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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Los Angeles- and New York-based Vcorp Services , the provider of business formation and other corporate legal services, has been acquired by Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance , a Netherlands-based provider of risk and compliance services. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Wolters Kluwer said the acquisition will help strengthen its existing portfolio of legal and compliance products and services.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -- Vator Splash LA. What's behind LA's booming tech ecosystem? Speakers include Marc Cuban; Nick Green, CEO and Founder of Thrive Market, which has raised $149 million in financing. Brian Lee, CEO and Founder of The Honest Company, which has raised $222 million in VC funding. Adam Goldenberg, CEO and Founder of JustFab, an online subscription fashion that’s raised $249 million in financing.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which powers the phone-based verification and authentication systems of many top tier Internet e-commerce and web services providers, said on Thursday that it has begun using machine learning in its fraud intelligence software, TeleSign Score. TeleSign Score provides a reputational scoring based on a user's phone number and other information, and is accessed via an API.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Rand Corp. landed one of the biggest government contracts in its nearly 70-year history last week, a five-year deal worth as much as $495 million to set up a policy analysis center for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Calabasas-based audio technology developer DTS said Thursday that it has acquired Arctic Palm Technology , a developer of broadcast radio technology. Financial terms of the acquisition deal were not announced. Arctic Palm wa founded in 1997, and is based in London, Ontario, Canada. The company has more than 2,700 stations as customers, according to DTS, including NPR, Entercom, Townsquare, Saga, Cumulus, Bell Media, CBC and Corus.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Thursday, October 13, 2016 -- The 31st Annual 2016 ISSA SoCal Security Symposium: From the Basement to the Board Room. The SoCal Security Symposium features over 40 sponsor exhibits and several industry experts discussing current security issues such as eDiscovery, cloud security, threat vectors, mobile security, and much more. There will be giveaways and prizes!

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Rand Corp. landed one of the biggest government contracts in its nearly 70-year history last week, a five-year deal worth as much as $495 million to set up a policy analysis center for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile gaming developer Jam City is announcing this morning that it has hired two executives to the firm, including the former CEO of Linden Lab, the creator of the Second Life virtual world. According to Jam City, it has named Rod Humble as General Manager of Jam City's San Francisco studio, and also hired Los Angeles technology lawyer Robert Zakari as its General Counsel and EVP of Corporate Development.

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Techstars launches music accelerator, Rinse buys Washio’s assets, and Snapchat hires New York Post president for content team.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Irvine-based data analytics software developer Alteryx is trying its hand at election predictions, saying on Friday that it has started offering up detailed, local predictions for the presidential elections, drawing on data collected via SurveyMonkey. The company said it is combining such information as age, education, income and race, plus micro targeted survey information, to make "hyper-local" predictions of the race.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

For many Americans, the manufacturing industry brings to mind images of Industrial Revolution-era factories, World War II assembly lines, or perhaps even outsourced workshops overseas. But that picture is outdated. The truth is that the advanced technologies that are changing modern life are also revolutionizing the manufacturing industry in ways that are not yet widely understood.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

San Diego-based Turtle Beach , which develops consumer focused audio products, says it is launching a new gaming headset, specifically aimed at the virtual reality gaming market. Turtle Beach said its new Stealth 350VR gaming headset includes amplified audio, 50mm over-the-ear speakers, bass boost featuers, and more. The new headset has a MSRP of $79.95.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Creating a new business is not rocket science. Whether you are starting a paper route, or commercializing a complex technology, the same basic principles of success apply. I found this illustrated well in a new book I just finished, “ A Paperboy’s Fable ,” by a young entrepreneur and writer Deep Patel. It doesn’t take a superior intellect or big credentials to succeed in business.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

On demand, laundry service Rinse disclosed today that it has acquired the assets of now defunct, on-demand laundry competitor Washio. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Washio had also provided its services in Los Angeles, in addition to Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, New York, and Washington DC. Both Washio and Rinse have been backed by various Los Angeles investors, with Washio's backers including Ashton Kutcher, and Rinse having the backing of CAA Ventures and Ar

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 7, 2016

With the Caribbean and now the southeast U.S. coast bearing the brunt of Hurricane Matthew, we send our thoughts and more to those who have more pressing matters to worry about this week. But the show must go on. The biotech industry saw its own storms pass through, with Theranos, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, and Merrimack Pharmaceuticals taking direct hits.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Startup accelerator program operator Techstars is opening up yet another startup accelerator in Los Angeles, focused--appropriately enough--on music. Techstars disclosed this week that the new accelerator, which will run for three months starting in February, will be led by former Twitter Music head Bob Moczydlowsky. The backers of the new accelerator include Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Sonos, Harmonix Music Systems, Bill Silva Entertainment, QPrime, Silva Artist Management, an

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LATechDigest

OCTOBER 7, 2016

“If you want to fly to Mars, fly to where Mars will be a year from now, or you will miss it.” Wise words from former Sony President of Marketing Dwight Caines, who was honored at the 2nd annual Hollywood in Pixels event, founded by 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros marketing exec Bettina Sherick. Caines spent nearly two decades at Sony, pushing the envelope on digital campaigns as digital evolved from a peripheral experiment to a necessary component of modern movie marketing: “Digital h

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Santa Monica-based entertainment studio Lionsgate said on Thursday that it has named Julie Uhrman to the position of Executive Vice President & General Manager of Lionsgate Over-The-Top (OTT) Ventures, the company's streaming media service. Uhrman was previously Head of Platform Business Development at Jaunt,and was the founder and CEO of Android game controller developer OUYA.

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