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Los Angeles-based Ficto launches its Quibi competitor — with Niantic as a content partner

TechCrunch LA

Shows on the platform at launch include a gameplay-focused series built around the augmented reality game, Ingress , developed by Niantic , the game studio behind the massive AR hit Pokemon Go.

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22 Los Angeles Startups You Need to Watch Out For

Tech.Co

Los Angeles, for one, is not only brimming with innovative ideas, it’s also home to a wide range of unique startups that are solving the problems of the world. This is evident from the fact that they are owned and run by EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year award finalists in the Greater Los Angeles area. KabaFusion.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. Structure development contracts appropriately or directing the in-house team appropriately. Would you create contracts without an attorney? Third party products are used appropriately.

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Web On The Go Launches No-Contract, Mobile Internet Service

socalTECH

Web On The Go , a new, low cost mobile Internet provider backed by Los Angeles-based Telscape Communications , said this week that it has launched its services. The service said it will provide a low cost, mobile Internet service which costs $4.59 Telscape is a Los Angeles provider of telecom services.

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How Nils Forsblom Is Reinventing Himself In Mobile With TenFarms

socalTECH

Forsblom is now in Los Angeles and San Diego, and reinventing himself with a mobile application company called TenFarms (www.tenfarms.com). Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We build mobile products, not just mobile applications, but products around them. I was basically powerless.

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TeleSign Rolls Out Self Service APIs

socalTECH

Los Angeles-based TeleSign , best known for powering the phone verification and user authentication services behind many key Internet services, said today that it has launched a new set of application programming interfaces (APIs).

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With a $3.5 million haul, Dray Alliance joins a booming logistics startup scene in LA

TechCrunch LA

With an angle on a long-neglected part of the shipping industry — the short-haul movement of cargo from docks to logistics centers — Dray Alliance is joining a growing startup scene for logistics businesses based in Los Angeles. Trucking logistics company NEXT Trucking takes in a $21 million haul. The company has raised $3.5

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