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JULY 20, 2018

Sherman Oak-based Payscout , a provider of payment processing services, said on Thursday that it has acquired cloud and mobile software developer Paywire. Paywire develops software which integrates payment processing with third party systems, web sites, hardware, SAP systems, and processors. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Carpinteria-based online education site lynda.com has tied into a new program from LinkedIn , to highlight courses that users of both sites have completed through the online learning site. Lynda.com provides a huge library of online video courses on software, web design, photography, and many other topics.

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com is expanding its online training and learning site to cover IT training, the company said Tuesday, as it adds such new topic areas as hardware infrastructure, network administration, business intelligence, content management, help desks, and big data. lynda training online learning education software'

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DECEMBER 2, 2014

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , which offers up an online learning and education site, has been awarded by the Department of Energy for its sustainability initiatives around plug in vehicles, the company said this week. lynda award electric vehicle education online learning energy' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , the online video education site, looks to be continuing its growth trajectory, and has hired a new CFO. Kitagawa was previously CFO at Saba Software, and also served at Gaia Online. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 14, 2015

It turns out, there are lots of benefits to learning the logical thinking behind software coding, according to Grant Hosford , the founder of Pasadena-based codeSpark (www.codespark.org). We caught up with Grant to learn more about The Foos and his quest to use the principles of software programming to help kids learn.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

lynda.com offers up an online education site where users can learn about a huge library of topics, ranging from everything from web and graphic design software to business topics, 3D animation, and more. education content equity private funding capital venture lynda' lynda.com said it was advised by Allen & Co.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Carpinteria-based online education company lynda.com announced this morning that it has bolstered its executive team with four new hires. learning video education online executive lynda' Mujumdar was most recently at QuinStreet, and also had been at Live Nation/Ticketmaster and Goldman Sachs. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Fans of online, video site lynda.com now have the option to access that company''s extensive library of video tutorials on the go, through a new Android app, the company said this morning. Lynda.com offers up a library of video-based training on everything from design software, to business skills, to photography and graphics.

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MAY 22, 2013

Online business resource site Docstoc is in a big expansion of its services today, with the launch of a brand new service to help businesses connect with products and vendors. A key part of ExpertCircle is the peer reviews, from both other users and experts, on different vendors and products in a category.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Carpinteria-based Lynda.com , the online video education and tutorial site, said this morning that it has named a new CTO. Lynda.com offers up a large library of video-based tutorials on all kinsd of software and other topics. Habermann joins Lynda.com from PopCap Games, where he was CTO and Vice President of Core Technologies.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

Wish you could design and develop your own mobile games, but don't know how to write software? The new educational site is free to users. No problem! READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2008

Guidance, which provides services for building ecommerce web sites, said that Caltech's IRC. which provides an online catalog of executive education courses, used the firm for a web site overhaul. Marina Del Rey-based Guidance Solutions said Monday that the firm has signed on Caltech's Industrial Relations Center as a customer.

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MAY 4, 2012

Ojai, California-based Lynda.com , the online education site providing online training on a variety of software, ranging from PhotoShop to AutoCAD and much more which was founded by Lynda Weinman and Bruce Heavin, is now topping $70M in annual revenues, according to reports.

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MARCH 5, 2013

FindTheBest , the online comparison and research site headed by former DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor, said this morning that it has raised $11M in a Series B funding round. The site uses both user and expert opinions to help create a "smart rating" of different things, to help users make decisions on any number of areas.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

San Diego-based Websense is taking aim at all of those time-wasting, viral videos your employees have been forwarding around, with its security software.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Lynda.com , the online video education site which offers up a large library of video tutorials in computer software, business skills, design, and other areas, is in a big expansion today, saying that it has started offering up its products in Southeast Asia.

