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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. However, these platforms could be interesting for prototype and pilot solutions. The other conclusion was that you need to have a migration path from the platform.

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Webalo Scores $3M For Mobile Enterprise Apps

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based Webalo , a company which provides mobile application development tools, said this afternoon that it has raised $3M in a new funding round. The funding came from new and existing investors, including J.L. The firm said its tools work on Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Symbian, Windows Mobile, or Java-enabled smartphone.

Mobile 176
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Peering Into The Mobile Games Future With Josh Hartwell of Mobile Deluxe

socalTECH

I think we were able to effectively transition, because our technology platform. At the time, our platform allowed us to build our games, and have one game which we could send to multiple devices. We're able to get thousands of downloads per day on our products, a far cry from the BREW and Java days.

Mobile 168
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How Connectifier Is Applying Search Technology To Recruiting, With John Jersin

socalTECH

The company recently announced a funding round, led by True Ventures, so we thought we'd talk with John about what the company is doing, and why he believes search technology is so important to apply to recruiting. Tell us a little bit about this recent funding round? We plan on using this funding to accelerate our growth.

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

socalTECH

It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. But, there are not many funded players in the space. Most of that funding is going towards staffing up. Thanks, and good luck!

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Mimiboard Replacing Noticeboards in Africa | Interview with Johan Nel Founder

Tech Zulu Event

People can now add notes to the board – using Twitter, SMS, Rich web, WAP, Android and Java supported devices. So imagine you are a Radio Station- now for the first time you can create and sustain a community conversation on your website – which will increase your traffic on your website and provide a very innovative platform for your users.

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Jetpack Gives a Boost to Mobile and Rich Media Advertising

Tech Zulu Event

But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica. The company is privately held and has received no venture funding to date. The possibilities are truly limitless.”.