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Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- AppSec California 2019. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Los Angeles Chapter has teamed up with the Orange County, Inland Empire, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco Bay Area Chapters to bring you another great AppSec California. Join us and your peers for amazing talks and networking on January 22-25, 2019! See [link] (more MORE
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- CTO Mixer Cruise: Brian Sletten will speak about Web Assembly. CTO Mixer Cruise: Brian Sletten will speak about Web Assembly. See [link] (more MORE
A new, Los Angeles-based startup, a href="[link] , has launched its first product, a "smart" baby monitor which it says captures and analyzes a baby's breathing and sleeping patterns, the temperature and humidity levels in a baby's environment, as well as other data. Miku--which launched its product at CES 2019--says its sensors connects with smartphones "from anywhere in the world" and sends alerts to parents using AI and machine learning technology, using both optical and wireless sensing. MORE
Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance and El Segundo-based devuce security software developer CUJO AI are in a partnership aimed at the connected home, the two said today. According to Cylance, the two are in a strategic alliance, aimed at network operators, which will combine the AI endpoint and network security products from the two companies, to offer up "end-to-end" protection for all connected devices in a home. MORE
Brud , the company behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela , is now worth at least $125 million thanks to a new round of financing the company is currently closing. MORE
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- CTO Mixer Cruise: Brian Sletten will speak about Web Assembly. On Tuesday, January 22nd @ 6pm, CTO Mixers will set sail with Brian Sletten who will be giving a presentation on Web Assembly, preceded by a brief talk by Joe Devon called Accessibility IS Innovation. See [link] (more MORE
Wiliot , an Israel- and San Diego-based RFID technology developer, has received $30M more in a funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding, a Series B, came from Amazon Web Services, Samsung Venture Investment Corp., and Avery Dennison Corp. Wiliot is developing disposable, RFID tags which do not require batteries, and are aimed at use in the tracking of consumer products during the manufacturing process. The company's tags are aimed at use in such products as clothing. MORE
Los Angeles-based virtual hosting and virtual private network (VPN) provider BitLaunch says it is looking to cater to users looking to maintain fully anonymous, VPS hosting accounts, by accepting Bitcoin and ten other cryptocurrencies for its service. The company said this morning that its service will provide "full anonymity" for its customers, and also enable people in other countries access to such cloud services as Digital Ocean, Vultr, or Linode. MORE
You’re building a company from your vision and a passion, and lots of people are going to tell you that you have this or that wrong, and that it just won’t work. Business plans rarely survive market contact. MORE
Los Angeles-based IDrive Online Backup , which provides cloud backup and storage services, has launched a new, remote help desk service, which it is offering up to MSPs and IT specialists. According to IDrive its new remote access solution, RemotePC HelpDesk, provides on-demate remote support, letting IT administrators manage and monitor all service requests and manage their technicians from a single dashboard. According to IDrive, the cost of the new product starts at $49.50 MORE
San Diego-based Qualcomm has put its backing behind a startup, ClearMotion , which is developing computer-controlled automotive chassis technology, which replaces shock absorbers with active components to dampen movement while you are driving. According to Boston-based ClearMotion, it raised $115M in a Series D funding, which was led by Franklin Templeton Investments, as well as clients of J.P. MORE
Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry. Financial details of the two acquisition were not announced, although the company said the financial impact of those acquisition is not expected to be material to the publicly held company. MORE
Hollywood-headquartered sales intelligence software outfit Nfusz Inc. announced Jan. 11 it entered a strategic partnership with Instapage Inc., based in San Francisco, to bring Nfusz’s interactive video MORE
San Diego- and Redwood City-based GoFundMe , which allows users to create crowdfunding campaigns for pretty much any cause, has shut down a huge effort that had raised $20M to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border. According to GoFundMe, the campaign, started by motivational speaker and veteran Brian Kolfage, came because the campaign changed the beneficiary of the campaign from the federal government, to a new nonprofit led by Kolfage, which is against the company's rules. MORE
Los Angeles-based videogame maker Riot Games has updated its company values , in the wake of a number of lawsuits over discrimination and sexual harassment. The company--which had been accused of fostering a sexist culture at the company--apparently is hoping to transform the culture at the company. READ MORE>>. riot games sexual harassment lawsuit legal videogame content hollywood employment MORE
