TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

UCLA 253

UCLA Social Media Social Network Santa Barbara 253

Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2018

Ford—one of the automakers competing in China’s huge car market—is now making a bid to provide China’s leading software infrastructure hub dedicated to streamlining transportation by connecting cars and riders with mobility services. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Mobile 75

Mobile Cloud Computing Commerce Entertainment 75

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , a new startup focused on the QR Code creation area, has launched its services this week, focusing on helping musicians and entertainers create QR codes. QR codes are three dimensional barcodes which can be recognized by mobile phones to connect users with web sites and other information.

Seed Funding 154

Seed Funding Entertainment Los Angeles Web 154

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? Juan Bruce: What we are doing at Epoxy, is we develop software tools for online video channels, allowing them to connect with their audiences where they audience connects most, which is social media. That was my first, deep dive into entertainment. Most recently, we created a web series.

Downey 215

Downey Content Help Startup 215

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based cloud-based game streaming service Gaikai has bolstered its executive staff, saying today that it has named Robert Stevenson as Senior Vice President of Interactive Entertainment, and Tim Wilson as Executive Vice President, Strategic Relationships. READ MORE>>.

Rustic Canyon 162

Rustic Canyon Electronic Arts Entertainment Web 162

Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2012

Product marketing materials, user manuals, service manuals, sales guides, and catalogs all must migrate to the web to cut the use of paper and make them. Can a software product be delivered as a service “on demand,” saving hardware and human error in updates? Dave’s book: Positioning.

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Guide Entertainment Demand Product 176

socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business.

Southern California 254

Southern California Startup Sherman Oaks Venice 254

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Join us for a special evening with InfoWorld’s Dave Linthicum as he delves into global enterprise software trends with some of LA’s most successful SaaS and cloud computing companies. Featuring panelists from SOA Software , Edgecast and Bitium , we’ll discuss: Top priorities and challenges for today’s CIO. CTO at SOA Software.

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SaaS Cloud Computing CIO Web 92

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 23, 2012

BMW is already piloting the service in San Francisco at 14 ParkNow locations close to BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), Muni (San Francisco Municipal Railway) and bike-sharing stations, as well as at San Francisco International Airport, Oakland International Airport and in Palo Alto. BMW also explained their car sharing service DriveNow.

Services 63

Services Mobile Sites Entertainment 63

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The theme for Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is startups and Hollywood, featuring leaders from movie studios, music labels, agencies, and startups in entertainment – how Hollywood studios are investing and working with startups, and how Silicon Beach startups are making entertainment businesses.

Hollywood 100

Hollywood Screening Ideas Entertainment 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 23, 2009

Past presenters have received millions in funding from our program; and several have sold their company for huge earnings.

Media 100

Media Social Media Commerce Entertainment 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Peter Marx: The Mayor''s office has oversight, along with the city council, for thirty seven different departments, ranging across all kinds of different services. I''ve both written lots of software, and managed lots of projects. What''s your job and responsibility there? What do you say to them?

Los Angeles 203

Los Angeles Technology Startup Examples 203

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In homage to The Dude’s sentiment, tech startup Akanda Virtual Networking named its open source project The Rug because it “ties together” OpenStack networks by managing orchestration, routing and other key network services. Their attempts to architect software automation for physical networks were a bridge too far.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Our online solution combines both scientific methodology, as well as highly produced, entertaining, professional development content around education and awareness of unconscious bias. How did you decide this needed to be a combination of software and content? Can you talk a bit more about how the content and software work together?

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Content Training Education Outsource Development 150

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

The 200-400 invited guests will range from some of the web most influential Journalists, Bloggers, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram users, founders, VCs, CEOs, captains of industry, early adopters, PR execs and more. Apps & Software Business Entertainment Entrepreneurship Events REACH GadgetReview Technology TechZulu Wearables'

Santa Monica 101

Santa Monica Entertainment Design Research 101

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2013

Squabbler, a video engagement platform for web and mobile publishers has launched new features and the next generation of its video engagement platform in a move that will power engagement for sports, entertainment and news publishers a like. Customized content. Stage and settle debate.

Metrics 79

Metrics Platform Content Web 79

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

On the entertainment side, Rubicon said that there was a "flood" of inventory into the system, with new celebrity gossip blogs, photo sites, fashion, and more, which pushed down the CPMs for that category; despite the drop, the firm also said that publishers are seeing a 70% revenue growth despite the lower CPMs for their properties.

