TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 24, 2019

Google today announced that it has partnered with Sony Pictures Imageworks , Sony’s visual effects and animation studio, to launch OpenCue , an open source render manager. Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

International Trade Commission has taken up a complaint, filed by Santa Barbara-based Sonos , that Google has been importing and selling goods which Sonos says infringe upon its patents. The move is the latest in a big battle between Sonos and Google. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Pasadena-based Green Dot is powering a new banking offering from Google Pay , called Plex Accounts , which will allow Google Pay customers to open up and manage a FDIC-insured digital bank account through the app, the company said today. According to Green Dot, the new Google Pay offering will roll out sometime in 2021.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 16, 2018

Google Cloud’s new region in Los Angeles is now online, the company announced today. This isn’t exactly a surprise, given that Google had previously announced a July launch for the region, but it’s a big step for Google, which now boasts five cloud regions in the United States.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Google said on Wednesday that it has opened up a brand new, games and entertainment studio in Playa Vista--the Stadia Games and Entertainment Studio --which will focus on delivering games and which will employ a team of game designers, artists, and storytellers. Studstill was previously the producer of "God of War". READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2013

Goldstar , the online service which helps connect people with special deals on live entertainment, has tied with Google on support of Google Now. The Pasadena-based company said it has integrated with Google Now, to provide consumers with information about live entertainment in their area. Goldstar is led by Jim McCarthy.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Google is surfacing the location of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Southern California, and elsewhere, on Google Maps, the company announced on Tuesday morning.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Pasadena-based private cloud provider Metacloud announced today that it has hired on Conner Grey, the former head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google for Southern California, as its new VP of Operations. Metacloud said Grey had been at Google for the last decade, and also has served at Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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JULY 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based Not Me Solutions , which develops software used for reporting misconduct at companies, has named two new advisors, including the former Chief Compliance Officer of Google. The company allows organizations to subscribe to gain deeper insight into issues being reported at their firms.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. in Los Angeles. in Los Angeles.

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MAY 10, 2019

Goleta-based whole home speaker manufacturer Sonos said on Thursday that it has launched Google Assistant on Sonos, allowing Google's voice assistant to run on Sonos "smart" speakers through a software upgrade. The company said the $210M in revenues was a record for the company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Santa Monica-based NearWoo said today that it has linked up with Google''s DoubleClick Ad Exchange, allowing its 4,000 local mobile advertisers to access the ad inventory on DoubleClick. According to NearWoo, the deal gives its local mobile advertisers access to the sites, apps and games where Google delivers it mobile ads.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Company co-founder Jonathan Zweig has already had one hit as a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur. “Google has been a great partner for us,” Zweig says.

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JUNE 18, 2019

The surge of activity by such technology giants as Google , Amazon , and Netflix is completely reshaping the Los Angeles real estate market , according to a report from the Los Angeles Times, as those tech giants are jostling to acquire real estate in LA. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Plenty of Fish (POF), the online dating company owned by Match.com--and run out of Los Angeles--says it has integrated its dating services with Google Assistant, running on Google Home, Android devices, and iPhones.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Internet giant Google said late Tuesday that it has tapped a research team from UC Santa Barbara , to help build new, new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics. those processors are being applied to design of artificial intelligence at Google. ucsb google quantum computing physics research'

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the online marketing firm which helps small and medium sized businesses place online ads, has strengthened its ties into Google AdWords today, saying it has been added to the Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner (PSP) Program. Google did not say how many partners have been added to the program.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Some of the world’s best companies to work for are those that encourage employees to spend time following their own paths of curiosity toward development of new products or services. Google, 3M, Facebook , and Microsoft all allow their employees to take time to explore new ideas they conceive and attempt to develop.

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JUNE 29, 2018

In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud.

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APRIL 10, 2014

Sonos , the maker of the whole home audio streaming systems, has connected up its systems with Google Play Music , the music service run by Google, the companies announced this morning. sonos google play streaming music integration cloud stream speaker home audio electronics' Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2014

Google looks to have some big plans for Los Angeles expansion, as news broke this morning that the company has acquired 12 acres in Playa Vista, paying an estimated $120M on the property, next to the hangar where Howard Hughes built the "Spruce Goose". Image: Google''s YouTube Space LA in Playa Vista. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Irvine-based online real estate marketplace Auction.com announced this morning that it has raised $50M in a funding round from Google Capital. According to Auction.com, Google Capital will also add a representative to the company''s board of directors, and also gain an observer seat. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based online video guide service OVGuide.com , which is backed by Baroda Ventures, said today that it has launched a new application for Google Glass. According to OVGuide.com, its new app for Google Glass allows users to watch streaming video on Google''s platform. ovguide google glass streaming video content'

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JUNE 12, 2014

Technology giant Google is reportedly looking to take a stake in Mojave, California-based space tourism and spaceship developer Virgin Galactic , according to a report Thursday evening. google virgin galactic merger acquisition rumor goog richard branson' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2018

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing service Fandango is powering a new service from , announced on Friday, which lets users of Google Assistant book tickets to their local movie theater. Financial details of the link between the companies were not announced. The new service is now available on Google Assistant for Android.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management and contact management software developer Nimble said today that it has connected into Google Apps for Work, via the Google for Work Partner Program. Nimble is led by longtime CRM veteran Jon Ferrara.

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JULY 24, 2017

Santa Monica-based streaming television provider Hulu announced on Monday that it has appointed Kelly Campbell as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer. Hulu said Campbell will oversee the company's brand marketing, performance marketing, media, content marketing, creative, entertainment publicity and consumer research teams.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Sendgrid , the email back-end services company which has a major operation in Irvine, has joined Google and GoDaddy in suspending services to the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, after user complaints. The Daily Stormer then attempted to move its hosting to Google, which immediately suspended that move yesterday.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based MomentFeed , the developer of tools to help businesses manage their location data in online local search services, says it has added Google+ and Bing management to its tools. momentfeed googl plus bing local data information' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2017

San Luis Obispo-based MINDBODY is one of the companies behind the new, Google service for booking fitness and spa appointments, Google Reserve. Google said it is using MINDBODY, plus MyTime, Genbook, Full Slate, Front Desk, Appointy, and others, to power the service.

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based Glip , the startup developing cloud-based tools to help teams manage projects, plans, documents, and other more, said today that it has integrated its service with Google Drive and Dropbox. The company has been offering up the service since October. The company has been offering up the service since October.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 30, 2021

The company, founded by ex-Google engineers and colleagues behind the unrequited Bookbot , was formed to develop market-ready tech in self-driving, AI-powered robotics and delivery operations in 2019, but the team has kept operations under wraps until now. .” With this announcement, Cartken officially comes out of stealth mode.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Los Angeles-based FameBit , the online marketplace which helps brands connect with YouTube influencers, has been acquired by Google , the company's backer--Science--announced on Tuesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

In an interesting indicator of the growing influence of technology companies on Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Museum Of Art said this week that it has launched a new Art + Technology Initiative , which will give artists grants and lab space to experiment with new technologies. lacma google spacex artists accenture daqri nvidia'

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JUNE 20, 2019

The startup--which is backed by $40M in funding from Airbus Ventures, Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins--said the contract came from the DOD's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU). The company said it moved in January from Silicon Valley to a new, 140,000 square foot headquarters in Long Beach. Size of that new contract was not announced.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Pasadena-based programmatic advertising marketplace operator OpenX has rolled out compatibility with Google AMP, Google's effort at a highly optimized set of rules for mobile web pages, across its entire set of products, the companys aid Monday.

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