San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewables North America says it has brought a new, 80 megawatt wind project in New York online. According to EDF Renewables, the 80 MW Copenhagen Wind Project is now fully operational and delivering electricity, through a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with the Narragansett Electric Company. The project includes 40 wind turbines, manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems A/S. MORE
Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the videogame accessory maker which is part of Kingston Technology, has launched a new ad campaign, which taps the celebrity power of Post Malone, Gordon Hayward, Joel Embiid, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Pokimane, Shroud, Daigo, De'Aaron Fox and Rush. The company--which has had celebrity endorsement deals with all of those celebrity influencers--said its new "We're All Gamers" ad campaign is part of its presenting sponsorship of NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC. MORE
Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software tools that helps multi-location brands manage the customer experience of mobile consumers, says it is making it easier for its customers to build landing pages for their locations. According to MomentFeed, it has added new a new "Location Finder Templates and Widgets" product, which provides location brands and digital agencies with SEO-ready landing pages for their local locations. Pricing on the new product were not announced. MORE
Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental startup Bird has backed off on legal threats against a local, LA journalist, Cory Doctorow, after widespread outroar over what was perceived as a censorship threat , saying that the company's legal team "overreached" in issuing a takedown letter. MORE
San Diego-based Cirius Therapeutics , a venture-backed biotech startup developing treatments for liver disease, has filed for an IPO, saying it is looking to raise up to $86.25M in funding on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as CSTX. The company's IPO is being underwritten by Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Needham & Company, and Wedbush PacGrow. The startup--led by Robert Baltura, Jr.--is is venture backed by Frazier Life Sciences, Novo Holdings A/S, Adams Street Partners, and the William D. MORE
Thursday, January 17, 2019 -- CES 2019 at UCLA Anderson. Technology has become an integral part of our lives, changing our lives and work, the opportunities for new ventures and established enterprises, and more broadly society. Technology based disruptions are affecting almost every sector today including transportation, healthcare, financial services and retail. They are also affecting industry structure, organizational capabilities and the future of work for humans and machines/robots. MORE
Los Angeles-based human resources (HR) technology developer CareerArc --part of an ever growing number of Los Angeles area enterprise software companies--said this morning that it has raised $30M in a growth equity funding. According to CareerArc, the new round was led by PeakEquity Partners. CareerArc says its developing HR software that specifically address two parts of the hiring software market--hiring new talent and transitioning employees out of the organization. MORE
Southern California raised $2.96 billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion in deals, followed by $0.77 billion in San Diego and $0.42 billion in Orange County. The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County. MORE
The partial government shutdown could soon become the longest shutdown in history, and biotech firms that have submitted regulatory filings are facing greater uncertainty about their future plans. MORE
Santa Ana-based Iteris , which develops data analytics software used for the transportation and agriculture industries, has entered into a strategic partnership with Cisco , the two announced this morning. The companies said that Iteris will promote Cisco's "Connected Roadway" products, aimed at the pedestrian safety and connected vehicle applications. Financial details of that strategic relationship were not announced. MORE
A Lake Forest-based voice-over-IP (VoIP) services provider VOIPo , leaked millions of SMS messages and texts, call logs, and more, according to an Internet security researcher, covering at least 4 years of data. The security researchers said they discovered that VOIPo had left an improperly secured ElasticSearch database open to the world, letting anyone gain access to VOIP call logs, SMS/MMS message logs, and plaintext internal system credentials. MORE
Santa Monica-based Bird , and LA online publication BoingBoing , as well as BoingBoing journalist Cory Doctorow, are in the midst of a legal spat, after Bird threatened BoingBoing with legal action for describing how people are scavenging abandoned Bird scooters and turning them into their own, personal scooters using a $30 kit from China. BoingBoing did not describe how to modify and disable Bird's software and scooter, only reporting on the existence of such kits. MORE
