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MAY 13, 2010

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JULY 10, 2013

In what could help Santa Barbara further increase its influence in the high tech world, Surf Air , the subscription-membership based, all-you-can-fly airline headed by Wade Eyerly, said today that it has added Santa Barbara to its daily schedule. Surf Air launched its service between Burbank and San Francisco in June.

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JULY 27, 2020

Match Group , the parent company of Los Angeles-based online dating app developer Tinder , said on Monday that it has named Jim Lanzone--former President and CEO of CBS Interactive, and also Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Benchmark Capital--as CEO of Tinder. He also has been on the board of Los Angeles-based Edmunds.com since 2014.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Goleta-based AutoVitals , which develops software-as-a-service (SaaS) products for the automotive repair and maintenance software business, has raised a round of private equity, the company recently announced, from private equity investor Tritium Partners. Financial details of the private equity deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

Wilson is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, having served as an executive at such companies as Overture Services, Yahoo!, Wilson is also well known for starting Innovate Pasadena, the local nonprofit which helps focus on Pasadena's high tech ecosystem. Momentum Ventures, and other local startups.

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MAY 15, 2019

technology and services, says it is in the midst of a big expansion in Los Angeles, and has added about 20 percent to its headcount over the last three months. The company--led by longtime technology startup veteran Robin D. The company says it has already been expanding its product, engineering, sales and marketing teams.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

High tech startups--and the service providers who serve the industry--are continuing to cluster along Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, as Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , one of the Los Angeles legal firms focused on the high tech market, announced a grand opening date for a new office on the 3rd Street Promenade.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 14, 2013

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MAY 15, 2013

Peter Csathy , the CEO of San Diego''s Sorenson Media , and digital media veteran, has departed the company, and will head up a new legal and investment group formed by Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. Hale Boggs, who is well known to local entrepreneurs as one of the digital media- and tech-focused attorneys here. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 30, 2019

Now, he designs those systems for the real world through his company Oblong Industries , which has labored to create a full stack of collaborative tools for business users that are every bit as high-tech as the one’s Underkoffler dreamt for the silver screen. The latest to get the Rumpus treatment is Cisco Webex.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Former Los Angeles-based online real estate startup REX has shifted its headquarters to Texas, after the move of its CEO to Austin, in a loss to Southern California's growing high tech startup community--although the company says it still has a team of 50 in Woodland Hills, and that it expects to continue to grow its team in that location.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2014

It''s SXSW season--the time of year when startups and other high tech companies head to Austin, Texas to launch their companies, hobnob with the digerati, and try to get seen. One local, Pasadena company, Green Dot , however, looks to have a secret weapon in its launch plans there: puppies. for the effort.

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JUNE 4, 2019

In long, complicated path that wound through Southern California's high tech industry, flower delivery network operator FTD has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service. United Online was acquired by B.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

Los Angeles-based j2 Global has launched a hostile bid for online storage company Carbonite , and has offered $15.00 per share--or approximately $415M--to buy the company. Los Angeles-based j2 Global has launched a hostile bid for online storage company Carbonite , and has offered $15.00 READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Looking for a high tech job in Southern California? Despite the economy, Southern California's high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. Tech Lead Adserving Engineer , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group.

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JULY 19, 2018

Reali , a Silicon Valley startup which offers up a high-tech, and artificial intelligence-enabled real estate service, said this week that it has raised $20M in a Series B funding round, which it specifically will use to launch in Southern California.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

San Diego-based sports registration service Active Network has laid of over 100 people, according to sources near the company. No details on the layoff have been announced by the privately held company, and the company had not yet filed a notice with the state of California''s WARN system on any impending cuts.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Every month, there’s news of another partnership among carmakers like GM and tech companies such as Uber, as they vie for dominant roles in a transportation future where individual car ownership may largely give way to rides-on-demand from fleets of autonomous and tech-enabled vehicles. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Southern California technology companies are hiring aggressively, and the high tech job outlook is better than it has ever been, with hundreds of open positions and many companies eagerly seeking high tech talent. socalTECH's Job Board helps companies, and potential empoyees, connect.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Santa Ana-based computer and electronics distributor Ingram Micro said over the holiday weekend that it has made a binding ofer to acquire Paris, France-based ANOVO , a provider of reverse logistics and repair services for high tech products. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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MAY 11, 2016

CSM Software , and engineering and high tech services outsourcer whose founder and chairman is based in Westlake Village, has been acquired by Japanese company SOLIZE Group , acording to the companies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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JULY 24, 2012

Although Los Angeles, and Southern California, in general, does not have a shortage of high powered, legal firms with experience in the high tech sector, the move is notable as the first Silicon Valley firm to make a concrete move into the market. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Los Angeles-based Surf Air , the membership-based, all-you-can fly airline headed by Wade Eyerly, has extended out its footprint today, saying that it has added another aircraft and expanded service to Hawthorne and Palm Springs. Surf Air said new flights in Hawthorne will start on December 9th, and Palm Springs will start on December 12th.

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MAY 13, 2019

A lot of our readers have asked if we could add some video content to our news stream, and we've started talking with local entrepreneurs, investors, and others to learn more about how Southern California's high tech industry is growing and expanding. Want to see more video content from socaltech?

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JUNE 14, 2012

Another collision between the long history of political deals in Los Angeles, and the city's growing high tech industry surfaced this week, after the Los Angeles City Council decided to halt a contract to provide free Wi-Fi in LAX to a Florida firm, in an uncompetitive process.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA.

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AUGUST 22, 2013

JumpStartFund , which is based in El Segundo, opened up its service this morning to help use the wisdom of the crowd to move ideas, patents, and research from individuals, federal research labs, universities, and research organizations to the market. The site combines the crowd-voting aspect with crowd-funding elements, as well. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 28, 2015

The numbers suggest the company has an annual run rate north of $52M. Surf Air's service allows its members to fly unlimited flights between such common destinations as Los Angeles, San Diego, and Silicon Valley; the company has been catering to executives who frequently commute between California's high tech centers.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2014

San Diego-based Global Village Concerns , which provides an online service which helps school with their branding and marketing--via online e-commerce shops with branded merchandise and gear--has raised ar round of debt funding. The funding came from Agility Capital, a provider of venture debt to startups and other high tech companies.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Irvine-based Local.com , which operatea a network of local business directory and marketing sites, said today that it has named Bob Iguchi as Vice President of Operations at the company. Local.com said Iguchi has previously also served at Cisco Systems and Software Publishing Corporation.

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JUNE 1, 2009

However, how much of a link do Israeli technology companies see with Southern California's technology industry? I think the Israeli high tech industry is usually very aligned with the North American community," Eran Wagner, who is President, North American Operations at cVidya, told us in an interview.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Two, Southern California startups -- whole home music system developer Sonos , and streaming music service Beats Music -- made their Super Bowl commercial debuts yesterday, an unusual occasion for the startup community here.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

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FEBRUARY 21, 2012

DataCert , a provider of enterprise legal management software and services, said today that it has opened up a new office in the Yahoo! The company explained that the new Los Angeles offices comes as it recognized "the value of being in the high-tech center of America." READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

According to a survey sent out through a local professional engineering organization this morning, a local college is exploring whether it would be meaningful to the Ventura County community to start an engineering program to service the needs of employers in the area.

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JUNE 25, 2010

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