socalTECH

JULY 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming media site Pluto TV has inked a deal to stream free content from Hulu, Jukin Media, and a number of others , to bolster the content lineup for the service. operates an online and mobile service which provides curated access to video streaming content, and is venture backed by U.S. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 12, 2018

More specifically, it’s the contractors that service equipment like the heating, ventilation and cooling systems at commercial and residential properties across the U.S. The two men built a suite of services to help contractors like their fathers manage their businesses.

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socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2013

The company said that it streamed more than 1 billion content videos in Q1 of this year, and doubled subscriptions to its Hulu Plus subscription service in 2012. According to Hulu, it now has more than 4 million subscribers to its service, the record for new subscribers.

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JUNE 11, 2014

Just Dance and Just Dance Now had a great showing of what future of the series – and possibly other future games – can do using the mobile phone. Sony believes they achieved that and the only way to improve upon the brand is the hardware and the online services they provide. Sony is looking towards the future of the brand.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

. “Whether it be a passion for an obscure manga or your favorite football team, Kik has shown an incredible ability to provide a platform for new friendships to be forged through your mobile phone.” In acquiring Kik, the holding company is expanding its mobile app portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2012

These days, I’m hearing more and more that Location-Based Services (LBS) are entering the mainstream for mobile users, but I’m not sure why. So far, it’s been just another mobile phone app that tells people where their friends are ( Foursquare and Facebook Glancee ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2011

These days, I’m hearing more and more about Location-Based Services (LBS) as the next big opportunity for startups. So far, it’s just another mobile phone app that tells people where there friends are (Foursquare and Facebook Places), but it’s poised to be a lot more.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2019

That opening to biotech startups in 2014 was controversial at the time. Five years ago, the big tech incubator Y Combinator started to welcome life sciences companies into its sizable startup classes, which had previously nurtured entrepreneurs in information technology almost exclusively.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 7, 2015

For two plus decades, Steve has been a pillar of the LA startup community leading innovations in Internet, mobile, social media, app development, eCommerce, and now, digital currency technologies. In the early 90’s, Steve helped DIRECTV launch the first commercial satellite TV service in the US and Latin American.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. The elements include communications, mobile platforms, and location-based services.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 25, 2017

With the growing interest in cord-cutting, you’d think it would be getting easier to find alternative sources for broadband Internet service. Back in 2014, I wrote a column intended to help consumers walk away from their. But no, it’s actually a bit more complicated than it used to be, because there are more options to choose from.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). billion by 2014. Calls are changing but not dying. There are 2.9

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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. We look forward to working with more developers to bring fun and innovative apps to U-Verse.” ~GW Shaw, vice president of Video and U-Verse Services, AT&T Home Solutions.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Pew Internet Project’s research on Social Networking reports that as of January 2014, 74% of online adults use social networking sites. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 billion active mobile users monthly as of March 31, 2014, while Twitter has 255 million active users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2015

For example, mobile now has become the formidable new communication channel, posting a year-over-year growth rate of 47 percent in 2014, according to WBR Digital Research. That means your marketing must now include shopping apps, location-based services and mobile wallets. Blogs must provide value to customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2015

According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 9 million registered developers in 2014. Here are some ways we both recommend to beat the odds and thrive in today’s app ecosystem: Sell a digital service through your app. You provide the free app in the App Store that gives subscribers mobile access to your service.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. We''ve got a really great group testing it, and we''re excited to add more service next year based on feedback.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. a highly respected global video company that services virtually all media companies and 70 of the Fortune 100.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Orange County startup Beatshare --backed by the Tech Coast Angels, Pasadena Angels, Harvard Business School Angels, and Archangels, among others�thinks it's figured out the formula to make music the message in its mobile app. I've always been a mobile enthusiast, in technology and design and user experience. How did you two connect?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2015

Per a new study by networking giant Cisco , the world’s yearly mobile data traffic grew 69 percent in 2014, reaching 2.5 According to what I see, as outlined by Surdak, this data surge is being driven by the following six technological and social trends: Mobility: smartphones, tablets, and the “Internet of things.”

