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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Robotki's first title is Human Element, a first-person, survival game based on a "zombie apocalypse", and is expected to be released in Q4 of 2015 across consoles, PC, and mobile platforms. Nexon said the investment will go towards developing games based on Robotoki's multi-screen, cross-platform games. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2017

San Diego-based medical device maker DexCom announced this morning that the FDA has approved its G5 Mobile App, the company's system for monitoring a users' blood glucose level, which runs on Android phones. DexCom already had approval on the iOS version of its app since 2015. Both apps work with Dexcom's G5 Mobile CGM System devices.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Cinedigm said it will distribute content from ComicBlitz as a licensed offering for mobile carriers, OTT providers, and other media companies, and also integrate the new proerty with its current fandom lifestyle network, CONtv. ComicBlitz was launched in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

In the mobile age, what is the key to connecting and engaging with users, and where does Hollywood''s creative content fit into the mix? According to LA mobile game maker Seriously (www.seriously.com), mobile games are the best way to engage with the mobile generation. We''ve got a situation in the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Youmail says the number of robocalls is the highest number of monthly robocalls recorded since it launched its YouMail Robocall index in 2015. YouMail develops voicemail and robocall blocking product for mobile phones, which can be used in place of most standard voice mail provided by various mobile providers. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Zya , the mobile music game developed by Music Mastermind, said Friday that it will offer players of the game an opportunity to win a recording contract and $10,000 in cash. Do you have what it takes to score a major label record deal?

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JULY 20, 2020

El Segundo-based Carbonated Games , a developer of mobile games, has raised $8.5M Carbonated focuses on developing "highly competitive" games for mobile devices, which are more in line with the hard core games found on consoles and PCs, rather than the more usual casual gaming market. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2019

Los Angeles-based mobile game publisher Scopely has acquired DIGIT Game Studios , the game development studio behind its hit mobile game, Star Trek Fleet Command , Scopely announced on Thursday. Scopely was already a strategic investor in Dublin, Ireland-based DIGIT, having made an investment in DIGIT in 2015.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Tustin-based mophie , the developer of cell phone cases and other mobile accessories, is being acquired by fellow mobile case maker ZAGG , the two said late Tuesday. According to ZAGG, it will pay $100M, plus earn out, for mophie, creating a new mobile accessory company with 2015 net sales of approximately $470M.

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DECEMBER 31, 2015

Los Angeles-based video story app developer Flipagram said Wednesday that it added more than 1,000 signed, musical artists to its "Flipagram Verified" platform, letting those artists make their music available to Flipagram's users.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Los Angeles-based mobile games developer JamCity is continuing its growth, saying on Wednesday that it has raise $350M in new funding, and acquired mobile game studio Ludia. According to the company, it paid $165M to acquire Ludia from Fremantle.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Swytch was a developer of digital gift card and mobile gifting apps, and was acquired about four weeks ago by a company called Finablr. Swytch was based in Plano, Texas, and was founded in 2015; Finablr, a company in the money transfer, currency exchange, and payment industry is based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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JANUARY 19, 2017

MATCHCo , a developer of a mobile app which helps users match their skin tones to cosmetics, has been acquired by Japanese cosmetics firm Shiseido. MATCHCo was founded by Dave Gross and Andy Howell in 2013, and launched its first app in November of 2015. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based mobile app developer Flipagram is looking for a buyer, and may have found one, in Chinese news aggreagtor Toutiao , according to a report Thursday. Flipagram is venture backed by Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, and Sequoia Capital, and raised a bit $70M funding round in 2015. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2017

Clutter has now raised around $97M in total funding since 2015. Clutter has also previously raised funding from AmplifyLA, Resolute.vc, and angels Matt Coffin, David Sacks, and Joanne Wilson. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard has agreed to acquire King Digital Entertainment , the developer of mobile games, including Candy Crush, in a deal worth $5.9 King Digital said it has more than 474 million monthly active users in the third quarter of 2015. Activision said its wholly owned subsidiary, ABS Partners C.V.,

