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OCTOBER 24, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008 -- OMMA Mobile. OMMA Mobile will focus on ROI and results, especially in the entertainment and media business. Televison, film, magazines and music industries all launched major mobile initiatives this year and tweaked some older models. Are users picking up the call? See [link] (more).

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Mobile Entertainment Demand Media 100

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Los Angeles-based NewTV , a brand new mobile media startup being incubated by Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo , announced on Wednesday that it has named Meg Whitman as its CEO. According to WndrCo, NewTV is working to "bring the highest quality Hollywood production values and storytelling to mobile, in bite-sized formats of 10 minutes or less."

Incubator 113

Incubator Hollywood Los Angeles Mobile 113

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JUNE 22, 2009

Santa Monica-based Geodelic announced today that the firm is shipping a new application for local discovery, along with T-Mobile USA. According to the venture backed firm, the new software for T-Mobile's myTouch 3G, learns a user's favorite locations and helps them find local retailers, restaurants, and attractions. and Jamdat.

Mobile 100

Mobile Clearstone Santa Monica Yahoo 100

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Social, Subscriptions and Mobile. Subscriptions, social buying and mobile technologies have led to innovative business models, and have been extremely successful with consumers. Saturday, December 4, 2010 -- E-Commerce 2.0: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

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Commerce Mobile Enterprise Forum CalTech 100

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Social, Subscriptions and Mobile. Subscriptions, social buying and mobile technologies have led to innovative business models, and have been extremely successful with consumers. Saturday, December 4, 2010 -- E-Commerce 2.0: Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

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Commerce Mobile Enterprise Forum CalTech 100

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DECEMBER 2, 2008

Monday, December 8, 2008 -- Mobile Excellence Awards. See [link] (more).

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Mobile 100

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FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad have completely revolutionized how consumers interact with the online world in the past few years. One of the first companies to see the potential for a mobile application specifically targeted at the enterprise was Roambi (www.roambi.com), which is based in Solana Beach.

Mobile 170

Mobile Oracle Startup Content 170

Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2017

StockTwits, the Twitter-like social media platform for sharing stock market tips and ideas, has acquired San Diego’s SparkFin, a fintech mobile app for discovering and sharing stocks and other investment ideas. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Lindzon led StockTwits as CEO until last year, and continues as chairman.

Mobile 40

Mobile San Diego Social Media Services 40

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 28, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Wednesday, February 28, 2007 Google Maps Mobile I recently downloaded Google Maps Mobile for my Treo. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. Its works great.

Google 150

Google Mobile CTO Coach Southern California 150

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu said Wednesday that it will reach $1 billion in revenue this year, up from the $695M in revenues it had in 2012, and also now has 5 million subscribers on its Hulu Plus premium service, six years after the company''s launch in 2008.

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Hulu Hollywood Content Blogging 176

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Fox founded Park City Capital in 2008, and prior to that served at J.P. Resonant is a developer of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filters, which are used to filter out unwanted RF signals for mobile devices. Resonant says the addition brings its total board members to seven. Morgan Securities. READ MORE>>.

Capital 100

Capital Mobile Develop Development 100

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JUNE 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based Burstly , the mobile ad management firm run by Evan Rifkin, said this week that it has added SoftBank Capital and Founder Collective to its Series A funding round. Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008.

GRP Partners 169

GRP Partners Venture Capital Mobile Advertising 169

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JANUARY 19, 2012

The rise of couponing in late 2008 coincided with the recession of the late 2000s;” this factor combined with an increased consumer interest in mobile technology and devices led to an unprecedented decline in print media. Statistics from 2008 show that digital couponing has rapidly grown but has yet to outpace paper coupons.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

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JULY 7, 2015

Helio had burnt through more than $560M in capital as a joint venture of Earthlink and SK Telecom, before being sold in a fire sale in 2008 to Virgin Mobile for $39M. According to Helio, it will offer up $29 a month for unlimited talk, text, and rate limited data, as it reopens the MVNO, which originallys started in Los Angeles.

Southern California 100

Southern California Startup Los Angeles Mobile 100

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Disney said it has been offering up digital copies of its movies via special codes in its DVD and Blu-ray products since 2008, and that those same codes will be able to be used to download those titles from the new service and in iTunes. disney cloud movie service itunes apple ipod iphone mobile download streaming hollywood content film'

Services 149

Services Burbank Hollywood Content 149

Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. Sometimes, innovators enable unfinished visions of others. And millions of innovators are at work extending these capabilities. So, could you be the next Ford, Jobs, or Musk?

Artificial Inteligence 156

Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 156

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APRIL 12, 2010

The phones are the result of Microsoft's acquisition of Danger Research, maker of the Sidekick, in 2008. Tags: myspace microsoft cell phone mobile communications. Microsoft announced the launch of the two phones this morning, saying that the phones will be available exclusively through Verizon. READ MORE>>.

Social Network 171

Social Network Sites Research Mobile 171

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MARCH 20, 2014

Welltok , a developer of online applications to help employees improve their health--and also help companies manage their health programs--has acquired Mindbloom , a developer of mobile apps for improving your health. billion deal in 2008. Welltok is based in Denver, Mindbloom in Seattle. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 113

Southern California Orange County Miramar SoCal 113

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Recargo , a startup which is developing mobile apps for helping electric vehicle owners find the nearest electric charging stations, said this week that it has acquired PlugInCars.com , an online news and community site focused on electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Acquisition 154

Acquisition News Los Angeles Mobile 154

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JUNE 23, 2015

Crosscut's existing portfolio includes JustFab, Club W, Conversion Logic, Data Science, Narvar, The Black Tux, Mobcrush, Vulcun, HelloTech, little-labs, GumGum, Ipsy, Omaze, Shift, Verve Mobile, docstoc, Lettuce Apps, Pulpo Media, Starmaker, and Super Evil MegaCorp, and the firm now counts 10 exits so far from its portfolio. READ MORE>>.

