Tue.Mar 22, 2016

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Newegg Puts Muscle Behind Anti-Patent Troll Effort

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Los Angeles-based online electronics e-commerce giant Newegg said it is donating proceeds from a sale of T-shirts, to help defend what it says is a patent troll victim. The company has been adamant in attacking "patent trolls"--patent holders who have been suing companies, usually small, over usually dubious patent claims that they own solely to sue other people.

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Psychology for Digital Behavior Change – LA (2-day Workshop) [ LOS ANGELES ]

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Over two days, you’ll learn to build online products that are more motivating, usable, and persuasive, by harnessing digital psychology. Though this workshop is all based on science, the content is presented at a practical level, through clear visual examples and hands-on exercises, designed to reinforce your understanding and to help you develop new skills.

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TaskUs Gets $14M In Debt Funding

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Santa Monica-based TaskUs said today that it has raised $14M more, via a senior debt facility, to help it continue to grow the company. The company--which just passed up a total of 5,000 employees--said the debt facility came from Bridge Bank. TaskUs uses a workforce in the Philippines to help support outsourcing of back office tasks for many, venture-backed, high growth companies--including Tinder, Whipser, Gilt Groupe, and many others.

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How to Create And Use Snapchat’s New Custom Geofilters

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Less than a month ago, Snapchat opened custom on-demand geofilters to everyone. Industry news was excited, but for how amazing of a product they are, custom Snapchat geofilters have remained stunningly under the radar. In case you’re just getting into Snapchat, a geofilter is like a normal Snapchat filter: a design you can overlay onto a photo you take in the app.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

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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Ixia Rolls Product For Network SLA Monitoring

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Calabasas-based Ixia has rolled out another product in the area of network traffic monitoring today, a new product called Hawkeye, which it says is used to automate service level agreement (SLA) and user experience monitoring. Ixia said its new product continually evaluates network performance and service status, to help identify issues and track resolutions.

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Tinder Bolsters Executive Ranks

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Los Angeles-based mobile dating app developer Tinder announced a major addition of executives to the company, saying it has named Ferrell McDonald as Chief Marketing Officer, Maria Zhang as VP of Engineering, Derek Callow as VP International, and James Kim as VP of Finance. McDonald was formerly SVP/Head of Original Marketing at Starz Entertainment; Zhang was VP of Engineering at Yahoo!

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