socalTECH

JANUARY 31, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, finance-focused messaging service, said today that it has partnered with Q4 Web Systems , a developer of corporate websites and social media products for public companies. The two said that Q4 will integrate StockTwits products and services as part of its offering for public companies.

Web Development 147

Web Development Web Develop Development 147

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2011

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , the developer of video encoding and decoding software headed by Peter Csathy, said today that it has launched a new, on-site version of its video encoding product.

Media 140

Media Product San Diego Sites 140

socalTECH

APRIL 7, 2011

San Diego-based Slacker , the personalized Internet radio service, said today that it has linked with Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) browser. As part of the launch of IE9, the firm said it will provide a free month of its premium service, Slacker Radio Plus, when users "pin" the service to the IE9 taskbar.

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San Diego Sites Media Services 160

Xconomy

JULY 23, 2019

HireAHelper.com, an online marketplace that links people who are moving to a new home with local movers and related services, has been acquired by Porch, which operates a marketplace that connects people with a variety of home repair and improvement services. Financial terms of.

Services 56

Services Startup Sites Venture Capital 56

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 6, 2020

metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. Spin, which began offering this on April 1, is making this available in Baltimore, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco, Tampa and Washington, D.C. Ride Report creates software that enables cities to work with micromobility operators. Other deals: Qcraft.ai

Layoffs 136

Layoffs Startup Newsletter Santa Monica 136

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

San Diego-based Metaplace , the virtual worlds software firm started by Raph Koster and John Donham, has been acquired by social gaming firm Playdom , Playdom said Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

San Diego 145

San Diego Entertainment Content Acquisition 145

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

ACTIVE Network , the developer of cloud-based sports registration and related services, said today that it has launched a new, mobile app aimed at racing directors. Among other features of the new app are handling credit card payments; on-site registration; and check-in. READ MORE>>.

Activity 138

Activity Mobile Networking San Diego 138

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

San Diego-based Confident Technologies , the new startup which is using image authentication technology originally developed by Vidoop, has rolled out its image-based CAPTCHA tools, the firm said this week. Tags: confident technologies captcha security vidoop ecommerce software. READ MORE>>.

Tool 140

Tool Technology San Diego Social Network 140

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2010

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of search advertising and web site optimization software and services, said today that it has acquired Netconcepts, LLC , a website search engine optimization firm based in Madison, Wisconsin. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Search Engine Optimization 157

Search Engine Optimization SEO San Diego Advertising 157

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM. OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers.

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Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

San Diego-based Daasity (www.daasity.com)  which just raised $2.3M The challenge a lot of those businesses have, is likely have built their sites and are using a lot of different software-as-a-service platforms. How we do hat, is we've built an analytics platform, Daasity, for data-as-a-service.

Startup 113

Startup Platform Commerce San Diego 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2008

San Diego-based Nirvanix said this morning that the firm's network attached storage (NAS) product, CloudNAS, is now available. The software, which combines cloud storage with a NAS server, was originally announced in June. The firm charges for data stored on the service.

Cloud Computing 100

Cloud Computing San Diego Web Software 100

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based provider of web content classification and security services developer BrightCloud was acquired by Webroot , and we thought it would be a great opportunity to talk to founder Quinn Curtis about how the acquisition of his firm came about. How big was the team in San Diego?

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

If you go to sites like Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin, there has been a lack of innovation in the past few years. I've been a buyer, an agent, and broker, and have gone through lots of different platforms, mediums, and sites, and it's hard to get a comprehensive picture of a home or neighborhood, without going to lots of different sites.

Startup 100

Startup Sites Los Angeles Platform 100

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When it comes to disrupting an industry, Raken founder and CEO Kyle Slager says it would be hard to find a sector that is more resistant to spending money on new technologies than the construction business. As Slager puts it, even bankers and insurers spend more on technology as a percentage of revenue than building contractors.

Sites 79

Sites Mobile Report Invest 79

socalTECH

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Recently, San Diego-based Rippol (www.rippol.com) launched its web site, a service which uses social networking to help people find and discover interesting videos related to their interests. Our software sorts video content relative to its importance to you, based on your social graph and social impact.

UCSD 145

UCSD Social Network Content Sites 145

socalTECH

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Los Angeles-based PixelFish, which develops video advertising for small and medium sized businesses, said this morning that it has acquired Eyespot, a provider of video hosting services for web sites. Eyespot was based in San Diego, and was venture backed by Express Ventures and Gabriel Venture Partners.

San Diego 100

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

San Diego-based KidZui, a provider of a kid-friendly web browser, has inked a deal with Parents.com, the online site for the American Baby, Parents, and Family Circle magazines. According to KidZui, it is in a new partnership with Parents.com, to enhance KidZui and to introduce more companies to its services.

San Diego 100

San Diego Web Sites Content 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

San Diego-based The Active Network, which operates a network of sports- and other online registration services and marketing web sites, said today that it has acquired three companies which provide hunting and fishing licensing technology.

