TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Authors Note: Were using the word "framework" loosely to refer to platforms, micro-frameworks, and full-stack frameworks. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. This machine is responsible for hosting the web application exclusively.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560

TechEmpower

APRIL 5, 2013

Last week, we posted the results of benchmarking several web application development and frameworks. Repeating its performance from last week, the Netty platform holds a commanding lead for JSON serialization on EC2. Two Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7-2600K workstations with 8 GB memory each (early 2011 vintage) for the i7 tests.

Framework 559

Framework EC2 PHP Java 559

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. Right now, we are running targeted ads using ad networks or whatnot.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Founded in 2011 by twenty-five year old Alex Capecelatro , At The Pool serves over 3.5 The web platform was founded to end loneliness associated with online interaction by replacing it with person to person meeting. The app allows easy photo sharing, existing contact list, push notifications and geo-awareness.

Mobile 92

Mobile Social Network Examples Organization 92

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. It's a simple web service, where a customer can log in and can simply create and deploy any level of mobile donation or messaging campaign. It was founded three years ago, and hadn't been succeeding.

Mobile 162

Mobile Web Startup Customer 162

socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

1) Mobile web. The current incarnation of the mobile web changes what the Internet IS to users, and the manner in which it is incorporated into their lives. (2) This incredible wave of capital-efficient web-based businesses launches is due in no small part to the lower cost of entry provided by cloud-based offerings.

Technical Review 160

Technical Review Southern California Cloud Computing Venture Capital 160

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 encouraging an open platform where 3rd parties can make lots of money]. Social Networking in Web 1.0: By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. It was mostly timing.

Social Network 318

Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Huddlewoo a live video platform set to launch early 2013 to give people the ability to access extraordinary people for one-on-one conversations and mentoring. We are a platform that facilitates the most important conversations of people’s lives! The calendar, payment and live-video are all facilitated through our platform.

Mentor 94

Mentor Platform Social Network Chief Technology Officer 94

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Ian Miller: FatCloud is a data management and software platform company with a NoSQL database. It''s a distributed data platform built for scale, and build for accelerated application development. Every time they did a distributed, web-based project, they realized they were reinventing the wheel. What exactly is FatCloud?

Startup 198

Startup Yahoo Software Education 198

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. Think YouTube but for creating and virally sharing rich web creations and going beyond broadcast. Think Minority Report meets the web.

Startup 97

Startup Web Content Media 97

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 9, 2012

In November 2011, Google’s spring clean saw a number of services shut down like Knol, Friend Connect and Google Wave. Google Talk Chatback a text chat widget for Web publishers allowed websites to embed a Google Talk widget so that they could engage with their visitors. Another service facing the axe is Google Talk Chatback.

Google 68

Google Technical Support RSS Web 68

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

I’m starting to spend my time evaluating companies that can help brands simultaneously build within the fortress but also maintain social value in the open web. was the first president to understand television, and Howard Dean saw the value of the Web for raising money. On the open web. This election will be about jobs.

Social Media 274

Social Media Google Media Startup 274

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

is already well above the dot.com bubble of 15 years ago, although we have slipped a bit this year from the high point of 320 new entrepreneurs out of 100,000 adults in 2011. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. No wonder 90% of the successful startups still bootstrap.

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Social Media Satisfaction 109

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 Startup Software Review Platform 216

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2013

Greg was the first person to share with me the insights of mobile conversion and why with a simpler product selection and conversion funnel they would get higher conversion on mobile than on the web. In 2011 the company was sold to Nordstrom for $270 million in a deal that has been widely seen as a success for both buyer and seller.

Venture Capital 360

Venture Capital GRP Partners Startup Invest 360

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. 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. Configurable from desktop-based web-based UI. Note that I’m not defining who numbers 1,2 are.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 19, 2012

In April 2011, the Association of Coupon Professionals held an Industry Conference in Atlanta to address the present and future state of couponing. Due to the combination of these factors, marketers began to more heavily fund digital platforms. Paul Breummer, Search Engine Land. A study conducted by Rice University’s Jesse H.

Mobile 85

Mobile Software Review Statistics Technical Review 85

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 17, 2011

So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! a perks platform for small medium businesses. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. wonder what that might be?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Design 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 28, 2013

We give way 500Mb of free data to all of our users, and users can also early additional, free minutes for connecting to their friends on the platform and participating on partner offers and promotions. You earn 10Mb in free data for each person you connect to on the platform, which brings down our acquisition costs.

