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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio systems maker Sonos has filed another patent infringement suit at Google , saying that Google has infringed on five wireless audio patents held by the company. The lawsuit is the second filed against Google by Sonos, which also sued Google over similar patents in January.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

International Trade Commission has taken up a complaint, filed by Santa Barbara-based Sonos , that Google has been importing and selling goods which Sonos says infringe upon its patents. The move is the latest in a big battle between Sonos and Google.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Google LLC) was filed in the California Central Court. The lawsuit (Sonos, Inc. Sonos is being represented by Orrick in the lawsuit. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Internet giant Google said late Tuesday that it has tapped a research team from UC Santa Barbara , to help build new, new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics. those processors are being applied to design of artificial intelligence at Google. ucsb google quantum computing physics research'

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APRIL 10, 2014

Sonos , the maker of the whole home audio streaming systems, has connected up its systems with Google Play Music , the music service run by Google, the companies announced this morning. Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. sonos google play streaming music integration cloud stream speaker home audio electronics'

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OCTOBER 9, 2013

Google''s display advertising network, Google Display Network, doesn''t perform as promised, according to Santa Barbara-based PureClick. pureclick google display network advertising' PureClick is led by Tim Rodgers. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2012

Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , the provider of online electronic signature software headed by Daryl Bernstein, reported yesterday that it has integrated with Google Drive, Google's file storage and collaboration software.

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MAY 5, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor , has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media.

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JULY 14, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the provider of pay-per-call technology headed by Jason Spievak, apparently is powering a trial by Google in its Google Affiliate Network. In news leaked out by Affiliate New Review, apparently Google is using RingRevenue on a trial of paying commissions for phone-based traffic.

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APRIL 19, 2017

Andrew Fuller (left) and Jonas Bolduan I encourage my UC Santa Barbara entrepreneurial students to err […]. The post This Student Talked His Way Into Google Through Courageous Networking appeared first on John Greathouse. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes.

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OCTOBER 21, 2010

The University of California, Santa Barbara said Wednesday that it has launched a new research center, focused on developing next generation, terabit-speed networks. Tags: ucsb google intel terabit networking hardware ethernet equipment research education grant.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Jason is another local Santa Barbara CEO and we had a great chat about Make It Work, Ring Revenue, Affiliate Marketing and life in SB. Google, Amazon and Ebay have been at the game for a long time. While they are similar to Google Adwords, they implement phone call tracking in their reporting, sort of.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer and manufacturer of whole home, audio systems and devices, has named two new directors to its board, the company said Tuesday. Coles is a TV producer for Disney, an advisor to Cornell Capital, and formerly had been Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of user-friendly, whole home speakers, has rolled out its first outdoor speaker, a battery powered speaker called the Sonos Move. Sonos said the new portable speaker, which costs $399, will be available globally starting September 24th. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the maker of the user friendly, whole home, wireless music systems, has added support for streaming music directly from Android phones and tablets. sonos android music streaming whole home audio google play' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

The exit activity has been far and wide across the region, ranging from Santa Barbara to San Diego, and providing stunning returns for a large list of venture and angel investors in those companies.

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JULY 14, 2015

Santa Barbara-based whole home music system manufacturer Sonos said Monday that it has rolled out a nuber of minor updates to its streaming music systems.

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JUNE 18, 2012

The Santa Barbara, online division of Citrix has tied in its work collaboration sofwtare Citrix Podio , into cloud storage service YouSendit , bringing the firm's service to a chunk of the cloud storage services market. READ MORE>>.

