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AUGUST 26, 2015

BCG Digital Ventures , a venture investment and incubation company, said today that it has opened up a new headquarters in Manhattan Beach, which it also hopes to share with startups it is incubating. The company says its global Innovatoin and Investment Center in Manhattan Beach is housed in The Manhattan Towers on the PCH. BCG Digital Ventures is led by Jeff Schumacher; the company says it already has 300 employees worldwide, with the majority of those, around 160, already in Manhattan Beach.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Most small businesses are trying to forget the last recession, and get back to “business as usual.” They don’t realize that business as usual is gone forever. With social media and smart phone conversations, real product information spreads at astounding speeds. Entrepreneurs that are not listening, not engaging, and not changing will be left behind even in the best of times.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

A new, Aliso Viejo-based startup, WiSilica , said today that it has launched the company out of stealth mode, to take advantage of the Internet of Things. WiSilica said it is developing technology which will allow users to configure smart homes, buildings, lighting, sensors and wearables, creating intelligent devices that can be managed both by mobile apps and through the cloud.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2015

The perks of working remotely are undeniable. Your transportation costs are nearly diminished, you have more control over your work-life balance and you can set your own culture. A uStamp study reported 65% of companies allow employees to work remotely and 69 percent of remote employees say they feel liberated being able to work away from the office.

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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.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

San Diego-based Qualcomm announced this morning that it has sold a segment of spectrum it owns in the UK, to Vodafone and H3G. According to Qualcomm, its Qualcomm UK Spectrum (QUKS) subsidiary has agreed to sell its UK L-Band sepectrum (1452 - 1492 Mhz) in two, separate transactions. Financial details of the spectrum sale were not announced. The spectrum is allocated for helping mobile network operators handle mobile data traffic.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2015

When it comes to story telling there is none other than Brandon Kleinman, Founder and Former CMO of Laurel & Wolf ! Brandon loves a good story and knows design dictates how people interact with a given space. His obsession for story-telling and creating better spaces helped power Laurel & Wolf as founder and CMO. Brandon got his professional start in the epicenter of story, Disney.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Wonder where the most right-swiped men and women are on campus? Los Angeles-based Tinder said Wednesday that it has tallied up the number of swipes for college campuses around the U.S., ranking the top 50 campuses based on the number of right swipes. The mobile app developer--which has radically changed the way people find a hot date--uses "right swipe" to indicate people on the app that users would like to go out with.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

San Clemente-based ReShape Medical , which develops a non-surgical, weight loss device, said today that it has raised $38M in a Series D funding round. The funding was led by HealthCor Partners Management, L.P., and also included Endeavor Vision SA, SV Life Sciences, New Leaf Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners and Venture Investors. ReShape, which is led by Richard Thompson, develops a medical device specifically targeted at obese patients who haven't succeeded in losing weight through diet

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Los Angeles-based Akana , the developer of enterprise API management tools, said this morning that it has launched a new product into the healthcare space. Akana said its new, Akana Healthcare Solution is aimed at healthcare organizations, helping them with healthcare interoperability efforts. According to Akana, its new product supports the Health Level Seven International Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7 FHIR) standard, which covers electronics access to health records.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Irvine-based home automation products developer Insteon says it has rolled out its products at Fry's Electronics , and will soon be at all 34 of Fry's locations. Insteon--which makes home automation and control products--said more than 25 different Insteon products will be available across Fry's locations in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

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AUGUST 26, 2015

Los Angeles-based HelloTech , the in-home, information technology support service led by Richard Wolpert, is close to closing a $10M, Series A funding round, according to reports. The funding is reportedly led by Madrona Venture Group. HelloTech taps into a distributed network of college students, who provide in-home, tech support--mostly to boomers and older adults.

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