TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 27, 2020

Los Angeles was always more than a one-industry town, even when it comes to technology startups, as media and entertainment (and social networking) were always the big draws in Tinseltown. Signal Sciences secures $35 million investment to protect web apps. Morgan Stanley & Co.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based BakeSpace.com , the online social networking and recipe site, has a new product for you. According to the firm, its new, Cookbook Cafe product allows grassroots cookbook authors to create, market, and sell their very own cookbooks for the iPad, as well as the web.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Publish a regular blog, contribute to relevant social networks, and highlight several videos, podcasts, or eBooks of you and your technology. No name, picture, address, or business history only convinces customers that you are hiding, located in an un-trustable country, or don’t have a clue. They will exit quickly.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

At The Pool , the Los Angeles startup which develops a service to help users meet new people based on their common interests, told its users over the last week that it is now in 120 countries and is covering 3,053 cities -- a dramatic growth that was driven by the launch of a set of mobile apps three months ago. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 12, 2020

Nuggetverse : a web comics media startup. SketchAR : an augmented reality drawing app with social tie-ins. TRASH : an app for quickly editing social video cuts using machine learning. Veam : a social network built around AirDrop. Stipop : a rich cross-platform chat sticker API.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2011

In a demonstration of how difficult it is to differentiate yourself in the world of online, social web services, Los Angeles-based Namesake , the social conversations startup headed by Brian Norgard and Dan Gould, has a new competitor for its Chill synchronized video-and-discussion project: Google+.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2011

For some reason, I haven’t heard much about the next generation of the Internet ( Web 3.0 ) lately, which probably means it isn’t happening as fast as everyone predicted. I suspect the real challenge is not the semantic web technology , but new attractive business models from smart entrepreneurs. People on the Web now include everyone.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The irony: a sad state that even with the huge number of social network applications we have at our disposal, we’re oftentimes lost, unable to keep up, or still lose touch so easily. It’s not your fault that we can only be social creatures to a certain extent before brain overload. Finally, some solid relief.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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JULY 18, 2011

Nimble develops software which allows users to track their interaction with contacts, including emails, social networking contacts, and more. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2010

Can you believe all the talk these days about Web 3.0? I’ve been doing some research to assess how much of it is reality, since I have to admit that I seem to have missed the clues to the transition to Web 2.0, After some work, I’m still convinced that much of the Web 3.0 People on the Web now include everyone.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), has become the norm for new products and services. On the other end of the spectrum, if your service or experience is in limited supply, make it a status offering for the strivers out there who want to act and feel like affluent consumers. Network model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Others admit to surfing the web even during religious services. More effective questions usually start with “what,” and focus on that person as a customer, rather than you, your product, or your service. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations. You are not looking for one-word responses.

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MARCH 2, 2010

Torrance-based LiveOffice , a provider of email archiving services, announced today that the firm is releasing a new product specifically aimed at archiving social media sites, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The firm said the new LiveOffice Social Archive software is can capture and retain content from any public web site.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

Hollywood-based Taltopia.com , an online social networking site for artists, said today that it is launching a new tool which aggregates casting calls and job postings in the entertainment and arts industry. The firm said its service will allow members to search for jobs by area code or talent category.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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AUGUST 20, 2009

A new, online social network and dating site, Lawdate.com , based in Los Angeles, said today that it is hoping to match up lawyers with dates with its new web service. Tags: lawdate lawyer social networking dating attorney legal. The firm said it was founded by Wendy C. Freedman, who is a lawyer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2020

Thus the subscription model (low fixed monthly payments), has become the norm for new products and services. On the other end of the spectrum, if your service or experience is in limited supply, make it a status offering for the strivers out there who want to act and feel like affluent consumers. Network model.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2020

Others admit to surfing the web even during religious services. More effective questions usually start with “what,” and focus on that person as a customer, rather than you, your product, or your service. Make social network contacts into two-way conversations. You are not looking for one-word responses.

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MAY 14, 2010

The firm said the tool is targeted for use by e-commerce sites, blogs, social networking sites, and Web-based email, as well as other web services. The company--which is headed by Curtis Staker--said its image-based CAPTCHA alternative greatly increases website security and user experience.

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Xconomy

JUNE 21, 2018

It’s a pretty tall order for a startup to build a consumer data storage service to rival services like Dropbox, combined with a social network. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2011

If you can’t justify both a web site and a blog, skip the old-fashioned web site, and make your blog do double duty as described below. Every business wants their web site to appear on the first page of search engine results from a relevant search (Search Engine Optimization). Add content regularly. Conversational style.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 4, 2013

Just before the holidays, we caught up with Blair Harrison , founder of Frequency (www.frequency.com), a personal video service which lets consumers watch video from the Internet on any of their devices. Blair Harrison: Frequency is an Internet video service. You helped define video on the web with iFilm. What is Frequency?

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 13, 2014

They have the worst customer service of any company I deal with. Perhaps filling out a web form, but the response is usually something along the lines of “Thank you for submitting feedback. Perhaps filling out a web form, but the response is usually something along the lines of “Thank you for submitting feedback.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Pasadena-based FastSoft , the Caltech spinout which develops web acceleration software, said today that it has launched a testing network for its clients. The firm's technology is based on out technology developed at Caltech for the Internet2 and for improving web transfer speeds. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 21, 2012

Evolving Role of Social Networks for Startups In this talk, Tony traces the evolution of how startups have leveraged social networks and social media as part of their solutions over the past ten years. As the web has led to exposure of every increasing numbers, people need ways to filter the possible options.

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MARCH 24, 2009

Santa Barbara-based SendMeHome.com , a startup which runs a service which combines social networking with a way to help people retrieve lost objects, has launched a new Facebook application today. Tags: social lost items sendmehome networking facebook. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Santa Monica-based Docstoc , the venture funded web-document sharing firm run by Jason Nazar, has connected the firm's document sharing service with Facebook and Twitter updates.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based MyLife , the latest effort of former GreatDomains.com and Reunion.com CEO Jeffrey Tinsley, said today that it has launched its new people search service. The new site also includes contact suggestions, ability to see who is searching for you, and search alerts. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles-based Stickam.com, an online web site focused on webcam and live video streaming, said this morning that it has released a new application programming interface (API). According to the site, the new API allows web developers to integrate live video streaming onto their sites. Pricing for the service was not released.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Los Angeles-based JuiceCaster, a provider of a mobile social networking application, said Wednesday that the firm has inked a deal with Photobucket, the online photo sharing site owned by Fox Interactive Media. JuiceCaster said that Photobucket will also be a featured channel on its flash player. READ MORE>>

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Irvine-based YouMail, a venture backed startup offering personalized voicemail services, said Wednesday that it is shipping a new, visual voicemail application for the BlackBerry. YouMail said the application--which runs on Pearl, Curve, Bold and Storm--is free, and works with its ad-supported and premium services. READ MORE>>.

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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. So is this more social networking, or is this search? Aaron, thanks for the interview.

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JUNE 18, 2009

Our interview today is with Santa Monica-based OneCubicle (www.onecubicle.com), a new startup we ran across recently, which is looking to provide a more professional social networking site for younger people. Gregg Champion: OneCubicle.com is a social business network for people on their first, second, and third jobs.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

Irvine-based Quub , which is developing status-update and presence software--that integrates with the Twitter micro-blogging service and other social networking web sites like Facebook--said last week that it has made a couple of upgrades for the firm's Android client. The firm also has an iPhone app.

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni, an online genealogy and social networking site, upgraded the firm's services last night, adding new statistics features and gift accounts. Geni allows users to create online, Web 2.0-style style family trees, along with other social tools. READ MORE>>.

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