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DECEMBER 22, 2012

Founded over a year ago, Stacksocial’s CEO Josh Payne , found the task of sifting through page after page in the hunt for software daunting and decided something had to be done. Not much unlike STEAM, the bundles assist people with discovering new software they’d likely not have found otherwise.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Carpinteria-based lynda.com , which operates an online training and education site for computer skills, announced Thurday that it has added Michael Ninness as the firm's Vice President of Content. Tags: lynda executive training education content adobe.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based Tsavo Media , which is developing software which helps to make web sites more relevant to their visitors, announced today that it has added a new feature to match relevant stories with users on its Daymix information portal. The firm said now has more than two million unique users per month across its network.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Lynda.com , the online video education provider which has been one of the region's most successful, bootstrapped companies--is no longer bootstrapped, after inking a massive, $103M growth equity round. Lynda.com offers up online education courses on things like Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Microsoft Excel, AutoCAD, and much more.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

A patent lawsuit against educational software provider Blackboard , which was spawned by the acquisition of Sherman Oaks-based NTI Group last year, has been settled, according to Texas-based TechRadium. TechRadium also has a similar lawsuit pending against micro blogging site Twitter.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Alex Benzer: We're building SocialEngine in parallel, and working on a new, software-as-service version. We had to figure out what would help the other 90 percent build better and more interesting sites. That's why we built FanMix, to solve our own problem, and help our SocialEngine customers to promote their own sites.

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APRIL 14, 2014

In the early days (20 years ago), most new e-commerce sites, for example, cost a million dollars to set up. Personalize a simple web site. Publish the site and now you are in business. But, don’t be fooled into expecting people to flock to your site after you tell a few friends. The cost of entry has never been lower.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

The startup has released free online educational materials in beta to the public. According to Diaz Boundless Learning materials use openly licensed educational content, prepared and shared online college tutors and lecturers for over 20 years.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Caradoc Ehrenhalt: We are charger and software agnostic. We present the best solution for a customer and their needs, and we work with the top EV charger manufacturers and software providers to accomplish that We coordinate everything needed for an event. What were you doing before this?

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MAY 25, 2012

If you were a student in college, working on a startup idea, what would spur you to drop your education plans, and go full time on your startup? Why does the world need another social sharing site? Scott Ferreira: I think that most of the sites don't do these things very well.

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APRIL 23, 2011

One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. The idea was right but the timing was early and required a pivot into being a software company. The in invest in IT (Software + Internet + Healthcare).

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APRIL 11, 2013

Steven Cox: We consider the teacher our customer, and that''s who the software is built for. What makes the most successful instructors on your site? Steve Cox: We''ve found that folks who have been educated to some degree--not necessarily a Ph.D., startup education learning teacher music takelessons interview steven'

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OCTOBER 8, 2008

We spoke with the two founders of the firm, Rob Angarita and Aaron Hawkey , about what the site is all about, and the interesting way in which they connected with their angel investor. Aaron Hawkey: Cramster is an online study community, built around students and educational subjects. First off, tell us what Cramster is all about?

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Andrew spoke to us about TrackStreet's brand protection software and artificial intelligence efforts. The partners they have online are also more important, and they're starting to drive a lot more education and brand loyalty. What is TrackStreet? It allows us to start peeling the onion. Direct-to-consumer is just part of that.

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. No knock on China, but with LA having the advertising agency we think we''ll be able to improve on the design side on our site. Our CTO is mainland Chinese, but was educated here. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. Tell us about your backers?

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NOVEMBER 5, 2015

We ended up between the enterprise, legacy point-of-sale products and a lot of mobile players, who just haven't created something to deal with multi-site, enterprise level hardware at the front end. The software also included reporting, analytics, and inventory controls across sites, regions, and a national point of view.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

According Knowmia, more than 7,000 free video lessons have been uploaded on the Knowmia site for use by college students and or concerned parents. ” Recently, Boundless Learning promised to make college education affordable by replacing college textbooks.

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MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

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JULY 22, 2015

During a closed part of the beta process, the site attracted more than 25,000 members. ScholarshipOwl was founded by veteran tech entrepreneur Kenny Sandorffy, who believes passionately in the need to transform the application process, so students can get the aid they need to pay for their education.

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