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SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Friday, September 16, 2011 -- Mobile Hack Days LA. The mobile development community is invited to come out and have fun over a weekend (Sept 16-18), starting Friday and ending Sunday to create something great and unique and finally implement that idea youve had and collaborate with other energetic, like-minded people.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Of course, if you are developing native mobile apps or building something on top of a particular code base or you need to integrate tightly with something, all of those factors may push you directly towards a particular language and framework. desktop, mobile, browser). Misconception #2 - "Ruby is the obvious choice."

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JUNE 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing and video firm headed by James Citron, released mobile video stats gathered by the firm during Q1 today, saying that Verizon leads the market in terms of mobile video messaging views. T-Mobile represented 5.8 percent, then Spring at 9.7 percent, then Spring at 9.7

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

Friday, September 16, 2011 -- Los Angeles Mobile Hack Days. Developers will present their mobile app idea in 5 minutes with 5 minutes for questions and answers to attract team members. You are also welcome to come with a pre-assembled team. See [link] (more)

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 -- Mobile Business Apps. Come see a panel of industry experts tell you about what is going on today and where we are headed with mobile business apps The panel will also show a few of their favorite mobile apps live. Mobile applications are the current rage. See [link].

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 -- Mobile Business Apps. Come see a panel of industry experts tell you about what is going on today and where we are headed with mobile business apps The panel will also show a few of their favorite mobile apps live. Mobile applications are the current rage. Techbizconnection.

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Mobile Software Development Tool Software 100

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011 -- How to Define Your Mobile Strategy. Join Barbara and Textopoly CEO Naushad Huda as we delve into the wonderful world of Mobile Strategy - why we need it and how to get it. Tech Coast Angels. See [link] (more)

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Tech Coast Angels Mobile Angel 113

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JUNE 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based FilmFunds , a new startup focused on connecting aspiring and professional filmmakers with financiers and actors, said this week that it is launching a new, mobile search app which recognizes and provides information on movie trailers, posters, billboards, and ads. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Los Angeles Sites Help 133

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 -- The Golden Age of Mobile Wireless. The wireless industry is experiencing a period of rapid change due to an explosion of mobile wireless data traffic. See [link] (more)

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Sunday, September 18, 2011 -- Los Angeles Mobile Hack Days. Finalization day. This is the day you will wrap up any loose ends with your code, and prepare a 5 minute demo with 5 minutes of Q+A in the evening. We will vote on a winner and they will be featured on the MobileHackDays LA Web site. See [link] (more)

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Saturday, September 17, 2011 -- Los Angeles Mobile Hack Days. This will be the day you get the majority of your coding complete. We suggest you focus on doing 1 or 2 things really well to demonstrate your concept, as time is limited.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- LA Mobile Entertainment Summit. The 2nd Annual LA Mobile Entertainment Summit will host the brightest minds in mobile technology, interactive media and entertainment to examine how content and rapidly evolving technology is dramatically changing the entertainment marketplace.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Thursday, February 24, 2011 -- DIGIDAY: MOBILE APPS: The event will bring together the leading executives from top mobile agencies, blue-chip brands, mobile app developers, mobile advertising networks, and content owners to discuss the explosive Mobile "app-vertising" market. And a whole lot more!

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Mobile SoCalTech Advertising Content 100

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

A $3 billion acquisition offer is heady territory for Southern California''s high tech startup ecosystem--the largest exit in recent memory for a venture-backed startup was the 2011 IPO of Green Dot, worth $2 billion to its investors. snapchat merger acquisition exit facebook tencent mobile' READ MORE>>.

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Snapchat Report Southern California Journal 210

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FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011 -- Paid and Mobile Search Marketing. A panel of experienced, veteran experts in paid and mobile search marketing will address the latest trends and issues in the field. See [link] (more)

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Mobile Marketing 100

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APRIL 25, 2011

Wednesday, April 27, 2011 -- LA Web/Mobile Software Entrepreneurs. Special keynote by Eytan Elbaz, current co-founder of Scopely, a social engagement platform, and formerly VP and founder of Applied Semantics, which was acquired by Google. See [link] (more)

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MAY 5, 2011

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 -- The Truth about Flash and Mobile Devices. See [link] (more)

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 -- Build Cross Platform Mobile Apps Rapidly. After the dot com era if there is anything which grew as rapidly in a short span of time, it is the mobile app market. Recent report says that 1 billion people will own smartphones by 2013 and the mobile app market will grow to $30 billion by then.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- Mobile Goes Social at The Primetime Emmys. Learn how social media via mobile was used to produce, promote, and experience the 63rd Primetime Emmy®Awards. Presented by the Interactive Media Peer Group, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. See [link] (more)

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Mobile Social Media Media 100

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Broadcom's new BCM2157 dual-core, baseband processor includes functionality for mobile hot-spot, multiple touch screen, and other media and applications processing features. Broadcom said the new chip is sampling now to early access customers, with first commercial launches expected in Q1 of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Marketing Sample Screening Platform 191

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

trueRSVP is launching at the DEMO Fall 2011 conference today. trueRSVP uses priority invites, special algorithms, mobile apps, and other efforts to help sharpen the count of attendees to conferences. trueRSVP's founders are Anna Sergeeva, Fei Xiao, and Grady Laksmono.

