Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Every month, there’s news of another partnership among carmakers like GM and tech companies such as Uber, as they vie for dominant roles in a transportation future where individual car ownership may largely give way to rides-on-demand from fleets of autonomous and tech-enabled vehicles. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. www.demandmedia.com).

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Verifying Looking for regular tech news straight to your inbox? And with direct traffic making up 71% of Caledly’s total traffic, demand for the scheduling tool is likely to remain strong into 2024. Gumroad Gumroad is a web-builder and ecommerce platform that lets creators sell products directly to consumers.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As inflation rates spiral and consumer demand takes a hit, business owners are forced to be more mindful of their bottom lines than ever. Want to browse the web privately? ? There's no denying that 2024 is a challenging year to run a business. Or appear as if you're in another country?

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

We recently completed a web-based application that uses a unique algorithm to match professionals with new career opportunities. Drop-off on the first page of an application is bad news. An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2018

What was the biggest news for your company in 2018? Given SVBs market position, that is great news. But its even better news for the regional SoCal innovation ecosystem. Nonetheless, I expect that in 2019 the VC market will shift toward demanding profit.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2019

I started a web design company, and ended up going to college in Florida, but kept on running the company on the side. On YouTube, you end up having to pick a new video every time you finish one, and that's just not the right experience. That's when it clicked for me, realizing that for some reason, everything online is on-demand.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Not Really At first you may be thinking that this is all bad news. However, the good news is that for most investors, you can certainly change the question and get a lot more information without ever building the MVP. Investors demand more than that. That's an even tougher hurdle. Yes, that's correct.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2008

The new service is similar to offerings from Yahoo with its Yahoo Answers service, Los Angeles-based Sodahead , and Demand Media's Answerbag Q&A service. The new Q&A service is the mysterious "Project A" which Calacanis was drumming up beta testers for earlier this month. and Sequoia Capital. and Sequoia Capital. READ MORE>>

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. PRTechConnect (www.prtechconnect.com)  You've Got News, Now Get Heard. your business on the map with national news coverage and blog buzz for only $999 a. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Venture capital for innovators.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. We spoke with Jennifer about what HitFix is looking to do, her own background, and how HitFix is different from the many celebrity gossip and news sites out there.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. Using the social web to fill excess capacity that exists in nearly every business was one of the best uses of the web that I've seen. Great things will emerge there.

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

At the time we heralded in a new era where “gatekeepers” were no longer going to shape stories to the public and “democratic news” would reign freely. I asked Jonah about his decision to get so heavily into the news business, which seemed as a big departure from “snackable content.” Jonah is truly a pioneer in online media.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Total raised: $5.0mm.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Without all of you, we wouldn't be able to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. They include: Sponsors. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

I have vanity urls setup at just about every site on the web. Finally, we started talking about the event on our radio show, Tech News, powered by Make It Work who is a co-sponsor now. Tags: Eric Greenspan 140conf Google Voice jeff pulver santa barbara social media tech news Twitter. I love Namechk.com for this.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Once again, we'd like to thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. They include: Sponsors.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

The difference between Pandroa and us, versus who we are, and on demand services like Spotify, Beats, or Rhapsody, is they have direct licenses. We now have both Android and iOS coverage, and very soon we''ll be releasing a web app. Tom McAlvey: We have everything. Pandroa has everything, too, but it''s a smaller catalog for them.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. They include: Sponsors. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Want to browse the web privately? ? Data retention and usage Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in 2022, privacy advocates have been demanding more information about how the chatbot utilizes user data. Or appear as if you're in another country? Get 86% off Surfshark and up to 5 months free with this Tech.co Black Friday offer.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. They include: Sponsors. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2011

The evolution and the real value of curator are outlined in a great new book “ Curation Nation ,” by Steven Rosenbaum. In the past century, curators for business information were specialized news magazines like Forbes and Inc., For many people, it also serves as a one-stop news source about small businesses and entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. Social Networking in Web 1.0: The Present Era.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Behind the easy to use interface is a powerful, real time search and discovery engine, which creates a news feed of all of the intersting things happening in your surroundings. We now have a team of nine engineers and scientists, with experience from companies like IBM, Demand Media, and Google, all part of our core engineering team.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services. Email us at info@socaltech.com. Startups Made Simple.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Real time – Much has been written about the real-time nature of Twitter’s news. I am one of those that learned about Bin Laden’s death, the Japanese Tsunami, Michael Jackson’s death and many other topics 20 minutes before they were in the mainstream news. So what is now happening is really interesting.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2009

In your launch you mention that Demand Media and others are using the platform. In the case of Demand Media, they looked at us to be a host for their data within the health vertical. The reason we are excited to partner with Demand is they know something about how to crowd source structured information. How does that work?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

WeVideo offers up a powerful Flash-based video editing application currently available through any web browser, and according to CEO Jostein Svendsen, will also be available in native applications on all iPhone & Android mobile devices as well. month tier that focuses on professional-grade editing. Plus / $6.99 Ultra / $39.99

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 29, 2011

As customers shift online, retailers have no choice, to not only follow suit, but to adapt to their changing demands. The rise of ecommerce giants EBay and Amazon.com has shone a light on a new path to consumerism. Consumers demand an exact product suited to our exact needs and this time we do not want to be told what this is.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

founders a cease and desist email demanding the removal of all CrunchBase content from their People+ app, on the grounds that People+ is “nothing more than a copycat app which “duplicates what CrunchBase offers in order to compete directly” . In an unsettling display of protectionism, AOL serves Prop Populi, Inc.

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