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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Los Angeles-based internet services giant j2 Global is continuing to build out its vast empire of Internet services, saying this morning that it has acquired Australian web hosting company Web24 Group Pty Ltd. j2 Global said the acquisition moves the company into the web hosting arena. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

San Diego-based Active Network , which operates a network of sports and community registration sites and offers up other related software products, said today along with school photography firm Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. Tags: active network school yearbook sports registration lifetouch ecommerce software. READ MORE>>.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

” In our performance consulting work, we often hear variations of the following: “Our web application was running fine with a few hundred users. Web application performance is a broad discipline. Todd Hoff’s comprehensive 2009 blog entry on the costs of latency in web applications is still relevant today.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

GoDaddy hosts millions of domain names, as well as provides web hosting services itself, but it's unclear how many sites were affected by the outage. The outage has been blamed on hacking activity.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Swagbucks site allows users to register and then play games, shop online, search the web, and conduct other activities on the web in exchange for loyalty points "Swag Bucks" -- which can be redeemed for prizes and awards, including Amazon gift certificates, products, or cash.

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TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Renowned as one of the leading projects of its kind, it benchmarks the peak performance of server-side web application frameworks and platforms, primarily using tests contributed by the community. btw: xitca-web (bench code not including dependencies) does not do 2,3,5 and still remains competitive in micro bench can be used as a reference.

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MARCH 28, 2011

San Diego-based Active.com , the online sports registration site owned by the Active Network, said Monday afternoon that it has launched its first online affiliate program.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. And the reality is that you might be better off doing less activity but doing “the right&# activities really well.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The startup--which initially launched its service on the web back in 2012 --released. a new iOS application in November , allowing users to easily see who is nearby, what they''re doing, and helps you explore others who might be interested in similar activities in real life. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Los Angeles angel investor Paige Craig is part of a new round of funding for Internet web influence tracker Klout. Craig, in addition to being an active angel investor, is starting up his own, stealthy B2B startup in Santa Monica. Klout said today that it had raised $8.5M

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based LifeCrowd (www.lifecrowd.com) unveiled its service to help connect people with real life activities. The firm is initially focusing on the Los Angeles market, and connecting people with fun, interesting classes, activities, and more in the local area.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Who knew surfing the web could be so rewarding? Los Angeles-based Swagbucks says that so far, it has awarded $27 million worth of gift cards, physical items, and payments via PayPal to its users, just for searching the web, watching videos, doing market research surveys, and other activities.

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MARCH 24, 2020

According to the company--which normally runs in-person, corporate team building events--its new "Cyber Sleuths" virtual game uses video and web-conferencing platforms like Zoom, Microsoft Team, Google Hangouts learn the tools to succeed working remotely for the first time. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The firm--which is currently being revamped by CEO Michael Jones into a new, entertainment focused portal--said the updated site creates the "best experience for Myspace mobile web users". The firm said the new iPhone application will focus around a user's activity stream, and will be available "in the coming weeks."

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JUNE 7, 2011

The Texas firm provides a suite of web-based applications for the healthcare industry. Soon Shiong has been becoming very active in making investment recently, having funded massively multiplayer online gaming firm Fourth Wall Studios in May and acquiring "smart pill" maker Vitality Corp in February.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

According to the group's web site, it will kick off the next class in November 2011, and continue until early spring 2012. The group--which last ran a program in early 2010--has recently opened up an application page for its 2011 Winter Term, and has been sending out invites for a launch event in early November.

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JULY 21, 2011

So, what we do, is bring all of that data together into a unified, comprehensive solution, so they can manage all of that activity and data in one place. All of the activity we're monitoring, and ways we're engaging and allowing clients to engage with consumers are 100 percent through their smart phone.

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MAY 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based Swagbucks , the web-based rewards and offers site, said this morning that it has raised $60M in funding--the company''s first, external capital round--and also appointed Chuck Davis as CEO of the company. According to Swagbucks, the funding round comes from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV).

