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JANUARY 10, 2013

Online e-commerce giant Amazon.com just announced a new service this morning, which looks to be one of the biggest moves the company has made in digital music recently: it is now automatically providing MP3 format tracks for CDs sold on its site, including every single CD a user has purchased since 1998. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Burbank-based Deluxe , the provider of post-production, distribution, asset management, and related services to Hollywood, said today that it has acquired B2B, cloud software provider mediapeers. Mediapeers was based in Berlin, and had been founded in 2007. Financial details of the buy were not disclosed.

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JULY 3, 2014

Griggs had been CFO of j2 Global since 2007 , when she took over from Turicchi. j2 Global owns a wide range of electronic fax, email, cloud services, online backup, email marketing, and other services, in addition to owning publisher Ziff Davis. Turicchi has previously served as CFO of j2 Global. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 13, 2013

The provider of business-to-business due diligence and background check services said the growth came from the securities industry, financial services, and factoring institutions. Vcheck Global is headed by Michael Adams; its chairman is Shai Stern, who founded Vintage Filings, which he sold to PR Newswire back in 2007.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based software-as-a-service developer Cornerstone OnDemand said this morning that it has added former Eloqua CEO Joe Payne to its board of directors. Cornerstone OnDemand is a developer of software-as-a-service tools for enterprise, human resources and human capital management. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based CheckAlt , the provider of remote deposit capture and e-check services, mobile payment, and other related services, has added three credit unions as customers, the company said this week. Stern founded Vintage Filings, which he sold to PRNewswire in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

Los Angeles-based Pluto TV , the Internet television service startup backed by USVP, Sky, United Talent Agency, Terry Semel, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Chicago Ventures, Luminari Capital, said Wednesday that it has named Ken Parks as Executive Chairman. Parks had been at Spotify since 2007. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2012

is a provider of domain registration, monetization, and aftermarket services based in Luxembourg. Oversee.net had acquired Moniker in January of 2008, and SnapNames in June of 2007. According to Oversee, the sale helps it to focus on its core monetization and vertical markets division. KeyDrive S.A. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Hulu said it now has hundreds of titles in its kids section, which is available only on Hulu Plus, the company''s premium subscription service. The new kids'' content includes the opening theme of the very first episode of Sesame Street , plus 60 full episodes from starting from Season 38 (2007). READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Slacker , the online music and Internet radio streaming services based in San Diego, has long suffered from being the Rodney Dangerfield of online music streaming. The makeover is the first major redesign of the site's logo since its launch back in 2007. View Slacker's video about its service in our video section.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Ziff Davis said that LogicBuy.com had over 10 million visitors in 2010, and provides deals and coupons on technology products and services. LogicBuy was founded in 2007 by Thai Than. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

San Diego-based micro messaging service StockTwits , which allows fans of the financial markets to exchange stock tips, interact with others, discuss companies, and more, said this week that it has updated its iPhone app. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Calabasas-based online travelbooking site CheapAir.com , in what looks to be the first by a travel company, wil let its customers pay on installment for an air flight, through a partnership with financial services technology provider Affirm. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2009

Irvine-based startup YouMail has just gotten a new competitor: search engine giant Google, which launched a significantly comparable service to YouMail's voice mail services. All of those features are key features of YouMail's service.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

TechForward was venture backed by New Enterprise Associates and First Round Capital, and had initially launched its services in 2007. TechForward sued Best Buy in February of 2011 , over Best Buy's creation of a near clone of TechForward's business.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Krillion's site offers up a product search service which show prices and availability of products in local stores based on a user's location. Local.com's new patent was filed in April of 2007; inventors named on the patent are Roger B. Spreen, Michael S. Robertson, Michael J. Van Riper, and James J.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

Westlake Village-based Intuit Financial Services , the arm of personal finance software maker Intuit, said Tuesday that it has published a survey showing that about one third of Americans are now using online banking software using online products, up from 27 percent a year ago.

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JULY 26, 2012

Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , which provides outsourced engineering and test services, reported this morning that it has named a new Chief Financial Officer. The firm said it has named Michael El-Hillow to the position, reporting to President and CEO William C.

