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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms. Yet a tiny 13 person company called Instagram, leveraged the massive growth of mobile to create a new social network. What was the biggest news for you this year?

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Google Confirms Motorola Mobility 4000 Layoffs

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Google has confirmed the firing of 20 percent of Motorola Mobility employees. Google will also simplify Motorola’s mobile product portfolio to profitability. Motorola Mobility will drop the manufacture of feature phones to profitable devices. The post Google Confirms Motorola Mobility 4000 Layoffs appeared first on TechZulu.

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Remember The Phone Company? It’s Back And It’s Called Facebook

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According to the author, 60% of Facebook’s revenue comes from mobile ads, double that of the prior year. As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. There’s a fundamental difference between the behavior of someone utilizing a mobile device and someone sitting at a desktop computer.

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SYNCFAB | Connecting Creative Community to Local Manufacturing Businesses

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Mobilizing all the resources of localized 3D design, 3D printing, traditional manufacturing and input materials for individual custom creations with added benefits of supporting our local economy,” says Jeremy Goodwin, co-founder of SYNCFAB. More technically speaking, SYNCFAB is a technical hybrid 3D print and design solution platform.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. acquired Overture for $1.63