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AUGUST 30, 2012

The big announcement party that e-commerce giant Amazon.com has set for Santa Monica airport's Barker Hanger looks to be all about the Amazon Kindle Fire, and Amazon Kindle Touch, as the firm bragged this morning that it had "sold out" of its Kindle Fire. Kindle Fire is Amazon's tablet PC, which is based on Android.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

Santa Monica-based Rowl , which develops apps to help users figure out what is going on around them, said Wednesday that it has raised $4M in a funding round. The company focuses its app on surfacing concerts, sporting events, comedy, and other events nearby a user. The company said the funding will go to enhance its app.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Tech Gives Back , the tech communitys largest corporate service event, was held for the second year in LA on Thursday, October 18th, with 300+ volunteers attending from 60+ companies helping out at eight different volunteer sites: Plastic Oceans in Santa Monica, YearUp in Culver City, Temescal Gateway Park in Pacific Palisades, Harvest Home in Venice, (..)

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JUNE 17, 2014

Silicon Beach Fest , the technology festival which celebrates everything about Silicon Beach, is kicking off Wednesday night at the Viceroy Hotel in Santa Monica, and runs through Saturday the 21st. Note: socalTECH is a media sponsor of the event). READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

Apparently, Amazon has booked Barker Hanger--which techies here might know from multiple events, including Twiistup--for its big announcement, which either is about a 10-inch Kindle, or some other effort.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

C-Suite Quarterly has identified the top leaders in Southern California's technology industry, and is honoring them Wednesday evening at an event at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Who are the top technology and innovations leaders?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

One of those events, Schmoozd , said Wednesday that it has begun accepting applications for its next event, scheduled for October 25th in Santa Monica. The event--run by John Diep--looks to highlight interesting startups in Los Angeles, in a hip social setting.

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JUNE 19, 2013

The event is harnessing the startup energy in Santa Monica, and features all across town, at ROC , Cross Campus , the Viceroy , Santa Monica Place , and elsewhere. Overall, the event organizers say there are 150 speakers participating in over 30 panels. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

He talks about a bunch of the different networking events that occur in Los Angeles and other parts of Southern California. In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. They put on great events. AITP-LA – Monthly events.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

BeachMint , the e-commerce firm led by Josh Berman, said this morning that it is holding a live shopping and broadcast event today for Cyber Monday. The Santa Monica company--which runs a large portfolio of celebrity-themed, social shopping sites--said it is partnering with Ustream, Who What Wear, and StyleList for the event.

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MARCH 15, 2013

The startup's app lets users browse, make, and plan events with their friends, letting users find everthing from happy hours and local events like concerts and meetups. The firm said it has already partnered with such brands as Anheuser-Busch and Ticketmaster/LiveNation to help users find events. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

The Los Angeles winners of the Deloitte Fast 500 ranking of fastest growing companies was announced last night at an event at Santa Monica's Shutters on the Beach, with 26 companies recognized in the overall 2011 Technology Fast 500, and three "Technology Rising Stars" recognized in the Los Angeles area.

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MAY 14, 2012

Ben Kuo just posted on SoCalTech: Are the good times for startups back? That seemed to be the mood running through the cloud at the more-than-sellout crowd at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica Thursday at the first LA Demo Day. At the event, the enthusiasm for startups was palpable.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , the newly funded startup which aims to bring videogames into movie theaters, says it is launching its first Super League National Championship, starting with a premier in Los Angeles on September 16th. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Santa Monica-based TigerConnect, which develops communications tools for the healthcare industry, says it has launched an expanded product suite.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based online advertising analytics firm Adomic has scored the top prize--and $160,000 in cash plus services--as part of the annual Siemer Silicon Beach Summit awards. READ MORE>>. startup award conference wavemaker siemer adomic'

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APRIL 27, 2020

The Legaue of Legends mid-season tournament was finally cancelled , after an initial plan to delay the tournament to July, in continued fallout to in-person events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) tournament--which is run by Santa Monica-based Riot Games--was held in Taiwan last year.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Santa Monica-based Activision says it is delaying the seasons of Modern Warfare , Warzone , and Call of Duty: Mobile , explaining in a post on Twitter that "now is not the time", referencing the civil unrest currently gripping the United States. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 28, 2020

Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. The move is unsurprising, given the worldwide movement to virtual events this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. said today--unsurprisingly--that it will run its annual partner summit online. The company said those keynotes will feature Snap Inc. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , which helps advertising agencies measure the media value of sponsorships of sporting events using computer vision technology, has agreed to provide media valuation for the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, being held later this year.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Santa Monica-based Vokle has scored an investment round from the Tech Coast Angels, the angel group formally announced Monday. The investment had been uncovered by socalTECH in January, but had not officially been announced as a TCA deal. in an ongoing funding round. The TCA's Raymond Chan sits on Vokle's board. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand said this morning that it has moved its annual industry conference, Cornerstone Convergence , online. The move is unsurprising, as every conference or event this year has moved online during the pandemic.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Santa Monica-based BeachMint , the celebrity-meets-ecommerce startup run by Josh Berman and Diego Berdakin, said today that it has partnered with Facebook, R to Z Media, and LiveStream, to run live video shopping videos on Facebook.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Santa Monica-based Aircam , founded by serial entrepreneurs Evan and Ryan Rifkin, has raised $6.5M in a funding round, to offer up a new service giving attendees at events instant access to pictures taken by professional photographers. The Rifkins previously founded Burstly/Testflight.

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JULY 29, 2020

Santa Monica-based Greenfly , which develops brand advocacy software, and SailGP , which runs an annual global sail racing challenge, said on Wednesday that the two companies are in a partnership. According to the two, SailGP has deployed Greenfly's software platform for media collection and distribution.

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MAY 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based Triptrotting , which helps match travelers with like-minded locals, is expanding this morning, saying that it has added a new "Social Activities" feature to help users find activities by location, date, time, and price.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , the developer of talent management and human resources management software, is boosting its efforts to support the Los Angeles technology ecosystem, through the launch of its own incubator and investment fund. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based Blizzard Entertainment apologized for the controversey that the company has faced, after it banned one of its competitors for expressing support for the Hong Kong protests in October. Allen Brack apologized for how the company reacted to the issue at its Hearthstone e-sports event.

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JULY 29, 2014

Santa Monica-based Pogoseat , which develops mobile apps to allow people to get upgraded seats at events on the same day--or even during the event--has raised $2.3M pogoseat venture capital seating tickets events venue' in a funding round. PogoSeat is led by Evan Owens. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Coloft , the co-working space in Santa Monica, said Wednesday that it has launched its own series of seminars aimed at startups, ranging from help on social media, to business development, to pitching investors. Looking for more help to get your startup off the ground? READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Santa Monica-based Rowl said this week that it has launched a new, mobile app which helps users find new music, sports, comedy, and other events, in a social way. The app notifies users when a favorite band, DJ, or comedian will be performing nearby, recommends events to users, and more. Rowl, led by Fred E. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 14, 2020

Santa Monica-based gaming league operator Super League Gaming said on Tuesday that it has inked a deal with an arm of Chinese media conglomerate Wanda Media, to bring its live, competitive video game league to more than 700 of Wanda's theaters in China. Financial details of the partnership deal were not announced by the company.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Santa Monica-based InvolveSoft , which develops software to help companies encourage their employees to volunteer for events and help contribute to their local communities, has raised $2.5M in a funding round, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2014

Five startups have been named winners at the Siemer Summit , the tech confab which has been being held in Santa Monica for the past couple of days by local investment banking company and investor Siemer Ventures, highlighting some of the top startups in the region. TrueCar''s Scott Painter was also honored as part of the awards.

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MAY 7, 2018

Santa Monica-based Champion Technology , which develops an artificial intelligence-powered software product for the cybersecurity area, to help improve cyber security analysis, has received a strategic investment from R9B (root9B, LLC), a provider of cybersecurity products and services. Size of the investment was not announced.

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JULY 24, 2012

In a sign that the Los Angeles technology and startup world is starting to be taken more seriously by Silicon Valley, one of Silicon Valley's more prominent law firms has set up shop in Santa Monica.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Santa Monica-based Ring , which develops video doorbells and cameras, is extending its efforts to attract business owners to its products. Ring says it will offer up 24/7 monitoring, and 60-day video event recording for unlimited cameras at a business location for only $10 per month.

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