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Naki Laundry Debuts In Santa Monica With Tech Friendly Laundry Service

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In the latest services-meets-smartphone service to launch in the Los Angeles area, a new startup, Naki Laundry , said today that it has launched its service in Santa Monica, letting the tech set use their smartphone or the web to get their laundry cleaned. Naki''s name comes from the Hebrew for the word "clean".

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Instacart Expands In Los Angeles

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On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has expanded in Los Angeles, saying recently that it is now covering downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and will deliver groceries from Ralphs and Costco. The company--which launched earlier in April in Los Angeles--offers up personal shopping services driven by crowdsourcing.

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OnBoat Launches Boat Charter Marketplace In LA

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Los Angeles-based OnBoat said on Thursday that it has launched its online marketplace to connect people with a fleet of private boats and captains in Los Angeles. The service, led by Marc Andelman, already offers its services in San Francisco, San Diego, Miami, and other locations, including a number of international destinations.

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Squeegy Officially Debuts On-Demand Car Wash Service In LA

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Los Angeles-based Squeegy , an on-demand, car wash service, said Wednesday that it has officially launched its service in Los Angeles. The startup, led by Andrew Davis, let users request a car wash from their mobile app, anywhere within Squeegy's service area. Squeegy's on-demand app currently runs only on iOS.

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New Feature: Socaltech's Video Interviews!

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Ryan Disraeli and Stacy Stubblefield tell the story about Marina Del Rey-based Telesign (www.telesign.com), and how it's powering the second factor authentication, to keep for many of the sites and services you use every day safe. Other videos to watch: Tech Scenes Los Angeles, Episode 1. READ MORE>>.

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textPlus Lands $18M, Buys Jarvus

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In addition to the new funding, the company also said it has acquired Los Angeles-based Jarvus , which develops an app to people capture and share experiences, events and moments together. textPlus, which is based in Marina Del Rey, develops a combination of mobile apps and related services which allow users to text each other for free.

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Rinse Opens On-Demand Dry Cleaning In LA

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Rinse , a San Francisco-based on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, said Thursday that it is expanding it service to Los Angeles, after raising a $3.5M funding round.