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MARCH 14, 2015

Mark Suster (@msuster) March 14, 2015. Yet someone the raw nature of filming & consuming on mobile is new. Hunter Walk (@hunterwalk) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. Josh Elman (@joshelman) March 14, 2015. The best mobile companies do this.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Data which was originally collected by former Los Angeles parking information provider and mobile app developer ParkMe will go to power the new "where to park" feature in Waze , according to both Waze and ParkMe's new owner, Inrix. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse said it had a $130M revenue run rate in 2015, after seeing a growth of 170% during the year, the company said Wednesday. The company, led by Mark Douglas, offers up software to help its clients with social, mobile, and display advertising.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Honk Technologies offers up a mobile app which lets motorists requests help for a jump start, tire change, or other on-the-road road assistance. Honk previously raised $12M in a funding round in 2015. The funding was led by Altpoint Ventures, and also included Structure Capital and Venture 51. and Fonality. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2015

million downloads of its mobile app on iOS and Android as of the first quarter of 2015. According to TrueCar, it saw more than 2.2 READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based RadPad , the mobile rental marketplace startup led by Jonathan Eppers, says it proceed $40M in mobile credit and debit rent payments in 2015, and has inked a deal with MasterCard. The company, backed by Altpoint Ventures and Goldcrest Investments, said that MasterCard is giving its customers a low 1.99

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JANUARY 4, 2016

Irvine-based mobile accessory maker Incipio has scored an investment from private equity investor Goode Partners, the company announced this morning, via a minority investment. Incipio did not disclose the size of the investment. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Wag--founded in 2015 by Joshua and Jonathan Viner--says its services are now available in more than 100 cities nationwide. Los Angeles-based on-demand, dog walking startup Wag has raised an enormous, $300M funding round, the company announced Tuesday morning. Wag said the funding comes from SoftBank Vision Fund.

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MARCH 14, 2019

Los Angeles-based Heal , which operates a mobile app driven, in-person, "house call" service which lets users schedule in person doctor's visits at their home or work, says it is seeing higher satisfaction, cost savings, and "significant" time savings from its patients. The methodology behind the company-conducted survey was not announced.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? I''d like to see big leaps in adaptive learning technologies, true mobile learning, and the credentialing of non-traditional learning. Execution starts with selling an idea, creating buy in, followed by goal setting and creating a good sense of accountability.

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MARCH 10, 2015

Name of the carrier was not announced, nor were financial terms of the deal, however, Boingo said that the deal will offload Wi-Fi on 40 million handsets using Boingo''s network in 2015. Boingo explained that the system will automatically connect a customer''s device into its network without user interaction.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

The company--which differentiates itself from other online and mobile services in its focus on using data algorithms to match compatible individuals--says it expects its subscriber base to grow 40 to 50 percent in 2015. The first new market for eHarmony is Singapore.

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MARCH 30, 2016

Invoca had grown steadily and consistently since 2009 and by 2015 SaaS companies with scale had become hot – trading at a median of 7.3x Every VC who’s been the business for a long time realized first hand that the VC markets were changing rapidly as early as Q3 of 2015. 2015 turned to 2016. Fall turned to winter.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) has announced that Evan Spiegel, CEO and co-founder of Snapchat, along with CBRE and California State University, Northridge (CSUN) will be the 2015 Eddy Awards Honorees. Annual spending related to CSUN of $562.3

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NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Checkout out latest coverage from the LA Tech Summit 2015 conference. The post LA Tech Rising at LA Tech Summit 2015 appeared first on TechZulu. LA Tech may be the second largest tech hub in the world, however its only a matter of time before its number 1!

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MAY 7, 2018

According to the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority , the new "Innovation Lab" is an accelerator for innovative products and ideas in the airport industry, and will be run by Detecon Inc, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom (the owner of T-Mobile).

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MAY 7, 2018

According to the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority , the new "Innovation Lab" is an accelerator for innovative products and ideas in the airport industry, and will be run by Detecon Inc, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom (the owner of T-Mobile).

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APRIL 22, 2016

funding round this week for its mobile gifting app. Jason Reid: Giftagram is a mobile first company, that really redefines the way people gift. What is unique about our mobile app, is you can send a physical gift without actually having a physical address to send it to. How does Giftagram work?

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JANUARY 6, 2014

If you want to know more about them and why they grew so rapidly I’ve written about them here ( online / offline mobile ad integration ) & here ( the most obvious mobile phone ad unit ). See as a board we can already see very clearly how our 2014 & 2015 years pencil out with a fair degree of predictability.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Los Angeles-based Maple Media (maplemedia.io) recently announced a big, $30M funding from Shamrock Capital, to assemble a collection of mobile applications in the utility, productivity, games and entertainment verticals. After I sold my last company, Shift, in May of 2015, I took some time off to look for the next thing to do.

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JANUARY 15, 2015

Here is a look back on some of the biggest booths at CES 2015. New business solutions mirror and talking Android were do-not-miss highlights of CES 2015. The announcement of the new Broadwell processor at the CES 2015 press announcements showed off a few tiny computers called Next Unit of Computing (NUC). Pros: Underrated booth.

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