InfoChachkie
JULY 28, 2015
A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. In 1987, a representative of Michael Jackson approached the modest Sycamore Valley ranch house and knocked on the door. The owner of the ranch was shocked by the visitor’s message. He told the homeowner that he represented someone who wanted to purchase the ranch at a substantial premium over its current fair market value.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Irvine-based Kareo , the developer of cloud-based software used to manage medical practices, said this morning that it has raised $55.4M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Montreux Equity Partners, and also included Silver Lake Partners and the company's existing investors. Kareo, which is led by Dan Rodriguez, offers up cloud-based software used by small and other independent medical practices to manage all of their billing and operations.
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Tech.Co
JULY 28, 2015
These days, many commercial rockets are made using some carbon fiber, an extremely strong, light, and durable plastic. The carbon fiber that doesn’t end up in space often comes to rest in landfills – which is not just unfortunate for the environment, but a waste of some pretty amazing material. In light of this situation aerospace engineer Ryan Olliges came up with an idea to reduce aerospace waste and put it to good use: make skateboards out of it.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Tired of being the tech support person for your parents? Los Angeles-based HelloTech.com , a provider of in-home technical support and sales help, said Tuesday that it has launched a brand new site to help people purchase home technology services and products for their parents. The new site, BuyYourParents.com , is aimed at adult children and caregivers with "Boomer" parents, offloading the training and support needed to help get technology products installed.
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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.
Tech Zulu Event
JULY 28, 2015
Truly a sight to see, TrueCar brings L.E.D. (Light Emotion Data) to the Santa Monica Twilight Concert Series. L.E.D. is a crowd-powered intelligent sensory experience that captures real-time emotive information and creatively displays data with a dazzling, interactive LED light show to transform the traditional concert experience. Interacting with concertgoers in real-time and controlled by their collective emotions, showing a living and ever-changing visual representation of the sentiment of th
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Irvine-based RF semiconductor developer RFaxis has rolled out a new reference design with fellow chip maker Silicon Labs , to support a new Internet-of-Things application. RfAxis said its RF front-end reference designs connect with Silicon Labs' ZigBee and Threat EM35x mesh networking products. Those products are used in deploying Internet-of-Things mesh networks, and those reference designs are used by engineers to design their own versions of equipment which connects into those networks.
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socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Los Angeles-based online retailer Newegg said this morning that it has scored another win over what it called a "patent troll"--and has launched a 24-hour flash sale on its site in celebration. Newegg said it won a patent infringement lawsuit file against the company by TQP Development, which had claimed Newegg infringed upon a patent covering basic online encryption.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
The National Transportation Safety Board says that the fatal accident of a test flight of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo vehicle in October of 2014, was due to premature feathering of the vehicle's braking system. The crash--which occured on October 31, 2014--resulted in the death of the co-pilot and serious injuries of the pilot, and destroyed the SpaceShipTwo.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Los Angeles-based YP , the online business listings provider, said today that it has launched a new dashboard product specifically for business owners. The new product, ypPresence Starter , helps business owners share content with consumers, engage in social media, and more from a central location. YP said the tool connects into such sites as Google+, Yahoo Local, Yelp, and Facebook.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Los Angeles-based web and cloud hosting provider Media Temple has named Rod Stoddard as the company's new President, according to the company. Stoddard joins the company from Martindale-Hubbell, and also had served at US Search. He also has served at CNET. Stoddard replaces Russ Reeder, who left Media Temple earlier this year to become a CEO of iCitizen , a startup that is looking to help connect citizens with government.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Culver City-based NantKwest , the immunotherapy company which is linked to NantWorks and biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, has priced its IPO, saying it will sell 8,288,000 shares of its common stock at $25.00 per share. NantKwest--which until recently was known as Conkwest--will begin trading this morning on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as NK.
socalTECH
JULY 28, 2015
Los Angeles-based KARMAKARMA , a startup which bills itself the "LinkedIn for Social Good", said today that it has launched a new platform to let users can see and track their social impact on the world. The startup--led by Kai Beuhler--says it has a partnership with loyalty and reward clubs, brands and retailers, so that users can earn, buy and receive points for making positive changes in the world.
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