Aspiring LA Web Developer's Dream To Go To Coding Camp, Pay It Forward
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APRIL 22, 2014
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lynda.com Targets Web Development Skills With New Courses
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APRIL 28, 2014
Carpinteria-based online education provider lynda.com said late Friday that it is expanding out its library of courses, with a new set of programming courses aimed at accelerating web development.
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Hackathon Targets Orange County Web Developers
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JANUARY 23, 2013
In one of the newest "hackathons" to hit Southern California, a group of companies are looking to draw Orange County software developers to a new hackathon, geared around WebRTC, the open "Web Real Time Communications" framework aimed at helping developers create voice and video chat applications.
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StockTwits Ties With Investor Relations Web Developer
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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.
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Sponsor Post: Southern California technology firms are hiring!
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OCTOBER 29, 2010
Check out some of the recent positions posted to socalTECH's Job Board in recent days: Senior PHP Developer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Web Application Developer , Irvine, GrowMetrix. Web Developer , Calabasas, lynda.com, Inc. Web UX Designer , Carpinteria, lynda.com, inc. Send them our way!
SPONSOR POST: Southern California Technology Firms Are Hiring
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FEBRUARY 4, 2011
socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect. Recent job postings on the site: LAMP/Perl Developers , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Vice President, Business Development , Los Angeles, Boingo Wireless. Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp.
Lifeyo Aquired By SpotOn
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JANUARY 22, 2019
Los Angeles-based Lifeyo , a developer of website development software aimed at small and medium-sized merchants, has been acquired by San Francisco-based SpotOn , SpotOn announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not announced.
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SPONSOR POST: Find jobs at socalTECH.com
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JANUARY 24, 2011
Senior Web Developer , Malibu Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. socalTECH is the best location for finding high tech savvy executives, marketers, engineers, and others. Technical Project Manager , Malibu, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. Software Engineer , West LA, Shopzilla. per month monthly membership.
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Bridgepoint Education Buys Fullstack Academy For $50.75M
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MARCH 13, 2019
Fullstack Academy operates a web development coding bootcamp, which focuses on cybersecurity training. Bridgepoint says Fullstack Academy has over 2500 graduates of its full-time, 13-week programs and part-time 24-week cyberseurity and web development programs. in cash and up to 4.75 million shares of its common stock.
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Lifeyo Acquired By SpotOn
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JANUARY 22, 2019
Los Angeles-based Lifeyo , a developer of website development software aimed at small and medium-sized merchants, has been acquired by San Francisco-based SpotOn , SpotOn announced this morning. Financial details of the buy were not announced.
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Lightpost Digital Lands New Funding For Online Marketing Services
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MARCH 22, 2017
The company focuses on website development, SEO, Facebook ads, and review monitoring. San Diego-based Lightpost Digital , a digital agency which provides online marketing services to local businesses, has raised a round of funding, the company disclosed this week. The funding came from Canal Partners and DWP Investments.
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BetterWorks Recruiting Effort: A LEGO Contest?
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APRIL 23, 2012
How do you find the best and brightest engineers and web developers? Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the developer of software and services to help companies manage their fringe benefits for employees, has an interesting one: have those software developers compete to build the best, LEGO. READ MORE>>.
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Fairway Technologies Buys IT Strategists
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MARCH 26, 2019
IT Strategists was founded by Frank Bell, and had focused on data warehousing, big data development, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and web development. Brett Humphrey is CEO of Fairway Technologies, which also has offices in San Diego and Orange County, as well as Austin, Texas. READ MORE>>.
Vision Internet Gets Private Equity Investment
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SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
Vision Internet provides government website development, and says it has nearly 600 government, non-profit and education clients. vision internet private equity government venture capital services development executive velocify' READ MORE>>.
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Grindr Seeks Sale, Says Report
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MAY 11, 2015
Los Angeles-based gay dating app and website developer Grindr is looking for a buyer, according to Bloomberg. Bloomberg said that Grindr has hired investment banker Raine Group to advise the company on a sale. Grindr was founded by Joel Simkhai. READ MORE>>.