Camarillo-based CSU Channel Islands is boosting its efforts to reach out to the local business community, saying it has named a new director of its Entrepreneurship & Small Business Institute (ESBI) , part of the school's Martin V. Smith (MVS) School of Business & Economics. According to CSUCI, Assistant Professor of Management, Cynthia Sherman, Ph.D., will head the institute, which is designed to help launch student entrepreneurs. MORE
San Diego- and Redwood City-based GoFundMe , which allows users to create crowdfunding campaigns for pretty much any cause, is giving users the options of backing out of a huge effort that had raised $20M to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border. According to GoFundMe, the change to the campaign, started by motivational speaker and veteran Brian Kolfage, is because the campaign changed the beneficiary of the campaign from the federal government, to a new nonprofit led by Kolfag. MORE
Los Angeles-based cloud hosting service DreamHost is one of the popular web hosting companies, caught up in the latest report of a widespread cybersecurity hole, which researcher say allowed hackers to easily access and take over accounts. The security issues--which were reported and fixed by DreamHost and others before the vulnerability was published--revolve around a hacking technique called "cross-site scripting". MORE
Approximately 10 percent of Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s s estimated 6,000 employees will be laid off MORE
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 14, 2019
Brud , the company behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela , is now worth at least $125 million thanks to a new round of financing the company is currently closing.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 16, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- CTO Mixer Cruise: Brian Sletten will speak about Web Assembly. On Tuesday, January 22nd @ 6pm, CTO Mixers will set sail with Brian Sletten who will be giving a presentation on Web Assembly, preceded by a brief talk by Joe Devon called Accessibility IS Innovation. See [link] (more
Berkonomics
JANUARY 10, 2019
You’re building a company from your vision and a passion, and lots of people are going to tell you that you have this or that wrong, and that it just won’t work. Business plans rarely survive market contact.
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 11, 2019
Hollywood-headquartered sales intelligence software outfit Nfusz Inc. announced Jan. 11 it entered a strategic partnership with Instapage Inc., based in San Francisco, to bring Nfusz’s interactive video
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the videogame accessory maker which is part of Kingston Technology, has launched a new ad campaign, which taps the celebrity power of Post Malone, Gordon Hayward, Joel Embiid, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Pokimane, Shroud, Daigo, De'Aaron Fox and Rush. The company--which has had celebrity endorsement deals with all of those celebrity influencers--said its new "We're All Gamers" ad campaign is part of its presenting sponsorship of NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC.
Xconomy
JANUARY 10, 2019
The partial government shutdown could soon become the longest shutdown in history, and biotech firms that have submitted regulatory filings are facing greater uncertainty about their future plans.
Southern California Tech Central brings together the best content for technical professionals in Southern California from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
Santa Ana-based Iteris , which develops data analytics software used for the transportation and agriculture industries, has entered into a strategic partnership with Cisco , the two announced this morning. The companies said that Iteris will promote Cisco's "Connected Roadway" products, aimed at the pedestrian safety and connected vehicle applications. Financial details of that strategic relationship were not announced.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
Wiliot , an Israel- and San Diego-based RFID technology developer, has received $30M more in a funding round, the company said on Monday. The funding, a Series B, came from Amazon Web Services, Samsung Venture Investment Corp., and Avery Dennison Corp. Wiliot is developing disposable, RFID tags which do not require batteries, and are aimed at use in the tracking of consumer products during the manufacturing process. The company's tags are aimed at use in such products as clothing.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
Los Angeles-based human resources (HR) technology developer CareerArc --part of an ever growing number of Los Angeles area enterprise software companies--said this morning that it has raised $30M in a growth equity funding. According to CareerArc, the new round was led by PeakEquity Partners. CareerArc says its developing HR software that specifically address two parts of the hiring software market--hiring new talent and transitioning employees out of the organization.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter rental startup Bird has backed off on legal threats against a local, LA journalist, Cory Doctorow, after widespread outroar over what was perceived as a censorship threat , saying that the company's legal team "overreached" in issuing a takedown letter.