Activity 100

Activity Networking San Diego Acquisition 100

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2009

Rob Farrow is one of the co-founders of Chi.mp , a new startup which is getting set to launch a service to allow users to manage their profiles across the many sites on the Internet. There are so many social networking sites, how do you define what's relevant? Meebo is another powerful site. In late 2007, Chi.mp

Social Network 147

Social Network San Diego Sites Startup 147

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

It's another big week for startup launches, this time in San Diego at DEMOfall. One of the firms launching this week there is Los Angeles-based NativeTung (www.nativetung.com), which is developing tools to help web sites translate and create multilingual versions of their sites. Idris Manley: It's interesting.

Startup 133

Startup Technical Review Social Network Content 133

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

For people who haven't visited SciVee, what's the site about? One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites. Marc Friedmann: SciVee serves the STM - Science, Technical, Medical - market.

Journal 124

Journal Technical Review UCSD Web 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

For today's interview, we talked with San Diego-based ShowUHow (www.showuhow.com), a firm which is providing both content and a software platform which allows e-commerce retailers to provide video instruction guides on the products they carry. Who is using your services--retailers or manufacturers? Kim Folsom: Both.

Guide 113

Guide Training Platform Product 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. We call it storytelling media.

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

” The incubator had two clients at launch, and plans to offer its services to clients for a length of five years. Four new companies have been created through the incubator, which offers training, mentorship and guidance in addition to individual and shared workspaces: Nuhubit Software Studios LLC, 3D-SensIR.

Incubator 70

Incubator Santa Clarita Technical Advisors FAQ 70

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. What we've done, is for authentication, we have created a way to have a unique password to give you access to a web site very time.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

socalTECH

APRIL 11, 2013

There are now a large number of online, peer-to-peer marketplaces which all aim at one thing; helping connecting people with others, so that they can offer their services or goods (a room for rent, a ride, a vacation timeshare, a dog sitter, etc.) Over time, that service provider gets a quality score.

Startup 260

Startup Education Study Ideas 260

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

We seem to receive lots of pitches from companies looking to attack the mobile market with their mobile software applications, but few who have deployed on-deck with carriers. The client then presents the consumer with the opportunity to have a dashboard view of social networking sites. So we sell into the carriers.

Social Network 113

Social Network Anthem Mobile Java 113

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

The Carlsbad, CA-based company has also developed software that it says can help healthcare providers and other organizations keep track of orthotic devices and bill patients for their use. On Tuesday, Breg announced it will be getting an assist on the software side from Redox , a healthtech startup based in Madison, WI.

Startup 40

Startup Paramount Organization Software 40

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

The notion there is not only would be investing in the venture aspect of the business, but would help tilt the company to success by bringing shared services to help bring their products to life. We do invest directly in companies that don''t need a shared service, as long as they''re tilting their industry. Why not Los Angeles?

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Last week, San Diego-based OpenCandy (www.opencandy.com) announced it had raised $3.5M in a venture round for the firm's software recommendation startup. Darrius Thompson: We came from a company called DivX, where we had built a business primarily around consumer software. What's the idea behind OpenCandy?

Software Review 100

Software Review Software Startup Examples 100

Xconomy

OCTOBER 19, 2016

That’s because GE Healthcare, by tweaking its traditional MRI scanners, was capturing so much raw data on the heart that on-site hospital scanners and computers couldn’t assemble it into images that doctors could intuitively interpret. In 2012, when we started, Amazon had just released the GPUs into the public cloud,” Axerio-Cilies says.

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Cloud Computing Startup Web Chief Technology Officer 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I'm down here probably three or four days a week on average, and we're trying to be active, and pick off what we think are going to be the best deals here, from Santa Barbara down to San Diego. I do energy and materials investment, Internet investing, digital media investing, and financial services investing.

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Redpoint Southern California Cornerstone OnDemand Invest 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2010

Technology, with ease of use, software systems, and information technology--is at the point where it's finally at a point of maturity, and we're finally seeing some traction in healthcare IT. We're starting to see some very innovative product ideas out of places like Caltech, USC, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, and the like.

Startup 185

Startup Southern California Ideas Research 185

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

There''s a fair amount of software and computer science involved in this area. It''s built and deployed as a service in the cloud, with nothing to install. It wouldn''t be covered in the Los Angeles Times, and not by the San Diego papers. Where did all of that technology come from? We''re using state of the art tools.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

Before you think I was a complete nerd, in addition to making money selling software, which I did at 15, 16 years old, I also made money throwing keg parties. I did programming for the career center at UC San Diego, trying to build programs for the career center. So I went from San Diego to LA to Miami to the south of France.

Startup 337

Startup Entrepreneur Ideas Venture Capital 337

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 1, 2011

So, one day Yotam and I were driving to San Diego and stuck in traffic and he asked how we could offer musicians the same sort of advertising services that I was used to using in my day job. We’re really loving the clean site layout. That’s a great thing. Our design has a long history.

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Startup Design Advertising Search Engine Optimization 80