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

And measuring activities or output can mislead you into thinking you’re doing a great job. So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This morning's interview is with Billy Fried , co-founder and CEO of Kijubi (www.kijubi.com), a new startup which is looking to help people find travel activities. I was always perplexed at finding fun activities out there to do. It's migrated onto the web in Hawaii, a simple migration, but no one had done it here yet.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 Forum December 9th Lineup - Startup Houston , November 27, 2010 When to step on the gas and go for it?

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APRIL 24, 2019

Shane Bernstein: We look at actionable data points and data metrics which are quantifiable across the web, and we qualify them and normalize that data, and sort them based on what they've done. That includes hundreds of thousands of sites on the web today. Shane Bernstein: If you exist on the web, you exist.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

Websense said the cloud-based tool checks for web page content, active scripts, exploit code, obfuscated commands, web redirects, files, PDFs and executables. The firm said the new tool provides cloud-based security, providing real-time threat analysis and security, and integrates with traditional proxy gateways and firewalls.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Web Services, led by Amazon’s AWS, which reduced the costs a further 90%. The “Three C’s” of the Internet … The infrastructure and web services phases of the Internet are built. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. But what is it we actually DO on the Internet?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Right now, we're working on integrating more data from around the web, and our goal is to really aggregate and curate the information out there. In that sense, we're very independent of Best Buy, because it's all about aggregation and curating information, to become the leading web and mobile digital player in terms of information.

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MAY 31, 2012

Earthlink founder and Southern California entrepreneur Sky Dayton is leading an angel investment in a new startup out of Stanford, which is developing a service which allows developers to track changes and extract information out of web pages. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2011

According to the two, they are in a three-year partnership, which will provide outdoor enthusiasts with information on recreation locations on REI's website, as well as connect shoppers with gear on Demand's Trails.com web site. Financial details of the collaboration were not disclosed.

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Demand Media Santa Monica Guide 150

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JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Jon describes how he's creating a "next generation", web-based contact manager which takes into account the social nature of the web today.

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TechEmpower

JUNE 6, 2018

26 languages, 431 frameworks, 1774 benchmarks; and the knock on benefits to the the users of any framework that actively participates are enormous - you are truly doing great work! We also want the ever-increasing diversity of options for web development to be represented. — Ben Adams (@ben_a_adams) May 24, 2018.

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MAY 18, 2010

It's been tough to shake people loose from companies," Stuart Macfarlane , CEO of El Segundo-based iChange , explains, saying that the firm is actively looking to hire two to three web developers. more balanced with understanding the company's business model and management team's track-record, before making the decision to move.".

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Southern California Technical Review Playa Del Rey Technology 246

TechEmpower

JULY 31, 2023

A : Activation - What % have a "happy" initial experience? Startup Metrics with Dave McClure Dave McClure has a great presentation on Startup Metrics where he points to some additional metrics that are useful to consider: A : Acquisition - Where / what channels do users come from? R : Retention - Do they come back & re-visit over time?

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APRIL 1, 2013

CreatorUp is the online web series school teaching the next generation of web series creators how to make and market their own new video projects on the web. And our network of filmmaker and entertainment industry colleagues allow us to recruit top teachers who are leaders in the web world. What inspired you?

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Web USC Course Guide 93

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MAY 10, 2012

Moviepilot's web site helps studios engage with the early fan base for movies, well before the theatrical release of those films. The company said it now has over 50 people split between its Berlin and London offices, and is actively hiring in Los Angeles.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based HitFix , an online web site focused on entertainment news and information, has raised $1.6M Pikover was founder of Access360 and a co-founder at Xylan and is an active angel investor in the Southern California area. in a new funding round, according to investor the Tech Coast Angels.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

One of the great joys of doing the web series This Week in VC every week is that I get to spend time with great people debating the issues of our day including how our industry is evolving as well as insights into how companies got started, got their initial traction and dealt with adversities. Oh, yeah. Positive feedback feeds the idea.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

The firm claims that it is now one of the largest producers of content on the Web, distributing that to an audience of more than 80 million people. Demand said it will start offering health care options to active, "tenured" writers working for the firm as of November 1st. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

But he also says that it wasn’t a negative regarding M&A activities with competitors – this is sometimes seen as one of the pitfalls of strategic money. We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. This is astounding and myopic in my view.

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