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L.A. Business Journal
MARCH 30, 2020
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KB Home Tops 11,000 Solar Powered Homes
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Los Angeles-based new home builder KB Home says it has now topped over 11,000 solar-powered homes, since it started offering up solar power options toits customerss. KB Home did not say how many of those homes were built in 2020, the first year that California has required all new homes to be installed with rooftop solar power.
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Nature's Generator Launches Home Wind Turbine
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Oxnard-based Nature's Generator said this morning that it has launched a new product, a wind turbine aimed at the home market. According to the company, the Nature's Generator Powerhouse includes a 120-240v/7200 watt pure sine wave inverter, and should be enough to power a whole house. The turbine starts at $999.99.
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Ring Announces Home Security Drone
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Want to keep a better eye on your home while you are gone? Los Angeles-based Ring said on Thursday that it has developed an in-home security drone, which can patrol your home from room to room on a regular schedule, alerting homeowners of any intruders or other issues.
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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19
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Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.
Are you uncomfortable with home-based workers?
Berkonomics
NOVEMBER 16, 2017
Do home-based employees work with the same dedication and productivity as those in office cubicles next to each other? A creative CEO will find ways to motivate and compensate for the lone nature of working alone, but using social networking tools to make office workers and home workers feel and behave as a unit.
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Semtech Joins Smart Home Group
socalTECH
MAY 24, 2019
Camarillo-based semiconductor maker Semtech has just joined an organization focused on advancing "smart home" technology, as it looks to push its low powered wireless technology (LoRa) into the smart home market. READ MORE>>.
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Small Luxury Homes: How to Afford Your Dream Home
AllTopStartups
MARCH 25, 2021
When you imagine your dream home, what does it look like? A massive brick estate with a pool and… The post Small Luxury Homes: How to Afford Your Dream Home appeared first on AllTopStartups. Is it a modern and rustic mansion nestled amongst the cliffs?
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iList Debuts New Home Sales Website
socalTECH
JULY 16, 2020
Los Angeles-based iList , a new startup in the residential real estate market, said on Wednesday that it has launched a new interactive service to help home sellers value, list, and market their homes.
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Plant Prefab Lands $30M For Sustainable, Factory-Built Homes
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2021
Rialto, California-based Plant Prefab, which develops sustainable, prefabricated homes, has scored $30M in a venture capital investment round. The company said the funding also included venture debt from Western Technology Investments and ATEL Capital Group. Steve Glenn is Founder and CEO of Plant Prefab.
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Best Tips for Working from Home Effectively
Tech.Co
MARCH 9, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak has many businesses urgently considering their work-from-home policies. If you're soon likely to be logging on from your living room, there are some best practices for working from home that will keep your tasks efficient and your business secure. Efficiency and Productivity when Working from Home.
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MaxLinear Buys Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division
socalTECH
APRIL 6, 2020
Carlsbad-based MaxLinear announced this morning that it ahs acquired Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division , in a deal worth $150M in cash. MaxLinear said the deal will complement its existing portfolio, and will initially add approximately $60 million to $70 million in quarterly revenue.
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Nomad Homes, With Team In LA, Gets $4M
socalTECH
JULY 8, 2020
Nomad Homes , a startup developing a marketplace for finding and buying a home--which has operations in Los Angeles--has raised $4M in seed funding, the company said on Wednesday. Nomad is different from Nomad Micro Homes, a Canadian company which develops eco-friendly modular "tiny houses". READ MORE>>.
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KB Home Goes High Tech At New Irvine Development
socalTECH
MAY 21, 2019
New home developer KB Home says it is offering a huge set of new, smart home and "personal wellness" technology at a new development in Irvine. The homes also include a Google Assistant-powered smart-home system called the KB Smart Home System.
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CoreLogic Rolls Out AI Tool For Home Buyers
socalTECH
JULY 2, 2020
Irvine-based property information provider CoreLogic says it has rolled out a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool today, which it says helps real estate agents and their clients looking to buy, sell, or make improvements to their home. READ MORE>>.
Connect Homes Finds $10.8M For Prefab Housing
socalTECH
MAY 16, 2019
Los Angeles-based Connect Homes , a developer of prefab housing technology, has raised $10.8M The company develops pre-fab, residential homes in 14 different models, which it says provides "high-design" homes at a fraction of the time and cost of custom residential architecture and building.
