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MARCH 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based Evercar , a company which is developing an electric vehicle sharing network--starting with Los Angeles--says it plans a major expansion in this market, and plans to add as many as 1,000 vehicles in the Greater Los Angeles area. According to Evercar, it currently has 43 vehicles in the Los Angeles area, including Downtown, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Inglewood, and Marina del Rey.

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The job of chief financial officer (CFO) may sound like a nightmare assignment to technical entrepreneurs, but the tasks and skills required are key to every new venture. In addition, if you are already a CFO, this position is a great springboard to the chief operating officer (COO) or even the CEO position in the startup, based on recent reports. Investors love to see a former CFO running a new business.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Not sure if you're getting the best price on your new solar power system? A new, Los Angeles startup, Pingo Solar --backed by technology veterans Jerry Slavonia, Kang Ahn, and others--said it is about to launch a new service to provide more transparency to the solar industry. The startup said it will "do what CarsDirect and TrueCar have done for the car industry" to the solar power industry, by letting users calculate their solar savings, create a customized solar setup, and get the "best possib

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MARCH 28, 2016

Santa Monica-based TrueCar said over the weekend that it has made a major overhaul to its user experience, adding a number of features which specifically reach out to dealers, in addition to helping out its consumers. According to TrueCar, the changes are part of a "dealer pledge", where it has promised to reach out to its dealers to help address concerns expressed over the past few years.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based pet sitting marketplace DogVacay says that it now has more than 25,000 pet sittesr on its platforms, who collectively have watched pets for "millions" of nights. DogVacay released the numbers as it just turned four. The online marketplace helps connect pet sitters and pet lovers willing to watch pets with other pet owners, and helps keep those pet owners informed of how their pets are doing with status updates and photos (1.2 million photos to date).

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MARCH 28, 2016

The FBI said in a legal filing on Monday that it is dropping its lawsuit against Apple , after its successfully access the data stored on the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook. According the filing, the Department of Justice is dropping the case against Apple, which had sought to force Apple to develop a method to allow the FBI to circumvent a feature which erases contents on an iPhone after ten incorrect password attempts.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Santa Barbara-based Sonos has lost its Chief Product Officer, Marc Whitten, according to reports this morning. Whitten--which had only been Chief Product Officer at the company for two years--had been in charge of the release of the PLAY:5 speaker and associated apps. Whitten had joined Sonos two years ago from Microsoft, where he had been Chief Product Officer and Corporate Vice President heading up that company's Xbox One efforts.

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Irvine-based Spireon , a developer of telematics products for vehicle and fleet tracking, said late last week that it has launched a new GPS vehicle tracking system, specificdally aimed at the subprime auto financing market. The company said its new GoldStar Lender product is aimed at helping auto finance professionals manage their portfolio risk, by tracking vehicles sold in the subprime lending market, and the "Buy Here Pay Here" dealership market.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Drone maker 3D Robotics , the high profile, consumer drone maker, has closed its San Diego offices and is now refocusing on the enterprise market, according to a number of reports. The shutdown of 3D Robotics' San Diego offices also sees the loss of 3D Robotics co-founder Jordi Munoz, who helped founded the drone maker in San Diego. The move reportedly comes due to a slowdown at the Berkeley-based drone maker, due to intense competition from Chinese drone makers DJI.

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MARCH 28, 2016

Laguna Hills-based glaucoma treatment developer Glaukos said today that it has received approval of its iStent Trabecular Micro-Bypass Stent in Japan. The approval came from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW). Glaukos said the approval said the approval comes for use of the device for use in conjunction with cataract surgery for the reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) in adult patients diagnosed with mild to moderate open-angle glaucoma who are currently treated with o

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