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Lynda.com Gets Award For Job Creation

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Lynda.com , the site which helps people learn software and other skills from online videos, has been recognized for its job creation, the firm said Friday, ranking number 1 in job creation in education by Inc. Lynda.com's online site offers up instructional courses on everything from software like Photoshop to Wordpress, and Excel to AutoCAD.

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CheapAir.com Starts Accepting Litecoin, Dogecoin For Travel

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Calabasas-based travel booking site CheapAir.com says that it has begun accepting those two cyber-currencies -- which are similar to Bitcoin -- for booking airline flights, hotels, and train seats. Are you an alternative currency mogul, wishing you could directly spend your Litecoin or Dogecoin cryptocurrency for an airline ticket?

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National Technical Systems Sets Expansion Plans In Texas

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Calabasas-based National Technical Systems , which provides testing and engineering services, says it is expanding its facility in Plano, Texas, to add wireless, product safety and international product approvals. NTS says it maintains a 50,000 square feet of laboratory space plus a remote 44,000 square feet test site in Texas.

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Intuit Expands Offerings

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Intuit's Calabasas-based Digital Insight unit is expanding its offerings today, saying that it is making its online financial management solution, FinanceWorks, available to bank and credit unions who aren't using its Internet banking platform.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. Demand Media. The now-public.

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Report: THQ Cutting 170

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Calabasas-based videogame developer THQ has reportedly cut 170 of its employees, according to reports Wednesday. According to reports on gaming sites, the cuts are expected to be announced along with THQ's earnings tomorrow. The report of the cuts apparently came via gaming insider Kevin Dent.

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Evolver Links With Emergent's Gamebryo

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Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , a developer of a web interface for buildling 3D characters in video games, said this morning that it is in a strategic partnership with Calabasas-based Emergent Game Technologies. Evolver's software allows users to create 3D models and avatars, based on a collection of content from Evolver's web site.