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Southern California Conference Los Angeles Mobile 202

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MAY 15, 2013

Green Dot , the provider of prepaid debit cards and other financial products, is looking to launch its big move into the mobile banking market on July 4th, the company said Tuesday afternoon. Green Dot''s banking services came via the acquisition of both an FDIC approved community bank back in 2011, and mobile software developer Loopt.

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Mobile Software Development Software Tool 173

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JULY 15, 2014

Apple''s iOS 4 was introduced in 2010; iOS 5 was launched in 2011. sonos mobile streaming music apple operating system' According to Sonos, the move comes as it looks to "balance our need to innovate with our desire to maintain support for older devices". Sonos said it now will only support iOS devices running iOS6 or higher.

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Santa Barbara Mobile Development Develop 190

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

These companies have all experienced growth and we're expecting substantial value creation in 2011. I have also been working with a couple entrepreneurs on some exciting new businesses that will be launched in early 2011. Pay attention to what Los Angeles entrepreneurs are doing, it's going to be an interesting 2011.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- The Mobile Marketing Revolution - Gimmick or Here to Stay? Mobile device adoption has skyrocketed in recent years, providing brands with new opportunities to creatively engage consumers.

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Mobile Marketing Technology 100

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

The chip, which is aimed at mobile devices, transmits data at 2.5 Nantworks said the new chip is aimed at being used in mobile phones and tablets, and meets WiGig/IEEE 802.11ad requirements. gigabits per second and only takes 100 miliwatts of power. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Funding Technology Development 170

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The acquisition Tuesday of ThinkNear , the mobile advertising firm headed by Eli Portnoy, looks to be among the first accelerator-incubated companies in Southern California. for ThinkNear Tuesday morning, and make the company part of its mobile, local advertising group. TeleNav said it would pay $22.5M

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Southern California SoCal Incubator Advertising 159

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AUGUST 19, 2013

Beats and HTC announced a $300M deal in August of 2011, focused on helping Beats to penetrate the mobile market via the deal with HTC. beats electronics audio speakers headphone mobile phone' The move comes on reports that Beats Electronics is looking for another, different investor in the company. READ MORE>>.

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Mobile Los Angeles Report Help 164

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MAY 23, 2012

By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 hours per day on average, and that’s excluding the other 13 hours a day where we have our mobile devices, our connected TVs, our iPads and Kindles and soon our cars connected to the web.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

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JULY 10, 2012

EMG apparently has similar lawsuits against such companies as Apple, Radio Shack, and Chrysler, and reached a settlement with Apple in January of 2011 in that suit. The firm is seeking monetary damages and a permanent injunction against Google for distributing its Chrome Mole Browser in the United States. READ MORE>>.

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Patents Google Los Angeles Santa Monica 133

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JULY 16, 2015

The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode. Readz tools offer up a drag-and-drop driven tools which format content into responsive designs for mobile and other platforms, including PowerPoint-like slideshows, scrolling web magazines, and embedded video. Readz is led by Bart De Pelsmaeker.

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Woodland Hills Tool Mobile Marketing 100

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MARCH 4, 2013

SideCar's service uses your phone's GPS capability to locate people who are nearby who would be willing to give you a ride for a donation; the company said it's initially launching here in LA on in West LA, Santa Monica, Venice and Culver City, with expansion to the remainder of LA soon.

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Culver City West Los Angeles Santa Monica Southern California 230

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MARCH 18, 2014

Sonos first released an Android app back in 2011. sonos mobile android music streaming songs album' Sonos said the new app will be followed later this year by updated apps on iOS, the Mac and PC, with the iOS version due this spring. READ MORE>>.

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Santa Barbara Mobile Design Help 164

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JANUARY 26, 2012

Fullerton-based HipGeo , the startup developer of a mobile app for tracking a user's travels, said today that the firm is now seeing posts from 125 countries and over 4,864 cities on its app. HipGeo debuted its app in September of 2011; the firm is backed by Morado Venture Partners, a seed-stage fund run by former Yahoo!

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eHarmony Yahoo San Diego Mobile 174

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MAY 19, 2014

seed investment in Divide back in 2011. qcom qualcomm mobility management software enterprise byod mobile android enterproid divide google' Qualcomm Ventures was an early investor in Divide, back when it was known as Enterproid. Qualcomm--along with Comcast Ventures and Google Ventures--had made an $11.0M READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2013

According to Bloomberg , after Synthetic Genomics failed to perform on a milestone, ExxonMobil pulled back on its contract, leading to layoffs of more than half of Synthetic Genomics'' employees back in 2011. synthetic genomics energy alternative exxonmobil exxon mobil fuel algae' READ MORE>>.

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Layoffs Outsource Development San Diego Mobile 159

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APRIL 25, 2011

Westlake Village-based online advertising firm ValueClick announced this morning that it has acquired Greystripe , an operator of a brand-focused mobile advertising network. The company expects Greystripe to add $24 to $26M in revenues for the remainder of 2011. The deal was worth $70M in cash.

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Westlake Village Steamboat Ventures Advertising Incubator 170