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Doc Santa Barbara Google Content 133

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MARCH 20, 2012

The Santa Barbara startup said the entry into the classified market allows users to shop for cars by type, make, model, year, mileage, and color. FindTheBest.com is one of the most closely watched Santa Barbara startups, in part due to O'Connor prior success (IPO, acquisition by Google for $3.1 READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

2018 was a year of coming to terms with the tech that I already have: Android phone, Amazon Echo & Kindle, Macbook, Google Home. He also is President of Tech Coast Angels' Central Coast Network and a founding member of Santa Barbara Angel Alliance. Nothing that really blew me away. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Goleta-based Transphorm , a developer of energy efficiency and power conversion technology, emerged from stealth today, saying it has just closed a $20M, Series C funding led by Google Ventures. Mishra is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Engineering and Sciences.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

After 20+ Poogling seminars in Socal, we were approached by a concerned parent and the Santa Barbara Education Foundation to do a Poogling Seminar (teaching parents about child Internet safety) city-wide. Of course, we agreed to do it.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded IP communications and VoIP software, said today that it is linking into an effort to push Google Android as a platform for embedded IP and voice-over-IP. Tags: technologies android google telecom voip. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a firm which provides e-commerce services and payment processing for online software sellers, claims that the firm had 500% growth in its revenues in 2009. Engel did not disclose actual financials related to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2011

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , which develops embedded IP communications software, reports today that it has acquired Webia Technologies , a developer of products for the Google Android OS platform. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Webia is based in Taipei, Taiwan.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , the e-commerce and payment processing software firm headed by Dan Engel, said this week that it has launched a new online subscription management and payment service called SaaSy. Engel said that the service is aimed at SaaS and Web 2.0 READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2017

The Alliance for Southern California Innovation's board includes Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, CAA's Michael Yanover, Sherry Lansing of Paramount Pictures, Thomas Gewecke of Warner Bros., Marc Stern of The TCW Group, and Scott Wolfe of Latham and Watkins in San Diego.

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Eric Greenspan

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

I guess just knowing we were doing the seminar was enough as she went home and checked her son’s Google search history. At first, she thought she was safe because she had found that he had Googled the word “poo.&# Anyhow, long story short, I responded with, “lol, he Googled poo…he was poogling?&#

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JUNE 23, 2011

Santa Barbara-based Transphorm , a developer of high efficiency, power conversion technology, confirmed today that it has raised $25M in a Series D funding round. Prior investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Foundation Capital and Lux Capital also participated in the funding.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Goleta-based Transphorm , the stealthy, Google and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers startup in the energy conversion space, has unveiled its first product today at a conference. Transphorm, which is headed by Umesh Mishra, just announced $20M in a Series C funding led by Google Ventures last month. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2011

The company is venture backed by Google, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Foundation Capital, and Lux Capital. Transphorm is headed by Professor Umesh Mishra, from the University of California, Santa Barbara Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Engineering and Sciences.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. RightScale is one of a number of enterprise software and open source companies to emerge in the area, and is based in Santa Barbara. The firm--which was started in the quiet and. Why would a company make a list of top companies?

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I even plan to use it in my upcoming UC Santa Barbara Entrepreneurial Selling class. When I wrote Enchantment, I knew that the social media would be wrong – if I were to write either of the books today, I would have a whole section on Google+. I think Google+ is a great, great mechanism for enchanting people.”.

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based Gibson Hoffman & Pancione , the law firm representing Santa Barbara-based Cybersitter in a $2.2 The report comes a day after Google said that China had been attempting to hack into the search engine giant's infrastructure, and that it may pull out of the country because of the hacking.

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JULY 18, 2017

A look at the companies who are private, backed by venture capital, and are valued at more than $1 billion across Southern California -- from San Diego to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara -- is an interesting contrast in the wide range of types of technology companies across the region. The company is based in Huntington Beach.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a developer of e-commerce software headed by Dan Engel, said today that it has released a new product which handles mail-in-rebates for online vendors. FastSpring is the latest venture of Dan Engel, who has previously been at Google, Picasa, and GoToMyPC. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 30, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded software for smart phones, said today that the firm has linked its mCUE software with IBM Lotus Sametime. D2's software works with IP PBX systems, and other voIP systems like Google Talk, MSN, AIM, and others.

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