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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gaikai , the streaming game service run by David Perry, is one of seven software companies which Intel announced it had made investments in today, for a total of $24M invested by the company. Gaikai had earlier announced in July that it raised $30M, including Intel Capital, for its cloud-based, game streaming services.

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OCTOBER 12, 2009

Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Oracle said that Sophoi's products will become available as Oracle Media Intellectual Property Management. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Sophoi filed for bankruptcy on September 1st.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

For our Friday interview, we thought we'd catch up with Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the Elevation Partners-backed software provider, to hear where the firm is nowadays. Essentially, we help them learn how to get more with less, and also how to consider new investments in things like social media, mobile marketing, or video.

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JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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JULY 13, 2016

Dawn Newton: As an example, when you go to Google.com, it is actually routing to an IP address. Behind the scenes, DNS technology is translating that Url to an IP address, so you don't have to worry about it. From NetZero, I went to Demand Media, where I was EVP of IT.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

It's a fascinating new world out there in entertainment and media, where YouTube stars are now as popular--or maybe, more popular--than traditional celebrities. I happened to have some cheap editing software on my computer, and I just took my digital camera and ran with it. I had started watching SMOSH, and though it was really cool.

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JUNE 16, 2009

So, at whatever point in time, they can call the big, red, toll free number--and that number they see will be unique to each combination of advertiser, campaign, and affiliate, and the specific media placement by the affiliate. Jason Spievak: With the prevalence of pay-by-call solutions, advertisers are finding this compelling.

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MAY 5, 2011

It has the dual technology patrons and yet the consistent story I get is that they’re not actively out embracing the startup community, helping local successes emerge, getting comfortable with the symbiotic benefits of some employees going to startups that innovate at a different pace and then buying up local teams, talent & IP.

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APRIL 28, 2010

My co-founder, Michael Steuer and myself both came from Twistbox, which was later acquired by Mandalay Media. What we really wanted was, we wanted to own the IP, lock, stock, and barrel, and be able to exploit it on the desktop, on mobile, and on whatever device might come out. That's some of the thought process on where we were going.

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