Remove 2011 Remove Advertising Remove Media Remove Screening
article thumbnail

Los Angeles Startup Weekend August 2011 | The Complete Breakdown

Tech Zulu Event

Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking. When using the Handjob app , users must shake the app up and down or side to side and out pops a pre-screened job applicant. All presentations were of extremely high quality and teams did a killer job.

article thumbnail

Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. The three largest webmail services had over 1 billion global users at the end of 2011. Calls are changing but not dying. 94% of all online adults use email.

Email 339
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Future of Shopping | Vidzey Interactive Videos

Tech Zulu Event

” while watching the screen and registering nothing. And this in a nutshell, is what our lives as media consumers has turned into: a constant stream of impatience and auto-pilot interactions with ads. Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce.

article thumbnail

This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry.

article thumbnail

Pepcom: Mobile Focus San Diego | HTC, Samsung, X1, Paymentone They Haz It!

Tech Zulu Event

Not to say though that the event was only for the quirky; with just the sheer momentum the mobile market has picked up throughout 2011 (many thanks in part to the heavy artillery arm’s race that Android makers have declared on Apple), I have no doubt that Android devices are going to keep upping the ante with this ongoing horsepower war.

article thumbnail

The Most Obvious Mobile Ad Unit and What the New York Times Got Wrong

Both Sides of the Table

But they make the overwhelming majority of their money from advertising. They are selling audiences to advertisers. Whenever I talk about advertising people comment how much everybody hates ads. The customer are advertising agencies and brands themselves. Ads are effective. As I said, YOU are the product. Believe me.

Mobile 311
article thumbnail

Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Presenting Companies at UCLA

Tech Zulu Event

For those who still might be wondering what Spotlight: LA Tech is all about, It’s a screening room for new technology homegrown in our region. As a result, the team transformed the advertising industry with the creation of the first in-image ad network. When: Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. mt) Media Temple, Inc.

UCLA 102