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Funding Seed Funding Venice Mobile 100

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JUNE 23, 2010

has tapped the firm for Project KIN, a private online community focused on Generation Y and their use of mobile communications. Microsoft had launched its KIN mobile phone earlier this year. Tags: passenger brand community online software microsoft mobile phone. READ MORE>>.

Steamboat Ventures 145

Steamboat Ventures Mobile Los Angeles Design 145

Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

It is not hard to find strands of gold in the carnage left by failed businesses lost when a bubble bursts, such as in 1857, 1902, 1929, 2001 and 2008. And perhaps the most impressive invention of recent times is the result of hundreds of people, firms, and institutions, each adding a new brick to the building of the Internet.

Artificial Inteligence 256

Artificial Inteligence UCLA Web Patents 256

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APRIL 28, 2011

The index has been rising more or less steadily since a low in Q4 of 2008. The study speculated that the reason for the increased confidence from VCs included improving financial markets for IPOs and strategic exits; improvement in the broader economy; and optimism in such area as cloud, social, and mobile companies.

Southern California 160

Southern California Study Mobile Report 160

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Daniel Scalisi is the CEO of Los Angeles-based MobileCause (www.mobilecause.com), a startup focused on the mobile, nonprofit fundraising area. We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. What is mobile fundraising? Those donations are mobile initiated.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Custom 162

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JUNE 23, 2010

Total Immersion said the deal, made with LG Mobile Phones, Alcone Marketing, Marvel Studios, and Paramount, will include augmented reality features as part of a limited edition Iron Man 2 comic book bundled with LG Ally handsets. The firm moved its headquarters to LA in 2008. READ MORE>>.

Paramount 198

Paramount Los Angeles Entertainment Web 198

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MARCH 2, 2009

Arcadia-based Siimpel Corporation , which is developing MEMs-based components for mobile cameras, announced Monday afternoon that the firm has raised an additional round of investment from LG Innotek. Siimpel develops MEMs modules which are used to design higher quality, mobile phone cameras. READ MORE>>.

Arcadia 124

Arcadia Invest Zone Ventures Draper 124

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APRIL 7, 2011

Todd is now Chief Operating Officer of Marmol Radziner (www.marmol-radziner.com), an architecture and construction company, which recently installed a eco-friendly mobile home park project in Santa Monica which was focused on applying clean and eco-friendly technologies to the pre-fab building market. It's a truly interesting product.

Santa Monica 190

Santa Monica Venture Capital Anthem Design 190

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

The TCA also said that it invested $75M in 2008, across 15 first-time financings and 16 follow-on rounds. The group, which makes investments in local technology startups, said that $99M of that came from the TCA's members, with the remainder coming from venture capital firms and other private equity investors.

Invest 100

Invest Tech Coast Angels MyShape Southern California 100

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008 -- MOTM Mobile with Shuki Lehavi, CEO Gumiyo.com. One vertical that we'll be focusing on for this MOTM will be the Real Estate market, as we'll demonstrate how Realtors can use this to accelarate throughput in this down market. See [link] (more).

Mobile 100

Mobile Marketing 100

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JUNE 25, 2015

Brian Garrett: The fund is really continuing what we started back in 2008. That fund started back in 2008, and those companies are now six or seven years old. We raised $5M in august of 2008, on the belief and conviction that this ecosystem was going to develop. Any change to your investment thesis from your last funds?

Southern California 100

Southern California Venture Capital Startup Entrepreneur 100

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NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Nomadix said it is seeking damages and injunctions over use of its "fundamental innovations" in mobile computing and network access technology. Ltd, which acquired the firm in 2008. The company said that eight of its more than 100 patents are involved in the litigation. Nomadix is owned by DOCOMO interTouch Pte.

Patents 140

Patents Entertainment Networking Mobile 140

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AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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Content Screening Mobile Customer 189

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

MaxLinear makes radio frequency receivers used for decoding analog broadband signals, including set-top and cable boxes, digital televisions, mobile handsets, personal computers, and other electronic devices. in fiscal 2008. According to the filing, the firm earned $2.4M on revenues of $36.1M on revenues of $31.3M

.Net 133

.Net Mobile Capital Marketing 133

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APRIL 9, 2020

Cevolini highlighted greater awareness of the smog internal combustion mobility creates and scientific evidence that air pollution exacerbates viruses as factors that could swing more folks to electric. new motorcycles sales didn’t weather the last recession very well, dropping 50% in 2008 and remaining stagnant since. In the U.S.,

Technical Review 277

Technical Review Competition Demand Sales 277

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

Palm (acquired by HP ) – In our interview we talked about how transformational mobile computing is and why it’s different than web computing (e.g. There weren’t enough details to know whether Corduro was trying to build a mobile payments company like Zong or a retail merchant processing solution like Square.

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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JULY 23, 2014

Always-on connectivity of mobile (164m US smartphone users). When you think about the trends of faster-growing startups due to social networking, credit card enable and mobile first consumers – the reality is that many startups are becoming very large financially before needing to go public. Where are we today? and hasn’t abated.

Venture Capital 398

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Seed Funding 398

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JUNE 3, 2010

Users leave messages for each other through BlockChalk mobile app. Mobile gifting service. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008. Founded in 2009 in San Francisco by David Soloff (ex-Lead Architect of Rapt, which was sold to MSFT in 2008). Developer of Appsaurus , a mobile app recommendation engine. BlockChalk.

Venture Capital 214

Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214