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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In a bit of a brilliant tactic against the scourge of robocallers, Irvine-based enhanced voicemail technology developer YouMail has come up with the best approach yet to shutting them down: quietly detect those robocallers--without interrupting your life--and playing an "out of service" greeting to those robocallers. YouMail said it made the update to both its iPhone and Android apps, saying that the technique fools those callers into thinking your phone is out of service, so that your phone is

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

After lowering its guidance for the year, digital advertising marketplace Rubicon Project of Playa Vista announced that it would lay off 125 workers, or 19 percent of its workforce.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Broadcom Limited , the network semiconductor giant which is a mashup of Broadcom and Avago Technologies, said this morning that it has acquired Brocade Communications Systems , the developer of Fibre Channel switching technology, for $5.9 billion. Broadcom said it will pay $12.75 per cash for Brocade. As part of the acquisition, Broadcom said it will divest all of Brocade's IP networking business--including recently acquired Ruckus Wireless.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Pathmatics’ technology leveraged to help Neilsen rating, Rubicon lowers revenue expectations and will lay off 125 workers, and Replicated raises $5 million.

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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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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Preact , a San Francisco startup which is backed by a number of LA investors, has been acquired by Spotify , Spotfy announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Preact had been backed by Karlin Ventures and Launchpad LA, plus Trinity Ventures, Root Ventures, Atlast Venture, Bee Partners, Boldstart Ventures, and Harmony Partners.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Friday, November 4, 2016 -- SoCal Bio Annual Conference. The 30-plus companies include many of Southern California’s most innovative biotech, medtech and digital health ventures. They focus on market segments ranging from regenerative medicine and bio-pharmaceuticals to molecular imaging, biosensors and personalized medicine. In addition to company presentations, the full-day conference will include keynotes and panel discussions on issues such as capital/partnership formation, public policy, bi

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Since its inception more than nine years ago, Xconomy has focused its coverage on the business of high technology—across information technology, life sciences, healthcare, energy, robotics, and much more. But underlying all that, in a sense, is education. We have long run stories about STEM education, educational technology, and more—and even put out a special Xconomist report on the future of education.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

UBTECH Robotics , a Chinese developer of consumer robots which has its U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles, said today that it has launched a set of robots specifically aimed at kids and the STEM market. The company said its new Jimu Robots line lets kids build, program, and share their own robot creations, letting kids program different movements of those robotic kits.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In the world of entrepreneurs and startups, high level relationships are everything. You can’t start a business alone. You need partners, team members, investors, vendors, and customers. But people don’t realize that all relationships are not the same. There are people you only recognize on the street, business friends, and then close friends whom you can always count on to help.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based online e-commerce provider Newegg , which focuses on technology products, has kicked off its holiday season, saying that it has begun its "Black November" holiday sale on Tuesday. Newegg said it will be offering up "deep discounts" and special promotions to early holiday shoppers on its web and mobile site, iOS and Android apps. This is the eighth year that Newegg has started offering up special shopping deals for the entire month.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

With election day less than a week away, voters are trying to imagine what turns the country might take under each of the presidential hopefuls. Tech entrepreneurs are likely considering how hospitable the new leadership might be to their specific industry sectors. Educational technology is one field worth examining, even though education hasn’t been a front-burner issue in the final months of the campaign.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based video doorbell and camera developer Ring says its cameras have captured more than 1 billion events--which it calls "Ring Moments"--since the product rolled out in January of 2015. Ring, which was founded by Jamie Siminoff, develops a video doorbell and a camera which are aimed both at improving home security, as well as just a way to figure out what's going on at home.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

For more than two decades, Breg has built and sold braces, splints, walking boots, and other devices designed to help rehabilitate injured patients. The Carlsbad, CA-based company has also developed software that it says can help healthcare providers and other organizations keep track of orthotic devices and bill patients for their use. On Tuesday, Breg announced it will be getting an assist on the software side from Redox , a healthtech startup based in Madison, WI.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based digital media and content provider Woven Digital announced on Tuesday that it has named Benjamin Blank as its new CEO. Blank was previously Chief Creative Officer at the company. Previous CEO Colin Digiaro becomes Executive Chairman at the company. Woven Digital focuses on millennial males, and runs such sites as UPROXX, HitFix, and BroBible.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Culver City-based NantWorks , the collection of companies run by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon Shiong, has backed gene sequencing startup Genos Research , the companies disclosed today. Genos said it raised $6M in the funding round from NantWorks. Genos operates a service which lets consumers pay $399 for sequencing of their genes, and says that consumers own that gene sequencing data, which is not shared with any other companies or services.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based j2 Global announced its quarterly results on Tuesday, saying that its Q3 quarterly revenues have grown to $210.1M. The revenues are significantly higher than the $178.7M the company earned in Q3 of 2015. The company--which runs both a large set of cloud-based services business in the backup, email, and other software areas, as well as runs content businesses like Ziff Davis--is now sitting on $378.9M in cash and investments. j2 Global--which has had a ravenous appetite for Inte

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