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Disney Launches High School Computer Science Program For Girls
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JUNE 23, 2016
According to Disney, the girls will receive more than 300 hours of computer science curriculum, ranging from web development and design to robotics and mobile development. Disney said the program which will combine seven weeks of computer coding, with field trips to parts of The Walt Disney Company.
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General Assembly Raises $35M In Funding Round
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MARCH 7, 2014
General Assembly , which conducts classes on web development, Photoshop, Javascript, digital marketing, and all kinds of other topics through its location in Los Angeles, has just scored a $35M funding round, a Series C for the company.
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183 DivShot Acquired By Google
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OCTOBER 13, 2015
Los Angeles-based Divshot , which had offered up hosting of static web pages for web developers, has been acquired by Google , and will join Gogole's Firebase software development team. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.
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Autobytel Launches Mobile Site
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JUNE 19, 2012
Irvine-based Autobytel is enhancing its mobile website for users, the firm said today, including adding a title sponsorship from auto maker Subaru. Autobytel said it has created a new mobile website "developed from the ground up" to access the firm's automotive information, find local dealers, and more.
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NetDNA Connects CDN To Web Apps, Services
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NOVEMBER 19, 2012
Los Angeles-based content delivery network (CDN) provider NetDNA is making it easier for web application developers to use its CDN services, saying Monday that it has launched a new service to embed web acceleration capabilities into their web services and applications.
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Ziptask Takes On Project Outsourcing
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APRIL 18, 2013
The startup--led by Shawn Livermore--said its experts are aiming at helping oversee projects in the ares of IT, application and web development, e-commerce and design, and other areas. READ MORE>>. ziptask project outsourcing freelancer freelance'
Tealium Taps Startup Vet Lunsford As New CEO
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NOVEMBER 26, 2012
San Diego-based software developer Tealium , which develops software used to manage Internet "tags" for web developers, said today that it has named Jeff Lunsford as its new CEO. Lunsford, who was already on the company's board, was previously President, CEO, and Chairman of Limelight Networks.
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SweetLabs Dangles $50K To Developers
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
San Diego-based SweetLabs , the startup formerly known as OpenCandy, said today that it has launched a $50,000 contest which will reward web developers for creating desktop applications for its Pokki desktop app environment.
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Divshot Raises $1.1M For Visual Web App Software
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MARCH 18, 2013
The firm, headed by Michael Bleigh, currently offers up it web-based application builder under a free, open beta; the company said it plans to launch as a paid service later this year. The company said its software is based on the open source Bootstrap framework which was developed by Twitter. READ MORE>>.
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MyLife Snags Siegel As Chief Product Officer
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JULY 22, 2009
Siegel was most recently at Pictage, and also served as VP of Web Development for Rent.com, in addition to serving earlier as VP of Web Development at Stamps.com. Los Angeles-based people search engine MyLife.com has snagged technologist Ian Siegel as the firm's new Chief Product Officer, the firm said today.
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HipGeo Launches API
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NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Fullerton-based HipGeo , the developer of location-aware website applications backed by Morado Venture Partners, eHarmony's Galen Buckwalter, and angel Robert Bingham, said today that it has released its new public Application Programming Interface (API).
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154 The Mobile Majority Acquires Brazilian Company
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JANUARY 16, 2015
Santa Monica-based The Mobile Majority --which recently zoomed past $50M in revenues--has acquired a Brazilian web development company called Elastic , according to the company. The Mobile Majority said the deal is valued between $3 million to $7 million.
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100 Pokki Takes App Model To The Desktop
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JUNE 28, 2011
The firm said today that it has launched a beta of Pokki , a platform which lets web developers create desktop apps, using languages such as HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. San Diego-based SweetLabs , the firm formerly known as OpenCandy, is taking on the mobile app model, and applying it to the desktop.
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157 Napster Rolls Out API
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JANUARY 6, 2010
Los Angeles-based music service Napster , which is now owned by Best Buy, announced today that it has released a new application programming interface, targeted at consumer electronics and web developers. According to Napster, the new API allows those developers to integrate content from Napster into their own web sites or products.
