteen more TV station sites. The firm did not disclose the financial impact of the additional customers. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 25, 2011

How did an email marketing provider turn into a provider of software which mashes up a combination of email marketing, wiki, customer service management, event and meeting management tool, project management software, and much more? Those resellers include customers like chambers of commerce.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

San Diego-based personalized radio service Slacker has inked a deal with T-Mobile, where T-Mobile will include the application directly on a smart phone. Previously, customers had to go to T-Mobile or Slacker's web site to download the application.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Tags: entrepreneur startup kids children video videogame game content world virtual myminipeeps media masher gunther sherry.

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JUNE 8, 2011

However, San Diego-based Deal Current (www.dealcurrent.com) appears to have found a sustainable niche in the industry--not providing daily deals, but powering those multiplying deal sites, including a number of major newspaper groups. But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2009

San Diego-based KidZui , which develops kid-safe web browser technology, has scored a distribution win with Comcast. Comcast Interactive Media said that it has partnered with KidZui to create a comprehensive Internet portal for kids and families. Tags: kidzui comcast interactive media internet portal. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Here are eight Southern California companies and the experienced, successful entrepreneurs heading up their efforts, who haven't had any problems finding investors--or customers--for their firms. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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MARCH 13, 2020

Dmitri Leonov: We built a distribution business for equipment for the spa industry, and have had 10,000 client over that time, but in the last few years, we've really focused on talking to spa customers about their needs in the market. Essentially, the customer wants natural and organic ingredients. Our average retention is 70 percent.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

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APRIL 15, 2016

Brett Bernstein: First and foremost, we are allowing any customer to be an influencer. To get a discount, we ask customers to share information on the brand on Twitter and in the future, other social networks, and that discount is based on how influential they are for that brand. We spoke with co-founder Brett Bernstein.

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Xconomy

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Think about the retailer e-mails we receive daily or the ads that appear on Google or our social media sites. Retailers end up distancing themselves from customers when. Houston —Knowledge is power, but too much of a good thing can render data meaningless. That’s the struggle many retailers have in an age of data analytics.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2010

I have a good friend who spent years building relationships with senior executives at media companies. Examples: There is a company called GreenLink Networks based in San Diego and Philadelphia. When I first met the team in San Diego they had only been working on their software for 5 months. He’s a star.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

One team, a travel company that has built a discovery and planning tool that will make it easy and fun for travelers to find and book trips, was a winner of not just the New Venture Seed Competition in 2013, but also recently won the first day of the Lavin Lean Model Startup Competition in San Diego State University.

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MAY 7, 2010

The next major change that we see, is now that they're online, they're becoming more web based, and adding things like rich media. We provide rich media to the STM market. One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites.

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Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Customer experience is a high priority for both companies. As customer feedback becomes critical to creating a better experience, Google announced several components of the Play Store that will support companies in their quest to understand consumers. Here are three of the most important takeaways: 1.

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Xconomy

JANUARY 11, 2019

Sears has] amazing brands and the marketing from that, but this shows that it’s possible to lose traction with customers,” says Pano Anthos , managing director of XRC Labs in New York. The key question is. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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