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

That's the fascinating story behind Los Angeles-based Earbits (www.earbits.com), which offers up a mobile music streaming service focused on discovering both new and talent. understand you actually had shutdown the service, and that the company was essentially at the brink of death? Joey, thanks for the time today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Institutional venture capital dispensed thus far in 2014 has been up significantly over the last few years, but is still less than half of the peak hit way back in the year 2000 (over $100 billion). Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. VCs are committed to servicing existing portfolios.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

Date: Thursday, June 26, 2014. In addition to working at Indiegogo, Kate is the co-founder and CMO of The Can Van, the world’s first mobile beer canning service made to bring reasonably priced and environmentally friendly packaging options to California breweries. Including wearables, gaming, smartphones, home and the car.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

These days, I’m hearing more and more that Location-Based Services (LBS) are transforming the smartphone Industry, but only for consumers. Beyond mobile phones, the same concepts can be applied to embedded systems, portable navigation devices, and laptops. entrepreneur B2B startup smartphones location-based services business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2014

Display ads on mobile devices, including video and audio, also offer a new opportunity to reach target customers. Postal Service ; the amount has been increasing each year. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 4/1/2014. Display advertising. Email marketing. Yet it is more alive than ever before. Cold calling.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Moto-X by Motorola: Motorola has been a mainstay in the mobile device market since the days of early flip phones. By replacing their old doorbell with this smart device, homeowners can get instant video and two-way audio of whoever is waiting at the door directly to their mobile devices.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

The telecommunications firm says people in Los Angeles increasingly depend on mobile Internet connections for communication, entertainment and productivity at work, at home and everywhere. billion Investment. McNeely said,“I’m proud of the investment AT&T continues to make in California.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year’s TZ #startupforecast (Jan 28, 2014) was no exception. In a short, densley packed timeline, our panel of industry experts discussed the fine line topics of wearables technology, bitcoin, SaaS, cloud, mobile gaming, and social markets. 2014 looks to be the year of emerging technologies (wearables, bitcoin, etc.)

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 8, 2014

” It’s a compelling thought – especially when you consider the alternative: 2 year contracts, overage charges, hours of dealing with customer service reps. The initial company, Roam Mobility Service came to market in January 2012. But they wanted to build more services around this idea.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 26, 2016

This will also drive mobile usage and the growth of industries such as e-commerce and fintech, with a focus on streamlining and online task management integration tools supporting business use. In 2016, the price of mobile data will remain relatively stable. Mobile Growth Will Continue To Shape Our Lives.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 13, 2015

When CNET released their list of the “ Best Wearables of 2014 ,” all nine of these gadgets are worn on the wrist, every single one of them, like that is the only part of our bodies available for wearable technology. But with a price tag of $1,500.00 (as of December 2014), I think I’ll hold off on this for now. 3-D gaming.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

pulls assumably free and public data from the CrunchBase database to provide a mobile accessible directory of contacts and company info. Check out a sample demo of their Google Glass product, due to arrive in 2014 (well, it was due to arrive then). People+ , developed by 3-person startup (Pro Populi, Inc.) Speculation.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

Lisha served a lengthy tenure fulfilling multiple roles at Wells Fargo, most recently as VP of Consumer Financial Services, where she led the mobile payments strategy and implementation for the credit card business. Joanne was an angel investor for two years at Hyde Park Angels prior to joining Foundation Capital in 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Buddytruk is the latest peer-to-peer vehicle service to hit the streets of LA. Like Lyft and Uber , the service is utilized through the use of a smartphone app to request a driver to aid you in your quests. Unlike the two ride-sharing services, Buddytruk isn’t a ride-sharing service. AJ: Absolutely!

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2013

You use it in a very similar fashion to how you PCs and mobile devices use their operating systems, so you don''t have a stovepipe solution where a UAV can only be useful for one purpose. In 2004, we started providing the same kind of services to the government, mostly in defense and intelligence. What''s the next big goal for you?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

The event also showcased a variety of promising startups from digital media, mobile, cloud, entertainment, advertising, and eCommerce. 2014 Wavemaker Award recipients are: Hang Ten Award: Advertising & Marketing Services. Hitesh Chawla, CEO. Silver Push. Impact Zone Award – Data & Analytics. Ninja Metrics.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 14, 2014

Sponsored by VISA Business If you have a unique product or service, and you are not selling it around the world on the Internet, now is the time to start. Here are the key steps for a personal home-based business website selling your consulting service or a few products (as an alternative to eBay): Go online to reserve a website domain name.

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