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How the Tech Giants are Adjusting to Working From Home
Tech.Co
JULY 29, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many companies to embrace working from home. Google has announced that its staff will work from home until at least July 2021. We dig deeper to see how different tech giants are reacting to working from home, plus what lessons those of us at smaller businesses could learn.
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Alorica Ramps Work-At-Home Program
socalTECH
MARCH 23, 2020
Irvine-based outsource customer support provider Alorica said last week that it is ramping its "Alorica-At-Home" program, its existing work-at-home program for customer service. Alorica has over 100,000 employees, most of them overseas. The company said it had to shut its call centers in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala last week.
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KB Home Links With Google
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 6, 2018
Los Angeles-based homebuilder KB Home , in another move to boost the technology features of its homes, said this morning that it has linked up with Google , to integrate its homes with Google Assistant. Image: KB Home's showcase community in the Denver area, which now features Google Assistant.
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AdQuick Finds $6M For Out Of Home Advertising
socalTECH
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
Los Angeles-based AdQuick , a new startup which is developing software tools to help enable out of home (OOH) advertising, has raised $6M in its Series A, the company said this week. The funding was led by Initialized Capital, and also included WndrCo, Shrug Capital, The Todd & Rahul Angel Fund and Michael Kassan's MediaLink.
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Elon Musk Looks To Sell Both LA Homes
socalTECH
MAY 4, 2020
Elon Musk , the founder of Hawthorne-based SpaceX , is apparently selling all of his real estate--including two Los Angeles homes , saying that he is selling all his physical possessions. Musk is selling one of his homes in LA for $30M, and the other for $9.5M.
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Zillow Expands Home Buying Service To LA, OC
socalTECH
DECEMBER 9, 2019
Online real estate site Zillow is expanding its home buying service, Zillow Offers , to the Los Angeles and Orange County markets, saying this morning that it will now let homeowners sell their homes directly to the company, to avoid the hassles of selling their home. percent more than Zillow's offer.
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Dvele Picks Up $14M For New Home Building Startup
socalTECH
MARCH 28, 2019
San Diego-based Dvele , a new, technology startup which is using technology that allows people to order up, custom-febricated homes, and handles everything from design to on-site construction, has raised $14M in a funding round, the company announced on Thursday. READ MORE>>.
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133 Zillow Launches Home Buying Service In Inland Empire
socalTECH
MARCH 12, 2019
Online real estate site Zillow is expanding its home buying service, Zillow Offers , into the Inland Empire this week, saying that it will start providing all-cash offers to people looking to sell their homes, condos, and townhomes in the area, as it expands its service nationwide. READ MORE>>.
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113 MaxLinear Completes Buy Of Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division
socalTECH
AUGUST 3, 2020
Carlsbad-based MaxLinear said this morning that it has completed its acquisition of Intel's Home Gateway Platform Division. MaxLinear said it raised expectations due to "tranformative work-from-home market dynamics" as well as early adoption of a WiFi product. The two had announced the acquisition on April 6th. READ MORE>>.
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Homebound Gets $35M More For Home Rebuilding
socalTECH
JANUARY 17, 2020
Homebound , a startup which rebuilds homes after disasters--and which has offices in Malibu--has raised $35M in a Series B funding, the company disclosed this week, bringing its total raised to $53M.
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113 MaxLinear Raises Guidance, Benefits From Work From Home
socalTECH
JULY 7, 2020
The company said that while it saw some negative COVID-19 related impacts, the "work-from-home" environment has strongly benefited its connected home business.
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Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 19, 2021
Abodu , one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quickship” program that can take an order from contract to construction and installation in about 30 days. The interior of an Abodu home.
PadX Launches Home Buying And Selling Marketplace
socalTECH
OCTOBER 2, 2018
Santa Monica-based PadX , a new startup in the real estate market, said today that it has launched a new home buying and selling marketplace in Los Angeles. The company, which acts as a licensed real estate brokerage, says it has created a service which streamlines home buying and selling. READ MORE>>.
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Video: Amazon Ring's New Home Security Drone
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Los Angeles-based Ring announced its new, autonomous indoor drone, designed to patrol your home and record video, and which communicates with Amazon Alexa, as well as to alert the homeowner of any intrusions or other issues, on Thursday. READ MORE>>.
