Berkonomics

JANUARY 14, 2016

You may not know that you have access to many “free” sources of social media contacts to help you in your marketing effort. The first semi–secret source is your LinkedIn contact list. You probably thought it was proprietary to LinkedIn, or at worst, available only when sending messages through LinkedIn to your list. I have thousands of LinkedIn contacts and am willing to assume you have a large number as well.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

Studio City-based AdRev , the digital rights management startup that also operates AudioMicro , has been acquired by Zealot Networks , according to AdRev founder Ryan Born. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Zealot Networks already owned a majority of AdRev, having acquired that stake in 2014 for $20M. Born said he is no longer CEO of the company, but continues on as an Advisor to Zealot.

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Tech.Co

JANUARY 14, 2016

HQ is excited to present the first event in our Living Room Series. Join us for a home-cooked meal, workshop, and salon-style discussion on the topic of ‘User Experience Beyond the Screen.’ The event will be small and hands-on, and it is for entrepreneurs, designers, developers from a range of backgrounds to encourage diverse dialogue from a variety of perspectives.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

San Diego-based MindTouch , a developer of software-as-a-service tools to help companies create self-service, customer support sites, has raised $12M in a Series A funding. The funding came from PeakSpan Capital, along with SK Ventures and SAP SE. MindTouch, which was founded by Steve Bjorg and Aaron Fulkerson back in 2005, said the funding will go to increase its integration with software such as Salesforce, SAP, and Oracle, and grow its marketing, business development, sales, and engineering t

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Advertiser: Aggregage

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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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 14, 2016

The past couple of years at CES have showcased a variety of ever-smaller, ever-better Bluetooth speakers for you to tote around, use at house parties, and take into nature. But this year, CES 2016 showed us that there are still a whole lot of roads untraveled for Bluetooth speakers, which seemed determined to thrive just about anywhere. 1. Braven BRV XXL.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based J2 Global , the Internet services provider and publisher, has gobbled up four more companies, as it continues to have a ravenous appetite for acquisitions. The company said it acquired Ausweb , a hosting firm in Australia, Offers.com , a digital media company here in the US; On Demand Recovery , a provider of backup services in the UK; and MX Toolbox , an email security company also based here in the US.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

Aliso Viejo-based Ambry Genetics , a provider of genetic diagnostics software, said today that it has launched a new, free cloud software service called Progeny Cloud. The company said the new software, which is aimed at medical practices and other institutions, will allow those companies to manage their patient pedigrees and family history data, for free.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

City of Industry-based Prolacta Bioscience , the venture-backed company which takes and processes human milk to help premature infants, has named Victoria Niklas, M.D. as its new Chief Medical and Scientific Officer. Niklas was most recently Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Newborn Services at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2016

Now that just about everyone has a smartphone, how can you use that nearly ubiquitous, mobile access to help improve healthcare? For one�according to Los Angeles startup mPulse Mobile (www.mpulsemobile.com), you can help remind people about their appointments, and make sure they take their prescriptions�along with many other use cases. We caught up with CEO Chris Nicholson to hear about how the venture-backed company is using smartphones to change how we interact with health providers.

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