Xconomy

AUGUST 15, 2018

GreatCall operates a virtual mobile telecommunications network for a customers base of more than 900,000 elderly consumers. The company also sells gadgets, such as mobile devices with large screens and big buttons, wearables that can work with those devices, and emergency alert products.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

The service--which allows users to screen their voicemails, provide custom voicemail greetings to specific callers, transcribe their voicemails to text, and much more--said it actually passed the milestone earlier this summer. YouMail providesa a suite of tools to help users manage their mobile phone calls.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad have completely revolutionized how consumers interact with the online world in the past few years. One of the first companies to see the potential for a mobile application specifically targeted at the enterprise was Roambi (www.roambi.com), which is based in Solana Beach.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2010

Burstly, a Santa Monica based company, provides an open and free ad management platform that helps mobile application developers better monetize their inventory. He’s a natural leader, appropriately competitive, very customer focused and a pleasure to work with. The world is going mobile.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2013

According to ClubLocal, it allows users to book home services both through their mobile phone and online, and also handles payments and a guarantee for the work booked with service professionals through the service. clublocal reachlocal appointment mobile booking services home household repair' READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

According to the author, 60% of Facebook’s revenue comes from mobile ads, double that of the prior year. As Facebook''s mobile ad revenue attests, marketers are stepping up their "phone based" spending. There’s a fundamental difference between the behavior of someone utilizing a mobile device and someone sitting at a desktop computer.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Broadcom's new BCM2157 dual-core, baseband processor includes functionality for mobile hot-spot, multiple touch screen, and other media and applications processing features. Broadcom said the new chip is sampling now to early access customers, with first commercial launches expected in Q1 of 2011. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

ReachSite helps provide search engine optimization, content optimization, and lead capture for companies, to help companies convert visitors into customers. That new service also has pre-negotiated prices, and the vendors are pre-screened and background checked. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

And apparently, that’s what mobile applications do better – just ask the fast-growing number of app users. This is the consequence of the switch from desktop and laptops to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. Of that smartphone internet time, mobile apps take up 86% of usage and only 14% access time via the mobile web.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

. “Cognitive computing,” artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced data analytics are evolving companies’ understanding of their customers in game-changing ways. The Device-Agnostic Customer Experience. Through screen mirroring, users have greater flexibility over how they view – and share – content.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Boingo said the addition of the new payment option will enable an "express lane" for customers who want access but don't want to enter account information, and is particularly aimed at better supporting mobile devices with limited screen space. Boingo also accepts credit cards, an iTunes account, and Skype credit.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2019

At that time, I had to explain to skeptical customers that it made more sense for them to rent our software on a subscription basis, rather than purchase it outright. I vividly recall a meeting at Siebel to explore a potential partnership by which Siebel would sell our GoToAssist screen sharing technology to its customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Those who are more involved in traditional entertainment are seeing a major shift online which is why an additional one-day seminar was created to coincide with Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood as a partnership called, Idea to Screen. The staff is very helpful and provides great customer service too. Same with CreatorUp. See you there!

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2013

Of course you now book when you want and even choose your restaurant based on availability at the time / day you want and you can book on your mobile phone at 2am or 8pm. Today they announced the mobile version of their product – I’d be grateful if you would download it and give it a spin. It sounds crazy, right?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 18, 2013

We spoke with CEO and founder Ben Katz about the company''s prepaid debit cards and mobile apps (featuring such brands as The Walking Dead, The Three Stooges, Star Trek, and Garfield), and more. We think the future of payments is in the palm of someone''s hand, in the form of their mobile phone. What is Card.com? How are you different?

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

Have you every clicked on a mobile ad on your iPhone or Android phone, and found that the ad you clicked into wasn't usable on your mobile phone? Jason Crilly: We're doing mobile landing pages. We're creating really good looking, really easy to use, really effective mobile landing pages. What exactly is PageWoo?

