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Rinse Opens On-Demand Dry Cleaning In LA

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Rinse , a San Francisco-based on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, said Thursday that it is expanding it service to Los Angeles, after raising a $3.5M The company offers up many features familiar to on-demand app users, including emailed photos of your items and SMS pick up and scheduling. funding round.

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Demand Media Connects Users To Experts Via eHow Now

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has launched a brand new effort on eHow , which will connect users with experts in one-on-one, online consultations. Wish you could find an expert to help you across any part of your life? eHow said questions will be answered for an average of $19.99

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Mahalo Chops Headcount, Says Report

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Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the online human-curated news and search site headed by Jason Calacanis, has cut 10 percent of its staff, according to reports. Citing an email sent to Mahalo's "Guides", who develop content for Mahalo, the report said that, so far, the Google changes have led to a "significant dip" in traffic and revenues.

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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19

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Please reach out and email me at kirsten.korosec@techcrunch.com to share thoughts, opinions or tips or send a direct message to @kirstenkorosec. metro area, San Diego and Santa Monica. The on-demand shuttle startup raised $400 million, TechCrunch learned. Deal of the week. Exor contributed $200 million of that raise.

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Userplane: We're Not Dead Yet

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Santa Monica-based Userplane , which develops web widgets used by other online community sites, including chat and other collaboration applications, told its users today in an email that the firm's future "remains bright."

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

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. “In a nutshell: The challenge with LA is that it is an open vendor market with no vehicle cap,” Spin’s chief executive Philip Reinckens said in an email to TechCrunch. “This had led to an imbalance of vehicle supply to rider demand as operators over-saturate the market.”

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Interview with Tony Adam, EventUp

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That's what Santa Monica-based EventUp (www.eventup.com), one of the first companies to emerge out of Santa Monica-based Science Inc. , I think it could be as simple as an email to let them know when people have booked, negotiations within that, and book it online. is trying to figure out.