socalTECH
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Los Angeles-based Rotohog , the online fantasy sports games firm headed by Kelly Perdew, launched a new online game for ABC's "The Bachelor" this week. The firm, which runs online fantasy games, is powering the "Rose Ceremony Game", an online promotion by ABC which pits viewers against each other in predicting who will receive a rose from The Bachelor in the show.
Berkonomics
DECEMBER 30, 2009
In past insights, we explored the need for a tangible goal and strategies that are measurable as steps toward achievement of the goal. This insight calls to account tactics to accompany each strategy, and even suggests a number for each. . Tactics support strategies and allow your individual managers and departments to contribute to strategies in measurable ways that are more short term and procedural than are the strategies they support.
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Eric Greenspan
DECEMBER 31, 2009
“ Make It Work with Jeremy Anticouni ” officially launches Jan 16th on “Hot Talk” KSFO 560 San Francisco, running Saturdays, 3pm. The show will build on the success of “ Tech News, Powered by Make It Work ” currently on KNX1070 in Los Angeles, which just completed its 40th show and has topped the ratings in the LA market. This is Make It Work, Inc ’s first syndication of their popular show.?
SoCal Tech Calendar
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 -- ExecTec Networking Dinner. An event for executives in the Entertainment, Media, Technology and related business fields to come together and network and share ideas. See [link] (more).
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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.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Irvine-based RFaxis , a semiconductor developer focused on the wireless market, said Tuesday that it has rolled out a new generation of its CMOS, RF Front End Integrated Circuits. The firm said its new BiCMOS RFIC is scheduled for delivery in early 2010, and provides a fully integrated, RF front-end for wireless networks in the Bluetooth, WLAN, 802.11n/MIMO, Zigbee, WiMAX, WHDI, and mobile phone (CDMA/WCDMA/EDGE/Evolved EDGE/LTE-3G/GSM) markets.
Daradiction
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Folks over estimate what they can do in a year and under estimate what they can do in ten. No doubt you’d agree how quickly this past decade has flown by. My one regret is that I wasn’t nearly as intentional about the effects I wanted to create. I didn’t find my North Star (community empowerment) until quite recently. As I reflect upon the past decade and get clear about my vision for my life by 2020 there are a few stories that I would like to share with you: Petunia Pickle
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socalTECH
DECEMBER 28, 2009
Irvine-based eEye , a developer of security and vulnerability management software, said today that it has named a new CEO, CFO, and VP of Strategy. The firm said it has appointed Kevin Hickey as CEO, replacing Kamal Arafeh. The firm also said it has named Tyler Hanson as its Chief Financial Officer, and Brad Hibbert as Vice President of Strategy. Hickey is currently a venture partner at JMI Equity, and was most recently at NetPro Computing, and also has served at HomeBid.com, ViaSoft, and IBM.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 28, 2009
Newport Beach TriZetto announced today that the firm has won non-profit health insurer CDPHP. According to the provider of web-based healthcare applications, New York-based CDPHP went live in July with the firm's applications. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. Tags: trizetto health care lifesciene software.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Irvine-based Broadcom reported Tuesday that the firm has agreed to settle a class action, securities lawsuit against the firm, in exchange for a $160.5M cash payment. The lawsuit was related to stock options backdating. As part of the settlement, Broadcom said it continues to deny any liability or wrongdoing. The class action suit was filed by investors who bought or acquired shares of Broadcom between July 21, 2005 and July 13, 2006.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 28, 2009
San Diego-based Brickfish , which provides online marketing campaigns for brands, has raised another $3.0M in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. No details on the funding have been announced, however, the firm now lists OCA Ventures, Rincon Venture Partners, and Baroda Ventures as backers on its web site. OCA's James Dugan and Rincon's Jim Andelman have joined the firm's board along with the funding, according to the filing.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Anaheim-based DDi Corp. , a provider of printed circuit board engineering and manufacturing, said Thursdy that it has completed its acquisition of fellow PCB manufacturing firm Coretec. The deal was worth CDN $25.2M, made up of $7.4M CDN in cash plus assumption of CDN $17.8M of Coretec's debt. DDi said it would buy Coretec in October. Tags: coretec manufacturing electronics merger acquisition.
socalTECH
DECEMBER 31, 2009
Santa Monica-based Geodelic , a developer of location-based mobile networking software, told its users Wednesday that it has released version 2.0 of its Sherpa mobile software. Geodelic, which is venture backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Shasta Ventures, said that the new software improves usability, and adds links to OpenTable reservations and Twitter data feeds, among other features.
Daradiction
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Written by Jolie O’Dell. By the way, our RoadTwip panel just got selected by SxSW Interactive. Ever since two friends and I staged a two-week jaunt around the Midwest to attend a great new conference earlier this year, I’ve been more and more aware of a growing trend: the social media road trip. While on the road this year, I’ve come upon long-term social media road warriors such as Mark Simonds of the Twitter Road Trip , brand ambassadors such as Sara Lopez and conference-hopp
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 30, 2009
Popular Twitter client TweetDeck recently launched a List directory featured extensively on the site's home page. Unlike competing sites that rank lists solely by number of followers, TweetDeck lets you vote lists up or down, add comments to them, and get recommendations based on your profile. It also features a handy feed of all the new lists being created on Twitter.
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 28, 2009
Greg Ferenstein is our local F ast Company expert blogger, educator of improved and needed skills in the 21st century at UCI (University of California, Irvine), and all around fantastic guy to know. Greg is the kind of guy that likes things short, sweet and to the point as most of us on the web are, and when it comes presentations Greg has a few tips to have you speaking like a Pro at your next speaking engagement.
Daradiction
JANUARY 1, 2010
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