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113 REX Raises $45M For Home Buying, Selling Technology
socalTECH
JANUARY 22, 2019
Los Angeles-based REX , which is developing technology buying and selling homes, said on Monday that it has raised $45M in a Series C funding round. The company says it offers a fixed, two percent commission covering both sides of a real estate transaction. REX has now raised $75M in total. The company's co-founder and CEO is Jack Ryan.
More Homes In "Vacant" Zombie Foreclosures In Q3
socalTECH
AUGUST 27, 2020
percent of all homes, with about 216,000 of those homes in the process of foreclosure; the company said about 7,960 (3.7 percent) are empty "zombie foreclosures"--where the owners have abandoned their homes. According to ATTOM Data, it tracked 1.5
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Monoprice Expands Into Housewares, Home Goods
socalTECH
JULY 24, 2018
Rancho Cucamonga-based Monoprice --which has built a huge business selling its own brand of high quality consumer electronics accessories like charging cables, HDMI cables, monitors, 3D printers, and more, is expanding into the home goods and housewares market.
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100 Newegg Focuses On Smart Home Products In September
socalTECH
AUGUST 28, 2018
Los Angeles-based online electronics retailer Newegg says it is launching a new promotion it calls "Smart September", with a new focus on smart home products. The company said it will focus on such areas as voice controllers; DIY smart security products; smart energy saving devices; and home automation for the holidays. READ MORE>>.
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Google Suggests Employees Work From Home
socalTECH
MARCH 11, 2020
Google , the Internet giant, which has a big presence and offices in the Los Angeles area, is now suggesting all of its North American employees work from home, as the spread of the COVID-19 virus has extended into the Bay Area and elsewhere in the nation.
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socalTECH
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
where the company will take care of the deep cleaning, painting, staging, and landscaping of a home before a sale. Redfin normally charges 1 percent for its home selling service. According to the company, the new service will be available only for homes priced at $500,000 or higher.
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133 Lynx Technology Launches Smart Home Product
socalTECH
JANUARY 5, 2017
San Diego-based Lynx technology , a developer of software for managing media libraries and smart home devices, said today that it has launched its first product, called SmartLynx 1.0. Lynx said it is backed by San Diego-based J.M. Driver, LLC. READ MORE>>.
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Cylance Extends Into Home Antivirus Market
socalTECH
AUGUST 4, 2017
Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance said on Thursday that it has extended into the home market, and has rolled out its first software product for the consumer market, CylancePROTECT Home Edition. According to Cylance, the new software brings its AI-driven antivirus to the consumer security market.
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sonnen Teams With Homebuilder On Net Zero Homes In Florida
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Los Angeles-based residential energy storage technology developer sonnen said on Thursday that it has partnered with home developer Pearl Homes to build a "net zero" community in Florida. The project will initially include 148 homes. Sonnen is backed by Shell. READ MORE>>.
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Hunker Launches New Home Design Site
socalTECH
APRIL 12, 2017
A new, online home design site, called Hunker , launched today, focused on home design, home tours, product recommendations, personal essays, and helpful information for homeowners and apartment-dwellers.
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113 DxTerity Diagnostics Launches Home COVID-19 Test
socalTECH
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Los Angeles-based DxTerity Diagnostics , a genomics company with a CLIA-license laboratory, announced it has released a new, approved at-home COVID-19 test. According to the company, its new saliva test is designed to detect the virus that causes COVID-19 in both symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals.
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KB Home Amps Up Tech Connectivity With Google Assistant Integration
socalTECH
JANUARY 18, 2019
Lake Forest-based home builder KB Home is ramping up its connectivity--and hoping to appeal to tech-savvy buyers--with a new deal to add Google Assistant capability into its new homes at two of its Orange County developments. READ MORE>>.
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Zillow Expands Instant Home Buying Service To LA, San Diego
socalTECH
MAY 10, 2019
Online real estate service Zillow is expanding its home buying service to both Los Angeles and San Diego, the company announced this week, in a move which will allow home buyers to get nearly instant offers on their homes--instead of going through a traditional broker and offering their home on the market.
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100 Inseego Pushes Wireless Devices For Working From Home
socalTECH
MARCH 18, 2020
The company highlighted its various mobile hotspots--available from such providers as Verizon, Sprint, AT&T--which allow users to access the Internet from their 4G, 5G, LTE, and other networks.
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