Startup 245

Startup IP Networking Encino 245

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Launched in 2011 by Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, Nest is popular for its Nest Learning Thermostat , one that learns a user’s temperature preferences, which has been also been its top seller. . As early as 2011, Fadell and Erik Charlton showed Sergey Brin a video of their early model of the Nest Learning Thermostat.

Google 86

Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Recycling Waste Platform. 28 year old Allison Carmen’s Material Mix began operations in June and she says its helping waste and recycling professionals reduce operating expenses and recover investment on inventory via a dynamic, web-based, customer regulated exchange platform with supply chain management tools.

San Diego 55

San Diego Education Platform Web 55

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Earbits is an online radio platform where artists, labels and concert promoters bid for airtime on a per-song-played basis, and use the exposure to sell their music, event tickets and more. It’s the first performance-based marketing platform specifically designed for the music industry. Event Details. to 10:30 p.m.

UCLA 102

UCLA Company Companies Idealab 102

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

A number of web services has popped up in recent years that has helped cater to people with busy lives. Zipments is a web service that connects your delivery needs with couriers in your area. May 4, 2011 was the official launch date). We are a logistics platform that enables three things: 1. Zipments focuses on delivery.

Los Angeles 79

Los Angeles Angel Examples Mobile 79

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

YouTube is available on 350 million devices and more than a million advertisers using Google ad platforms, the majority of which are small businessesTraffic from mobile devices tripled in 2011. billion, or 90% of consolidated revenues, a 21% increase over second quarter 2011 revenues of $9.03 billion From Ads. No Bad Blood.

Google 69

Google Outsource Development Screening Mobile 69

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

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. So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role.

Content 386

Content Google Media Hulu 386

From the Venture Trenches

APRIL 30, 2013

We heard how Jeff transitioned from a start-up founder to an institutional investor when he helped found Amplify towards the end of 2011. Consequently, Jeff is a big believer in B to B opportunities or SaaS platforms, like Jeff’s own Leads 360. Unwinding at an Amplify party.

Web Design 103

Web Design Social Media Seed Funding Design 103

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

TenHands was Incorporated on January 11, 2011 and launched its first alpha service in November of 2011, private beta in April 2011 and open beta in July 2012. where he led the incubated startup to $300m in revenues as the fastest growing Service Provider for Collaboration services to include video, web, and audio.

Cloud Computing 65

Cloud Computing Software Platform Startup 65

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 7, 2010

Elluminate and Wimba offer advanced virtual classroom technology that allows education institutions to hold synchronous live courses over the Web, including audio, video, white board and social learning capabilities. It will be a standalone platform in the company's education solutions. Blackboard Inc. and Wimba Inc.

.Net 49

.Net Education Course Acquisition 49

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

To update Marc Andreessen’s widely publicized quote from 2011, “OpenStack Software Defined Networks (SDNs) are eating the world.” The earliest mega-scale web services (e.g., Cloud Architecture – Most cloud projects are now built on OpenStack an open source virtualization platform. Eating The World – All Over Again.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Networking Software 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Businesses in 2009, 2010, and 2011, when they wanted to start a business, they didn't buy a Novell or use Exchange. That's why Microsoft picked us for this platform. There are none of those resellers for Amazon Web Services or Google. Anyway, the reason I am telling you this story, is we're seeing history repeat itself.

Startup 113

Startup Canoga Park Email Google 113

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. RSVP: AGENDA.

Tech Coast Angels 96

Tech Coast Angels Idealab Angel Startup 96

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their Behavioral Marketing Platform even broke new ground at ad:tech 2011 winning an innovation award. 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. Fun Fact: Technology is in their DNA. Incubator: Amplify LA.

Startup 111

Startup Snapchat Venice Social Media 111

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

People can now add notes to the board – using Twitter, SMS, Rich web, WAP, Android and Java supported devices. So imagine you are a Radio Station- now for the first time you can create and sustain a community conversation on your website – which will increase your traffic on your website and provide a very innovative platform for your users.

Advertising 91

Advertising Media News Content 91

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. August 2011. On your tech platforms. So the industry formed around a day of the week when all partners could avoid having company board meetings or traveling. We did not.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. 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. Millions, billions, trillions?

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2011

IPPLEX researches and develops pioneering cross-platform applications and services focused on interactive communication – between people and the information, contacts and places they need to access through their mobile phone, PC, and other devices. When: Thursday, July 14th, 2011 – 6:00 p.m. wonder what that might be? Event Details.

CalTech 100

CalTech Technical Review Company Companies 100

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 26, 2011

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Tech Coast Angels 80

Tech Coast Angels Southern California Los Angeles Santa Monica 80