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MAY 10, 2012

San Diego-based MP3tunes , the online music locker service started by Michael Robertson, has filed for bankruptcy, according to documents posted to the web by an ex-employee. EMI sued MP3tunes in 2007, accusing the firm of violating its copyright. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and information service, said today that it has had the best ever number in May for traffic and ticket sales, for the company's entire 12-year history. Fandango is owned by Comcast, which acquired the movie site back in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

San Diego-based Networkfleet , a developer of wireless fleet management services, said today that it has promoted Keith Schneider to CEO of the firm. Schneider has been President of the firm since April of 2007. The firm said that Schneider will be both be President and CEO of the company.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Gores had acquired Vincotech in December 2007, from Tyco Electronics. The company said the sale does not include Vincotech's Shenzhen, China-based electronic manufacturing services business. Vincotech is a developer, manufacturer, and distributor of power modules used in inverters, as part of industrial and solar power systems.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

The service is similar to micro-messaging site Twitter, except filtered and centered around publicly traded stocks. Lindzon is known both for his angel investing activities, as well as for founding Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS in 2007. StockTwits site allows users to interact with real-time messages around certain stocks.

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MAY 11, 2010

Songin has been at RealD since 2007. Songin will be based in Europe, and oversee sales, customer service, and Cinema operations for the firm there. Mayson has been at RealD since 2008, and previously served at Kodak. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

Santa Barbara-based 15desks , a developer of software-as-a-service for educators, said this morning that the firm has launched a new product for course management. The firm said it is privately funded, and first launched in 2007 at the University of Santa Barbara.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The firm--formerly known as Mail.com Media Corporation--said it is selling off its Mail.com email service to United Internet Group , based in Germany. Mail.com was re-launched by Penske back in May of 2007, but since late 2008 has been buying up Internet publishing and content sites. Financial terms of the sale was not announced.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. According to Geni's Facebook page, the firm has been working on connecting the two services since November of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

After that, I had the opportunity to move to Australia in 2007, and joined a venture capital firm called Starfish Ventures. In 2007, the cleantech excitement was in full swing. Back when I was doing energy investing in 2007, there were only 7 gigawatts of solar power world wide. You then caught things like Web 2.0,

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

A source close to the firm said that the service was being completely shut down today, including the servers, videos, polls, and more. The service's web site now goes directly to the MySpace home page. Flektor had been acquired by Fox Interactive Media in May of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

Torrance-based LiveOffice , a provider of hosted email archiving and related services, reported today that the privately held firm had "record-setting" revenues in Q2. No actual financials were disclosed by the company, however, the firm said it now has over 9,000 clients using its services.

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JANUARY 19, 2009

"One things worth pointing out is that more dollars in Q4, nationally, as well in LA, went into second and later stage deals, than early stage deals, " said Mike Schoenfeld, part of Ernst & Young's Global Venture Capital Advisory Group, commenting on the results in an interview with socalTECH. billion, down 8 percent from 2007, when $31.4

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Zag , the online car buying software firm headed by former CarsDirect CEO Scott Painter, has scored an investment from financial services firm USAA , USAA disclosed Thursday. According to USAA, it is taking an equity position in Zag, which is also providing the firm with its car buying services. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

which was filed in 2007. The firm later launched Compatible Partners , a same-sex matching service, in March of 2009, on pressure from the State of New Jersey. According to eHarmony, it is in an agreement to settle Carlson, et. eHarmony, Inc.,

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MARCH 11, 2009

Greystripe's services insert in-game ads into mobile games, and the firm also operates the GameJump.com mobile games portal site. Steamboat was the lead on Greystripe's 2007 Series B funding; managing director Dan Beldy sits on Greystripe's board. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2009

Greystripe's services insert in-game ads into mobile games, and the firm also operates the GameJump.com mobile games portal site. Steamboat was the lead on Greystripe's 2007 Series B funding; managing director Dan Beldy sits on Greystripe's board. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a provider of Internet video codecs and related software and services, is a potential beneficiary of an Internet IPO, that of Provo, Utah-based Ancestry.com. Sorenson Media invested alongside private equity firm Summit Partners in a 2007 recap, along with a few other minority investors. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

According to the firm, its service allows users to send turn-by-turn directions to addresses to users of iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia N-Series, and Dash in-car navigation devices. ZOS is backed by around $1M in Series A funding, and was founded in 2007. The application allows friends to send directions to other people via a cell phone.

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