socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based livestreaming and on-demand audio, video, and podcasting content provider LiveOne says it has connected its long list of products into Google's Android Automotive platform. Google's Android Automotive is an open source software platform which Google offers up to major automotive OEMs.

Google 113

Google Platform Demand Content 113

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

operations of the wildly popular social media app, TikTok, according to a report from Bloomberg. operations from its parent company Bytedance was something that Trump administration had demanded on the grounds that the company’s data handling policies and popularity in the U.S. The spinout of TikTok’s U.S.

Oracle 320

Oracle Report Social Media Demand 320

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor. The podcast will look even more like an on-demand version of radio than it already does.

Acquisition 124

Acquisition Media News Platform 124

socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2019

AAcording to the company, the new software allows companies to produce, upload and deploy millions of unique creative versions of ads to the most popular digital media platforms and demand side platforms, in real time. Pricing on the new software was not announced.

Platform 133

Platform Marketing Journal Google 133

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2019

Los Angeles- and New York-based 3L Capital , a new venture capital investment fund co-founded by former Demand Media CEO Shawn Colo, has raised $217M in a new investment round, the firm said today. Colo co-founded the firm with Dave Leyrer (Nexus Group, Boulevard Capital Management) and Kerry Kellogg (RSE Ventures). READ MORE>>.

Invest 124

Invest Capital Commerce Los Angeles 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based MediaAlpha , a developer of programmatic advertising software, said today that it is expanding into the European market. The firm said it has opened up a London office, and hired on Robert Goldsmith as Director of Demand Partnerships as part of its efforts in Europe. Goldsmith was previously a Sales Director at KAYAK.

Advertising 113

Advertising Demand Los Angeles Platform 113

socalTECH

JUNE 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , a provider of advertising services and technology for the online radio streaming, digital audio and podcasting markets, has acquired Omny Studio , a developer of a podcast and on-demand audio publishing platform. Financial terms of the acquisition were not annoucned. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 124

Advertising Entertainment Demand Acquisition 124

TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

While Google just launched its LA hub, Microsoft has operated a cloud region in Southern California for a while, and started wooing Hollywood last year at the National Association of Broadcasters conference, according to Tad Brockway, a general manager for Azure’s storage and media business. We open these doorways.”

Hollywood 254

Hollywood Cloud Computing Netflix Google 254

socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Southern California is already establishing a reputation as the home of one of the biggest online publishers, Demand Media. Like Demand Media -- but perhaps more so -- Breitbart.com is also under fire from "mainstream" journalists, who have decried the site's news tactics in multiple political scandals. READ MORE>>.

Southern California 225

Southern California SoCal Demand Sites 225

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , the provider of software for the digital audio streaming market, has been acquired by private equity firm Vector Capital , the companies said today. Triton Digital is led by Neil Schore, and was backed by Sean Moriarty, the current CEO of Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

Capital 100

Capital Equity Advertising Demand 100

socalTECH

APRIL 17, 2015

Santa Monica-based Bitium , the developer of identity and access management software led by Scott Kriz, has rolled out its products in the Google Apps Marketplace, the company said Thursday. The company says its customers include Fullscreen, Movember, Demand Media, and GroupM, among others. READ MORE>>.

Google 100

Google Santa Monica Venture Capital Demand 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2022

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Social Media.

Technology 133

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 133

socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

Venice, California-based Topspin , a developer of software focused on helping musicians market and distribute their work, launched an upgrade to its product Wednesday at the SXSW festival. The company has previously rolled out the software in a limited released with David Byrne and Brian Eno, among others. READ MORE>>.

Software 100

Software Marketing Redpoint Venice 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

San Diego-based DivX , a developer of media encoding and decoding software, said late Tuesday that it has acquired AnySource Media LLC , a developer of streaming media software which can be used to enable on-demand playback of video on HDTV, Blu-ray disc players, and other consumer electronics devices.

San Diego 154

San Diego Media Demand Content 154

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

An edtech startup called Entity Academy — which provides women with training, in areas like data science and software development; mentoring; and ultimately job coaching — has raised $100 million on the heels of strong growth of its business, and an ambition to improve that ratio.

Mentor 297

Mentor Training Startup Course 297

socalTECH

DECEMBER 14, 2009

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health site run by Demand Media in conjunction with the Lance Armstrong Foundation, announced this morning that it has launched a new online tool it is calling MyPlate D, for online nutrition tracking. Tags: livestrong diabetes nutrition tracking software myplate. READ MORE>>.

Tool 232

Tool Santa Monica Sites Demand 232

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

BlackLine said Newton will be responsible for technology direction on its software. BlackLine said Newton will be responsible for technology direction on its software. BlackLine has been busy growing its executive ranks in recent months, having also recently hired Charles Best as its CFO earlier this year. READ MORE>>.

CTO Hire 145

CTO Hire Demand Los Angeles Media 145

TechEmpower

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

An empty textbox, demanding to be filled with a concise, compelling summary to impress potential employers is daunting. To get to what’s right for you, you need a tech partner with a deep understanding of your business needs, software development experience, data engineering skills and AI expertise.