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Lynda.com Inks Massive, $103M Funding Round
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JANUARY 16, 2013
Robison reports that the company now has over 400 employees, spread across seven building in a Carpinteria campus, in addition to a web development branch in Calabasas, and sales offices in the UK and Australia.
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178 Reflections on 2020: Brian Mac Mahon, Expert Dojo
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DECEMBER 30, 2020
Their patented 12 step accelerator is unlike any other program available and gives direct access to specialists in branding, design, business planning, product fit, strategic planning, web development, growth hacking and so much more. In 2018 & 2019 Expert DOJO made 42 investments. They made 45 more investments in 2020.
maniaTV Makes A Slew Of New Hires
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DECEMBER 15, 2008
According to the firm, it has hired on Daniel Paul as VP of Business Develompent, Michael Klein as VP of Sales, Chris Sniffen as National Sales Director, Steven Przybylowski as Director of Content Operations, Andrea Chu as Director of Content Distrbution, and Ron Lucero as Director of Software and Website Development.
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Stickam.com Rolls Out API
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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.
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100 Insights and Opinions: Developers Are Tough To Find Again
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MAY 20, 2010
Our Insights and Opinions article today is from Tony Karrer , CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, who gives some hints, tips, and observations about the increasing difficulty of finding technical talent in Los Angeles.
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133 FreedomSpeaks.com Targets Developers With API
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
The firm--which is currently trying to raise its first round of funding from investors--is providing a REST API which allows any web developer to retrieve information about which Senators, Representatives, and other politicians represent a specific area, and also pulls other information about those elected officials.
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Southern California Technology Jobs Surge
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MAY 18, 2010
"It's been tough to shake people loose from companies," Stuart Macfarlane , CEO of El Segundo-based iChange , explains, saying that the firm is actively looking to hire two to three web developers.
How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin
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NOVEMBER 13, 2012
Jim Franklin: Web developers are good at building web applications. However, every web application needs and email component. It starts when you register for a web application, the app send you a confirmation email, which is transactional email.
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157 What Lynda.com Plans With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison
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JANUARY 22, 2013
We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development. We've also got a facility in Calabasas which we're just finishing renovating. We also have sales offices in the UK and in Australia. How many employees do you have now at the company?
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164 What Lynda.com Plans To With Its $103M Funding, with Eric Robison
socalTECH
JANUARY 22, 2013
We already had a presence there, and are moving into a standalone building in Calabasas focused on web development. We've also got a facility in Calabasas which we're just finishing renovating. We also have sales offices in the UK and in Australia. How many employees do you have now at the company?
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164 Interview with Bruce Huang, UCLA Silicon Beach Innovation Lab
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SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
For example, we have people currently working in video and film production, who want to get into coding, who want to become a web developer, and who want to become cybersecurity professionals. They're seeking a career change.
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159 The Guts, The Glory, and The (Virtual) Gold of Bragstr, with Jon Knarreborg
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OCTOBER 18, 2012
Jon Knarreborg: I had run a few websites, including GirlGamer.com, and I did lots of partnerships on that site. My experience is in web development, as well as online branding and marketing, and there's a good match between the two of us. My partner, Eric Swanson, was running the marketing department for his father's company.
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237 Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction
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OCTOBER 5, 2011
We'd like to put money into marketing and web development, so we can create a more robust solution, and get it out in front of people. Even though our solution has so far been used by over 1100 people, and we have three paying provider agencies who are verified and generating revenues, we haven't done any marketing. READ MORE>>.
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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink
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MARCH 26, 2009
Eric Hovanec: Web developers, operations folks, and we have openings in sales and account management. We're expanding our distribution network, adding tools and services for our suppliers, and beefing up operations. We're looking across a number of positions.
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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage
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FEBRUARY 1, 2011
At that time, monetizing by advertising didn't exist, and web developers were having to hand roll those experiences. But, our vision was the Internet was going to look more like TV, and less like print and graphics, and that tools were required to create time driven, multimedia video experiences.
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