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 19, 2012

And in the case of defining mobile/web/software, there is even more variability in terms of form and format. This should be an iterative process with advisors and customers providing feedback on the product. Customer Development Notes I'm assuming founders are having customer development conversations.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 25, 2012

RingRevenue's unique technology allows online and offline advertisers and publishers to consistently increase revenues from mobile, print, search and email campaigns by tracking the phone calls generated by such ads. So it only makes sense that the Facebook mobile app has been an enormous success. But, a mobile phone is still a phone.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). People don’t want to speak to customer service reps.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 22, 2014

The company''s President and CEO, Perse Faily , told us how digital ordering now means not just restaurant kiosks (which the company has been developing even before the dawn of the smartphone), but also the Internet, mobile phones, and other devices, and how that has changed the company''s business and strategy.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 25, 2015

Advertising technology is hot with the rise of mobile, evidenced in part by Verizon’s merger with AOL valued at $4.4 billion, and on a much smaller scale, Undertone’s recent acquisition of mobile ad provider Sparkflow.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

And while the App Internet is currently more powerful than the Mobile Internet it has fundamental flaws. In other words, our mobile devices are all powerful and the network that they connect into sucks. Social media will be pervasive in the enterprise and is primarily driving by customer interactions.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Journey is a platform to build data gathering mobile apps much faster than would traditionally have been possible. That is the problem Embark Mobile is set to solve across the world beginning in Africa. Journey was created by our company, Embark Mobile (or “Embark” for short). Why the name? Who is your target user?

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 27, 2022

PortalOne , which is building an immersive gaming platform that describes itself as hybrid in more ways than one — it mixes games with a game show/talk show format, and it’s designed to work across various devices from mobile through to consoles and VR headsets — has picked up $60 million.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 24, 2020

Extra precautions have been taken because of the outbreak, including frequent disinfecting of work spaces and requiring workers to wear masks and undergo regular temperature screenings, according to the company. Polestar will only sell its vehicles online and will offer customers subscriptions to the vehicle.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I use my desktop when I need the screen real estate or processing power. I would be working on my iMac, and head out to a customer site, but I'd forget to sync things or put those files in Dropbox. We don't want to worry about synchronizing things, we just want to use our devices or whatever screen is convenient.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

Microsoft is set to buy multi-user large display touch screens this summer the firms announced Monday. Microsoft is probably making the costly screens available for the public and embedded with their Windows 8 operating software and some hardware additions. Windows 8 also works well with the PPI screens.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The firm said the new app allows customers to design and build prototypes of applications, without requirements for coding or scripting of any kind. iRise's products are used by companies to mock up screen layouts and inputs for actual applications, to make it easier to develop.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

The software is used by Topspin's customers to scan tickets sold through Topspin's software. Topspin said the new application allows users to scan both paper and smart-phone screen tickets and supports multiple scanners, among other updates. The firm said the update will be available to its users for free.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Innovative marketing starts with customer insights culled from painstaking research into who your customers are, and how they use digital media. Create new online communities and customer forums , rather than joining existing ones. Ask why it should be, and why customers should care. Mobile is where it’s at.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2017

Epic Games is the creator of Unreal Engine technology, which is used by millions of developers to ship visually stunning, high-quality games and experiences across PC, console, mobile, VR and AR platforms. Developers also choose Epic’s Unreal Engine for cinematic production, visualization, design and simulation.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 28, 2018

San Francisco-based Puls, founded in 2015, offers to dispatch technicians quickly to a customer’s home or office to replace malfunctioning parts, mount a widescreen TV on the wall, or install smart home devices such as security systems, voice-activated assistants, and Internet-connected thermostats. The 24/7 service operates.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. You fish where your customers are. Scott Lahman , Zack Norman & Austin Murray were the three co-founders of JAMDAT, the most successful mobile 1.0

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socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based HipSwap is trying to break the mold of online marketplaces, with its highly visual, mobile and online marketplace for fashion and other items. We have a very visual marketplace, that for the mobile and web, lets people show their closets, garages, homes, and stores. Think eBay is just too tough to use?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2014

“At American, we’re extremely sensitive to our customer’s evolving needs, and wearable technology is a quickly-growing market,” said Phillip Easter, Director Mobile Apps at American Airlines. Mobile Startups American Airlines hackathon Travel travel apps Wearable World Wearables'

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Mobile Application Creation Utility. is a mobile application creation utility with free code and API open for developers to create ‘micro-apps’ that can engage an applications audience. will help clients send their user’s real-world data-collection expeditions, prototype a mobile idea or companion app for a website.

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