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Green Dot Gets Mobile Gelocation Patent

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Pasadena-based Green Dot , the prepaid debit card provider, reported Tuesday that it has been issued U.S. Green Dot said the patent relates to its use of geolocation for creating customized user experiences, as well as for risk management and fraud prevention. The patent names Samuel H. Altman, Nicholas T. Knapp, James F.

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How Beatshare Is Tackling Music And Messaging

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Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. There are lots of music and messaging apps out there, but is there room for an app which makes music the message?

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Decoding Signal From Noise For Wall Street, With Bitvore

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We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. Alan Chaney is our Chief Architect, and ran Olivetti Resaerch in the UK.

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Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs

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round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Once you get to 300-500 customers, it blows up, because it was never intended to scale.

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3D Printing Redux: How Idealab's New Matter Wants To Bring 3D To The Masses

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Pasadena-based New Matter (www.newmatter.com) is developing a 3D printer, the MOD-t, which it says will help bridge the world of 3D printing experimentation with the consumer. It''s really designed as an easy to use product, to maximize the likelihood of customer success with the 3D printer.

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Interview with Joe Fisher, Contour Energy

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Our headquarters are now in Asuza, because we weren't able to get permits in Pasadena. One of the things we've been able to do, is we've patented a cathode where we can dial in the amount of energy, or power, or any combination we need. That round was worth $15.2M, but was tranched into three installments. READ MORE>>.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Judges and SuperDemo Bill Gross of Idealab!

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In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. Where: CalTech 1200 E California Blvd Pasadena, CA 91125. Custom ad deals and partnerships. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. Event Details. to 10:00 p.m.

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