socalTECH

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based Artie, a new startup developing mobile games which can be played inside social media, video, and messaging platforms, said this week that it has raised $10M in a seed funding round. The company's founders are Ryan Horrigann and Armando Kirwin.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2016

The VR experience runs on Samsung Gear VR and Google Cardboard, and is available on the Oculus store, Android Marketplace and Apple iTunes. The companies said the experience was shot with SilVR Thread's VR cameras and platform. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box & other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011. So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2015

There's been a huge debate over the future of Adobe's Flash raging over the last month, as both Google and Mozilla disabled Flash due to security holes and other issues. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. It worked so well, Hollywood abandoned the 40K format.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page). So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. Overture sold for $1.6

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

We were talking about a company, Factual (disclosure my firm is an investor), which was founded by one of LA’s most talented Internet entrepreneurs, Gil Elbaz , who as co-founder of Applied Semantics (purchased by pre-IPO Google for $102 million and now Google AdSense) is responsible for a large portion of the Internet’s monetization.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2011

We started internationally, and built out our international platform first, and rolled it back into the U.S. To build out our technology and ad serving platform, we made the investment and acquisition around a video ad server, with a strategic investment in Redlever for branded entertainment, and the acquisition of Joost's assets.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, They have developed a cloud-based platform for merchants to publish to multiple distribution networks, including social, mobile and email. The DataPop team is building a platform that enables real time creation and delivery of highly engaging ads to consumers on a massive scale.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Right now they’re the leading platform for streaming movies. It would be like if Microsoft undermined it’s Office franchise by aggressively pursuing a Google Docs like strategy. MapQuest was (and is) a much shittier product than Google Maps yet people used it for years. Very few companies ever do this.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Where do those videos get distribute?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 1, 2010

A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data. Hollywood Walk of Fame. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Total Raised: $21.4mm.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 17, 2010

We will never be Silicon Valley in the way that Toronto will never be Hollywood. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. You don’t.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Coincident has created a platform that will allow storytellers and producers to create robust second screen stories on the fly that incorporate video, images and other web content. Each of these platforms represents a variety of “screens” to view from. There is a television/video/content/Internet revolution coming. Coincident.TV

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. My estimate is that the top 5 YouTube networks will do > $200 million net revenue in 2013 (after Google’s share).

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

I believe that Twiistup is now a platform from which to grow and highlight what is uniquely LA. For highlighting what is uniquely LA, for adhering to a strict quality standard for speakers and for building this great platform for the future Francisco Dao (aka “ The Man ”) should feel proud of what he has accomplished.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I started protyping an idea of how to do this, across all platforms. Across all of the streaming services, there's an opportunity to get a small amount of revenue every time someone joins those services, as well as when we bring new people to different platforms. How has it been starting your business in a pandemic?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. will continue to buy up this talent as a form of R&D.&# That is true – in a booming market like we’re seeing now.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 9, 2016

Google has been a media company for quite some time, but you look at Facebook, and you absolutely know they are becoming a media company. Twitter started as a mini blogging platform, but now it also wants to become more of a media company. And, you've seen that all of the major tech companies are transforming into media companies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

We thought we'd create a platform that was as powerful and rich as Youtube is for video, or Flickr is for pictures, or Docstoc is for documents. We saw people were exchanging sound bites, sending them around to friends, and using the platform as we had envisioned, which was not just for long form audio, but for actual sound bites.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

All businesses need to have access to the scale, cost structure, and flexibility that the Amazons, Googles, and Facebooks of the world have built internally. Coming from the world of academia, did you feel you had to overtly fight the Hollywood stereotype that business leaders have to be greedy and vindictive to win? . “In

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 25, 2014

Well, thanks to a fantastic partnership with the good people at crowd fun ding platform, Indiegogo , we were able to do just that! Noor Siddiqui – Remedy On Glass , helping doctors collaborate using Google Glass. Savannah Peterson – Shapeaways , the social platform for 3D printing.

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Entertainment Google Entrepreneur Course 99

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Surprisingly, Hollywood hasnt played a major role in the formation of new companies, which have tended to be in less glamorous though more lucrative areas like lead-generation and service (with obvious exceptions like JibJab and Hulu, a joint venture of Fox and NBC). Google acquired that and incorporated it. Okay, thats AdSense.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Linda’s nickname is “the Lactation Consultant to the Stars” and she’s seen more A-list celebrities’ boobs than any director in Hollywood. Google for nature. Moveha is a housing platform that helps students find off campus housing and make reservations online. AngelList: [link]. From: Toronto. AngelList: [link]. Moveha Inc.

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Startup Training SaaS Walnut 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 7, 2010

Discover the what the future holds for you and this game changing media platform. After recent announcements by Google and Apple, the mobile advertising ecosystem is abuzz with optimism and flush with venture capital. TechZulu will be streaming Digiday : Mobile live from 8:00am - 5:00pm PST Monday 3/8. The advertiser? The agency?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

How To Land a Job at Google (or elsewhere) - FairSoftware's Blog , November 9, 2010 It’s been 11 years now that the obvious hit me: the best way to land a job is to do the job , not talk about it. So let’s be very specific: let’s assume your dream job is product manager at Google, working on the Analytics product. What truth?

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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