socalTECH
JANUARY 11, 2019
Southern California raised $2.96 billion in venture capital in Q4 of 2018, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource , released on Friday. According to the report, Los Angeles garnered the lion's share of the local funding, with $1.77 billion in deals, followed by $0.77 billion in San Diego and $0.42 billion in Orange County. The region had a total of 124 deals logged by Dow Jones VentureSource, split between 75 in Los Angeles, 29 in San Diego, and 20 in Orange County.
socalTECH
JANUARY 9, 2019
Camarillo-based CSU Channel Islands is boosting its efforts to reach out to the local business community, saying it has named a new director of its Entrepreneurship & Small Business Institute (ESBI) , part of the school's Martin V. Smith (MVS) School of Business & Economics. According to CSUCI, Assistant Professor of Management, Cynthia Sherman, Ph.D., will head the institute, which is designed to help launch student entrepreneurs.
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
A Lake Forest-based voice-over-IP (VoIP) services provider VOIPo , leaked millions of SMS messages and texts, call logs, and more, according to an Internet security researcher, covering at least 4 years of data. The security researchers said they discovered that VOIPo had left an improperly secured ElasticSearch database open to the world, letting anyone gain access to VOIP call logs, SMS/MMS message logs, and plaintext internal system credentials.
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
Los Angeles-based cloud hosting service DreamHost is one of the popular web hosting companies, caught up in the latest report of a widespread cybersecurity hole, which researcher say allowed hackers to easily access and take over accounts. The security issues--which were reported and fixed by DreamHost and others before the vulnerability was published--revolve around a hacking technique called "cross-site scripting".
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software tools that helps multi-location brands manage the customer experience of mobile consumers, says it is making it easier for its customers to build landing pages for their locations. According to MomentFeed, it has added new a new "Location Finder Templates and Widgets" product, which provides location brands and digital agencies with SEO-ready landing pages for their local locations. Pricing on the new product were not announced.
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewables North America says it has brought a new, 80 megawatt wind project in New York online. According to EDF Renewables, the 80 MW Copenhagen Wind Project is now fully operational and delivering electricity, through a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with the Narragansett Electric Company. The project includes 40 wind turbines, manufactured by Vestas Wind Systems A/S.
