SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Peter Coffee's Annual Technology Forecast. One of the best-informed, and entertaining, technologists is Peter Coffee. Peter Coffee is Director of Platform Research at salesforce.com. Don't miss the pre-meeting roundtable. See [link] (more)

Technology 100

Technology Entertainment Research Platform 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 6, 2011

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. TCOSC Digital Media Society. Speakers: Richard Berger, Sr.

Content 113

Content Technology Council TCOSC Cloud Computing 113

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 9, 2014

Last Monday, Jan 6th, marked the culmination of AT&T’s Developer Summit at CES 2014 along with the release of open APIs for its U-Verse platform on Android. The company launched the original program back in 2011. Android Apps Apps & Software Dev & Design Entertainment Gadgets Gaming Mobile'

Develop 72

Develop Development Mobile Entertainment 72

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 21, 2011

So as I get around the country speaking at college campus in 2010 & 2011 I have been preaching the same theme. It might be in online game platforms solving the problem of entertaining people. But its focus on solving a real-world problem makes it uniquely valuable to most other social graphs. That might be in online resumes.

Startup 309

Startup Cloud Computing Venture Capital Marketing 309

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. We discuss advertising, Vidzey’s story, technology, business, interns, and entertainment. Valuable personality traits in his previous life working in entertainment, no doubt. FROM THE BEGINNING. Crazy right?

Entertainment 98

Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. But with the introduction of Apple TV, Google TV, the Boxee Box & other initiatives it’s clear that this battle will heat up in 2011. Enter Google.

Content 386

Content Google Media Hulu 386

InfoChachkie

JULY 30, 2012

I always enjoy a great guerilla marketing story, such as TestFlight’s use of T-shirts and Tacos to gain Steve Jobs’ attention at Apple’s 2011 developers’ conference. However at the 2011 Hospitality Conference, he allowed his desire to make an impact impair his reasoning when he hired a band of masked parcours. Don’t Try Too Hard.

Marketing 209

Marketing Conference RSS Angel 209

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

In 2011 Hello Music became the fastest growing musician-focused company in the U.S ” Hello Music has successfully created a new ecosystem and platform for musicians. Hello Music is the first centralized marketplace and platform for musicians. This is a monumental milestone for the musician-focused marketplace.

Los Angeles 64

Los Angeles Platform Media Activity 64

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Fun Fact: Their latest investment was into LA-based Daqri – the augmented reality platform that has been used for campaigns with Cadillac and MAXIM Magazine. Incubator: Amplify LA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Social Media Venice 111

socalTECH

AUGUST 27, 2012

It's an intensely competitive market in developing games for the iPhone and other mobile platforms, with thousands and thousands of titles competing for attention from users. William Volk: One of our other real big hits is Bocce Ball, which was our first Playscreen title in January of 2011. Talk about your other titles?

Mobile 216

Mobile Software Review Startup Platform 216

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

CEO hinted to WSJ that it may go public in early 2011. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Interesting that Booyah is led by a former game producer, Keith Lee, who formerly launched very large products for Blizzard Entertainment. OTHER DEALS: 1. Go Boulder!

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2013

Guy Kawasaki Talks About “Artisanal” Publishing, also covering a wide range of topics from using social media to build a Guy-like platform, the mega battle between Facebook and Google+, Apple versus Android religious issues, and the dumbest things you can do with social media. Shani Higgins took over as CEO at Technorati in 2011.

Social Media 72

Social Media Media Blogging Platform 72

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Webdoc is a web platform that allows you to easily create interactive posts mixing different web contents through a simple and intuitive drag & drop interface. In terms of products, we are constantly releasing cool new product features for our web platform. Give Us the Fast Pitch. Your goals, new products, new direction?

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” Cloud Architecture – Most cloud projects are now built on OpenStack an open source virtualization platform. Note: I am an investor in Akanda via Rincon Venture Partners.). Eating The World – All Over Again.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Event Details. to 9:30 p.m.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

What they do: They’re a website, platform, and now mobile-app for crowdsourced annotation of song lyrics and texts. What You May Not Know: They were considered one of the fastest growing companies in their Y-Combinator batch (same as Reddit, Summer 2011) and successfully raised a total of $16.8 Rap Genius, Black Sheeps of Tech.

Startup 93

Startup Mobile Entertainment Sites 93

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Photos that are prime real estate and have never been monetized before, until one very ambitious Silicon Beach startup, GumGum , recognized the opportunity and created the first and largest in-image advertising platform, and an entirely new market. Photos…the final frontier. from Carnegie Mellon University.

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 18, 2012

The firm also provides its platform as a software development kit for iOS and Android developers. According Mike Mettler at its June 2011 launch the technology is simple , “You just hold a credit card up to the phone, and card.io It works with all major credit cards and requires no external dongle. The firm charges 15¢ per scan.

Mobile 40

Mobile Course Software Development Platform 40

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

This included stabilizing a historically negative traffic and user trend, reducing the operational cost of the business by nearly 90 percent and pivoting the product from its legacy as a social network to a social entertainment destination. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of October 16th, 2011.

Tsavo 76

Tsavo Idealab Tech Coast Angels Userplane 76

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In a 2011 CDC report , nearly 67% of U.S Compound that by the exponential growth of smart devices from 2011-2013 , we’re looking at a need for rapid development in the next few years. We use our phones to navigate, communicate, shop (yes, sometimes), all while on the go. That much is obvious.

Mobile 94

Mobile Google Startup Technology 94

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 24, 2011

They are a content delivery platform offering music recognition technology that enables relevant information and services to enhance the music listening experience. Gracenote has been known for their music recognition technology for some time now. However, for those of you who may not know or know your using Gracenote.

Technology 49

Technology Content Platform Services 49

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Above is an interview we did with Patrick at BlogWorld Expo New York 2011. Building the Funny Or Die brand and social media platforms to where they are today. I use a sentiment analysis platform to stay on top of people are saying about the brand and our content. How do you market the Funniest site on the internet?

Sites 61

Sites Marketing Social Media Tips 61

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Cyrus Farudi is an American entrepreneur who co-founded Flipswap, Inc in 2004 and Capsule in 2011.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. In mid-August of 2011, they created JibJab Jr. line featuring fun new characters called “ StoryBots.”.

Screening 88

Screening eBook Content Ideas 88

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 29, 2012

As early technology pioneers with over 13 years of entrepreneurial experience behind them, what they really saw was an opportunity for expansion into a new digital product line for kids that encouraged learning on multi-platforms. In mid-August of 2011, they created JibJab Jr. line featuring fun new characters called “ StoryBots.”.

Screening 65

Screening eBook Content Ideas 65