Clearstone 100

Clearstone Advertising Report Entertainment 100

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Steve Gilison worked as a market researcher and product manager at a startup where my company, TechEmpower , did the software / web development. I’m currently working with several startups, helping them launch new web businesses. Likely any successful web entrepreneur has more ideas than time. What are you working on now?

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

Right now, that''s a jumble of different social services, websites, and more--which is the problem that Yapert (www.yapert.com) thinks it has solved. What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. PowerMark www.thepowermarkgroup.com , Southern California's premier full-service marketing and. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2013

Brighter relaunched its services Monday, so we spoke with Winebaum to learn what the new Brighter is offering to consumers. Jake Winebaum: Brighter just launched its new, free service yesterday. We started that effort in LA, and we''ve been surprised how receptive dentists here to the service. What is the new Brighter all about?

Pricing 227

Pricing Startup Networking Software Review 227

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

While there is already software capable of achieving some of these tasks— head to Nuance for more information on theirs—one company is hoping to be the leader when it comes to bringing this home. One such company is Verizon Wireless, which dropped its own ADT-like services earlier this year.

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Startup Google 78

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Much effort and study has been expended to determine how a web site can better convert its visitors to paying customers. Visitors to the site know exactly what product or service is being offered and what that product or service will do for them. . This happens long before any discussion of price or any discussion of details.

Sites 40

Sites Search Engine Optimization Technical Review Web Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

We’ve all become so used to having Microsoft in our lives that we’ve started to take their products and services for granted. Sure, a great operating system is one of the things Microsoft is most known for, but there are dozens of other Microsoft products and services that help businesses grow. 3. It’s not just about Windows.

Writing 88

Writing Training Email .Net 88

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

Signaling an overall shift away from costly hardware in favor of affordable cloud-based voice and text messaging services for the commercial and non-profit sectors, CallFire announced that it has surpassed 50,000 users. CallFire technology is already playing a prominent role in 2012 political races across the spectrum. .”

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays.

Startup 162

Startup Content Advertising Sites 162

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 14, 2014

Cojoin offers business intelligence software to collect and analyze data easily and quickly. Instead of having multiple departments to handle this function, Cojoin expects companies to easily get rid of communication problems with their business intelligence software. Is it only a web-platform or will there be a mobile-version?

Startup 85

Startup Southern California Mobile Software 85

SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Focusing on the entertainment, automotive, technology, retail and financial sectors, Sam oversees all aspects of the groups advertising relationships in conjunction with Google Team managers and sales leads across the region. He is known for being able to monetize the social web. He was raised and educated in London.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Yammer CTO Hire 150

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

There are many iOS users out there that know about Fanhattan already, but Fanhattan is finally being developed for the World Wide Web. The web version is currently in its beta stages, but seems almost complete. The biggest difference between the web and iOS app is the size of movies and shows available.

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Screening Web Summary Sites 68

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

Kevin Strong: FutureDash is a software company, and our core technology is actually focused on real-time dashboards, primarily for consumers and small businesses. Our server software sits on those devices very easily. Google is doing a web presentment tool, taking data from utility companies. That's one key thing.

Startup 140

Startup OCTANE Outsource Development Google 140

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Utilizing this same core technology, TVSync has developed automatic content recognition (ACR) software that can be accessed in seconds by video and/or audio using the camera and/or mic from a mobile device. Hyper contextualized advertising and granular measurements (like AdSense is to the web) will be established for TV.

Screening 82

Screening Content Mobile Netflix 82

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

With a scale-able platform ready to expand to different industries (utilities and maintenance services, etc.) and web plug-in capabilities (Yelp), Storitz definitely gave the biggest eye opener of the evening with their revelation that Storage Units is astonishingly, a $20 billion/yr industry.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

The challenge is in getting clear numbers, but not often as cleanly as a basic web analytics report. Web analytics, pretty clear. And consider setting up concierge services to assist users before building out new systems. Jen Robinson has been building web and mobile tech for more than 10 years. For example?

Product 87

Product Fandango Design Startup 87

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 28, 2010

Blippy is a service that allows you to automatically share your credit card transactions as you make them. As with any new service that makes information more transparent there is obviously going to be some public concern. My own view on these services is nuanced. 15mm in Series A. Read more: TechCrunch. Enter ShoeDazzle.

Venture Capital 270

Venture Capital Capital Rustic Canyon Mobile 270