Generative AI 295

Generative AI Artificial Inteligence TechEmpower Tips 295

socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2009

San Diego-based DivX , a provider of video encoding and decoding technology, said today that it has partnered with Sonic Solutions, a developer of digital media software. Sonic Solutions is providing its Roxio CinemaNow, video-on-demand service to such firms as Best Buy and Blockbuster. READ MORE>>.

Marina Del Rey 133

Marina Del Rey San Diego Demand Media 133

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

For our Friday interview, we thought we'd catch up with Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the Elevation Partners-backed software provider, to hear where the firm is nowadays. Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

18798% San Diego Pedro Lichtinger 22 Phone Power 7642% Winnetka Ari Ramezani 23 TeleSign Corporation Software 7534% Marina del Rey Steve Jillings 26 FastSpring 6742% Santa Barbara Dan Engel 30 Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. 33 ServiceNow Software 4873% San Diego Frank Slootman 42 Trius Therapeutics 3420% San Diego Jeffrey Stein, Ph.D.

Southern California 242

Southern California Marina Del Rey El Segundo San Diego 242

socalTECH

MARCH 17, 2011

The firm, headed by Adam Miller, develops software-as-a-service for human resources and talent management. The firm is just the latest in a string of well received IPOs in Southern California, including Demand Media, RealD, Inphi Corp., after its IPO debut a $13.00 Cornerstone is trading on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD.

Cornerstone OnDemand 164

Cornerstone OnDemand ReachLocal Southern California Santa Monica 164

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

RunwayML Runway is an applied AI tool artists can use to create AI-generated media, like video, audio and text. And with direct traffic making up 71% of Caledly’s total traffic, demand for the scheduling tool is likely to remain strong into 2024. Calendly calendar screenshot. Brightwheel’s successes aren’t going on unnoticed, either.

Startup 207

Startup Generative AI Newsletter Tool 207

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. OpenX is profitable, and its ad serving software dominant among online publishers. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. The now-public. RightScale.

Technical Review 279

Technical Review Company Companies Southern California 279

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2021

My experience as a software executive with IBM is that smart engineers always have a few more key features that they need to add to the product before it is ready for sale, just because they can, as well as a large amount of additional quality and usability testing. There is a powerful advocate or cause driving demand.

Marketing 138

Marketing Demand IBM IBM 138

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

However, there's a new generation of technology driven startups who are looking to apply software and technology in a way that will change how movies are made, and marketed. Darren Marble: I spent the last ten years in enterprise sales, selling enterprise software and services to Fortune 500 companies. What's your background?

Hollywood 256

Hollywood CTO Hire Social Media Platform 256

socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2010

Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools. Tags: central desktop expansion hiring employment jobs software saas.

SaaS 140

SaaS Netflix Pasadena Demand 140

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Dev Bhatia , SRCH2 (Irvine, search engine software). Isaac Garcia , Central Desktop (Pasadena, software). John Jersin , Connectifier (Newport Beach, recruiting software). Jason Koch , Telogis (Irvine, fleet tracking software).

Southern California 279

Southern California SoCalTech Dollar Shave Club Santa Monica 279

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Let us know in the comments below!).

Southern California 228

Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 23, 2020

On one hand, it’s about labels trying to evolve with the times, collecting revenues wherever audiences happen to be, whether that is in short-form user-generated video, in advertising that runs alongside that, or in a new music service capitalising on the new vogue for streamed media.

Services 182

Services Los Angeles Media Marketing 182

socalTECH

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Factual said its products are being used by such companies as Demand Media and its Livestrong.com site. Tags: factual startup google elbaz data mashup software. Applied Semantics is one of Southern California's most stealthy successes, and developed the key AdSense part of Google's advertising engine. READ MORE>>.

Startup 157

Startup Southern California Google Demand 157

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

what is the importance of social media? what is wrong with today’s social media? 35:29 Why people use social media. 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital. 41:00 Transitioning from software to writing. 57: 00 How do you rectify company mission and customer demand. 34:00 Imvu.

Social Media 301

Social Media Startup Metrics Media 301

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Today’s smartphones are more attractive than a separate phone, camera, computer, and software packages. Home computers have long been offered in unbundled as well as bundled hardware and software, to allow for a lower entry cost and flexible configuring versus simplicity. Break existing bundles into separate packages (unbundle).

Startup 112

Startup Ideas Examples Entrepreneur 112

Frank Addante

APRIL 9, 2013

Selling enterprise software is completely different than selling digital ads. Unlike digital advertising, the primary goal in enterprise software is to get someone else to sell your product. To sell enterprise software, sales employees are trained to sell through channels. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it?

Advertising 59

Advertising Sales Software Platform 59

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 9, 2020

show just how much demand there is for these types of offerings. .” Companies like Streamlabs are integrating Mojichat’s features into their streaming offerings. and the work with Dr. Disrespect and Odell Beckham Jr. “The avatar space is going to be won in the gaming community,” Greene said. ” .

Advertising 179

Advertising Los Angeles Activity Screening 179

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2011

We also have a partnership with Trion Media, which is one of the largest content providers to the radio industry. We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising.

Platform 263

Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The next phase of evolution will demand device independence, enabling an uninterrupted computing experience as we move from device to device throughout our daily lives. There are already a variety of cloud computing solutions available for common business usage, including the following: Software as a Service (SaaS). Social Media.

Technology 86

Technology Cloud Computing Social Media Networking 86