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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Marina del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus , which develops apps that provides free texting and phone service, said late Tuesday morning that it has named Nanea Reeves as President of the company. textplus machinima free texting calling mobile jamdat executive' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Marina Del Rey-based textPlus , the message app developer led by Scott Lahman, has unveiled a new app called Nextplus , aimed at ramping up adoption of the company''s messaging tools. The company''s iOS app emphasizes the free, unlimited texting as well as animated text and GIF stickers that users can send to friends.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Marina Del Rey-based Carbonics said on Wednesday that it has launched its first product, a carbon-on-silicon wafer aimed at helping advanced radio frequency (RF) semiconductor development. Carbonics is backed by $5.5M from TAQNIA International, and is a spinout of research conducted at UCLA and USC. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

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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MAY 1, 2014

The company--which launched earlier in April in Los Angeles--offers up personal shopping services driven by crowdsourcing. The company joins other similar, peer-to-peer marketplace companies like Uber, Handybook, DogVacay, TakeLessons, and Homehero, all of whom have made Los Angeles a major focus of their efforts. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Marina Del Rey-based textPlus , the venture-backed developer of mobile texting and calling applications, said Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, international calling app called GlobePhone. per minute, which the company says is 98 percent less than standard carrier rates. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 16, 2014

Marina Del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus said Tuesday that its software can turn existing, Kindle Fire into a phone, using textPlus over WiFi today. Marina Del Rey-based mobile app developer textPlus said Tuesday that its software can turn existing, Kindle Fire into a phone, using textPlus over WiFi today.

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