socalTECH
JANUARY 15, 2019
Los Angeles-based videogame maker Riot Games has updated its company values , in the wake of a number of lawsuits over discrimination and sexual harassment. The company--which had been accused of fostering a sexist culture at the company--apparently is hoping to transform the culture at the company. READ MORE>>. riot games sexual harassment lawsuit legal videogame content hollywood employment
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 16, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- CTO Mixer Cruise: Brian Sletten will speak about Web Assembly. CTO Mixer Cruise: Brian Sletten will speak about Web Assembly. See [link] (more
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 16, 2019
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 -- AppSec California 2019. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Los Angeles Chapter has teamed up with the Orange County, Inland Empire, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and San Francisco Bay Area Chapters to bring you another great AppSec California. Join us and your peers for amazing talks and networking on January 22-25, 2019! See [link] (more
socalTECH
JANUARY 11, 2019
San Diego-based Qualcomm has put its backing behind a startup, ClearMotion , which is developing computer-controlled automotive chassis technology, which replaces shock absorbers with active components to dampen movement while you are driving. According to Boston-based ClearMotion, it raised $115M in a Series D funding, which was led by Franklin Templeton Investments, as well as clients of J.P.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
San Diego- and Redwood City-based GoFundMe , which allows users to create crowdfunding campaigns for pretty much any cause, has shut down a huge effort that had raised $20M to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border. According to GoFundMe, the campaign, started by motivational speaker and veteran Brian Kolfage, came because the campaign changed the beneficiary of the campaign from the federal government, to a new nonprofit led by Kolfage, which is against the company's rules.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
Los Angeles-based virtual hosting and virtual private network (VPN) provider BitLaunch says it is looking to cater to users looking to maintain fully anonymous, VPS hosting accounts, by accepting Bitcoin and ten other cryptocurrencies for its service. The company said this morning that its service will provide "full anonymity" for its customers, and also enable people in other countries access to such cloud services as Digital Ocean, Vultr, or Linode.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
Los Angeles-based IDrive Online Backup , which provides cloud backup and storage services, has launched a new, remote help desk service, which it is offering up to MSPs and IT specialists. According to IDrive its new remote access solution, RemotePC HelpDesk, provides on-demate remote support, letting IT administrators manage and monitor all service requests and manage their technicians from a single dashboard. According to IDrive, the cost of the new product starts at $49.50
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
Santa Monica-based Bird , and LA online publication BoingBoing , as well as BoingBoing journalist Cory Doctorow, are in the midst of a legal spat, after Bird threatened BoingBoing with legal action for describing how people are scavenging abandoned Bird scooters and turning them into their own, personal scooters using a $30 kit from China. BoingBoing did not describe how to modify and disable Bird's software and scooter, only reporting on the existence of such kits.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
San Diego-based Cirius Therapeutics , a venture-backed biotech startup developing treatments for liver disease, has filed for an IPO, saying it is looking to raise up to $86.25M in funding on the Nasdaq Global Select Market as CSTX. The company's IPO is being underwritten by Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Needham & Company, and Wedbush PacGrow. The startup--led by Robert Baltura, Jr.--is is venture backed by Frazier Life Sciences, Novo Holdings A/S, Adams Street Partners, and the William D.
socalTECH
JANUARY 9, 2019
Irvine-based cybersecurity software developer Cylance and El Segundo-based devuce security software developer CUJO AI are in a partnership aimed at the connected home, the two said today. According to Cylance, the two are in a strategic alliance, aimed at network operators, which will combine the AI endpoint and network security products from the two companies, to offer up "end-to-end" protection for all connected devices in a home.
socalTECH
JANUARY 9, 2019
A new, Los Angeles-based startup, a href="[link] , has launched its first product, a "smart" baby monitor which it says captures and analyzes a baby's breathing and sleeping patterns, the temperature and humidity levels in a baby's environment, as well as other data. Miku--which launched its product at CES 2019--says its sensors connects with smartphones "from anywhere in the world" and sends alerts to parents using AI and machine learning technology, using both optical and wireless sensing.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 15, 2019
Thursday, January 17, 2019 -- CES 2019 at UCLA Anderson. Technology has become an integral part of our lives, changing our lives and work, the opportunities for new ventures and established enterprises, and more broadly society. Technology based disruptions are affecting almost every sector today including transportation, healthcare, financial services and retail. They are also affecting industry structure, organizational capabilities and the future of work for humans and machines/robots.
socalTECH
JANUARY 14, 2019
San Diego- and Redwood City-based GoFundMe , which allows users to create crowdfunding campaigns for pretty much any cause, is giving users the options of backing out of a huge effort that had raised $20M to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico Mexico border. According to GoFundMe, the change to the campaign, started by motivational speaker and veteran Brian Kolfage, is because the campaign changed the beneficiary of the campaign from the federal government, to a new nonprofit led by Kolfag.
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 11, 2019
Approximately 10 percent of Hawthorne-based Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s s estimated 6,000 employees will be laid off
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