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HashAtIt.com Takes On Hashtag Search

socalTECH

A new, Los Angeles startup, HashAtIt.com has launched this morning, offering up a search engine specifically for searching for hashtag content. The company said it was founded by Laurie Paolone, who was formerly the CIO of MagnaFlow. READ MORE>>.

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MANDT VR Names CTO

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Mandt was most recently CIO at VER, and also had previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Time Warner, Hearst Interactive Media and TrueCar. Los Angeles-based MANDT VR , an augmented reality and virtual reality production company, said on Thursday that it has named Mike Dunn as the company's Chief Technology Officer.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

Both Sides of the Table

Everybody knows about the leaked memo of AOL’s Tim Armstrong saying he wants to up his content from 4% video to 70% video. That sets LA & NY up nicely for a number of emerging content creation industries. LA is producing content at scale. That sets us up nicely for the next phase of the web.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

Both Sides of the Table

Los Angeles has a strategic asset : content creation skills – In order for the Internet to go mainstream you first needed the infrastructure to support it from networking equipment (Cisco, Juniper) to databases (Oracle) to search (Google) and more recently mobile devices (Apple). Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal.

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Fliptu Gets $1.2M For Social Aggregation Tools

socalTECH

The startup--led by Jeremy Gocke--said the funding came from Scout Ventures, Rick Dalzell (former Amazon CIO), Rich Heise (early Groupon investor), Hivers & Strivers, Kelly Perdew, and other angels. The company said it will use the funds to bolster its product team and expand into new verticals.

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Mobile Apps: The New Direct-To-Consumer Channel

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Customers can stream your companys content, shop for goods, search for local products and services, and receive personalized serviceall from their mobile phones. Wednesday, February 8, 2012 -- Mobile Apps: The New Direct-To-Consumer Channel. Mobile Apps enable businesses to relate to customers one-to-one. Come join the discussion!

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Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US

TechCrunch LA

According to Crunchbase , the company has made nine known acquisitions over time — most recently picking up Los Gatos-based content creation services provider Toplooks.ai. Other things the company plans to do with its new capital is focus on acquisitions, particularly acqui-hires, according to Siemiatkowski.