Demand Media Extends Pluck To Mobile
socalTECH
APRIL 6, 2011
Santa Monica-based Demand Media has extended its Pluck social media platform to mobile devices, the company said today.
Via is launching an on-demand public transit network in the city of Cupertino
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 7, 2019
Shuttle startup Via and the city of Cupertino are launching an on-demand public transportation network, the latest example of municipalities trying out alternatives to traditional buses. The on-demand shuttle service, which begins October 29, will eventually grow to 10 vehicles and include a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.
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Wrench’s on-demand vehicle repair and maintenance service picks up $20 million
TechCrunch LA
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
Wrench , the Seattle-based on demand vehicle maintenance and repair service for consumers and fleets, has raised $20 million in its latest round of financing. RepairSmith , which operates a similar service out of Los Angeles and San Francisco, is backed by Daimler to provide much the same on-demand repair services.
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Shootsta Sets Up Shop In Carlsbad For On-Demand, Online Video Production
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Subscription, on-demand video production company Shootsta , which offers up an online, subscription-based video production service aimed at large brands, has set up shop in Carlsbad, the company said today. brands in the mobile communications, healthcare, software and digital marketing industries. The company said it serves U.S.
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113 Paragon Sees OEM Demand For Drivers
socalTECH
AUGUST 22, 2012
Irvine-based Paragon Software , the developer of data storage and mobile applications and software, says that it is seeing "unprecedented growth in demand" for its file sytsem driver technology from Android, Linux, and embedded device manufacturers.
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Demand Media's eHow Rolls Android App
socalTECH
JANUARY 5, 2010
Santa Moncia-based eHow.com , the how-to site run by Demand Media, said this morning it has rolled out a new Android mobile phone application. According to ehow, the new software allows users to search for, retrieve, and play back instructional videos and articles on the site. READ MORE>>.
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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One
SoCal CTO
DECEMBER 10, 2012
I did a presentation recently for a graduate class from The Founder Institute around getting online/mobile products out the door. And it made me come to a new realization: Every early-stage web/mobile/online startup should have at least one technical advisor, probably two. Why Investors Should Demand This.
With a $10.2M Boost, YourMechanic Aims At Mobility Fleet Market
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.
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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Since its 2017 inception, SpotOn has been focused on providing software and payments technology to SMBs with an emphasis on restaurants and retail businesses. Image Credits: SpotOn.
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Brain Corp. Claims Record Sales As Robotics Takes Off
socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2020
San Diego-based artificial intelligence software developer Brain Corp says it is saw "record sales and revenue growth" in 2019, on strong retailer demand for autonomous, mobile robots. The company said its software is now used on approximately 10,000 robots.
CalAmp Enables Electric Scooter Sharing Market With Telematics Tech
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 12, 2018
Irvine-based CalAmp , which develops telematics hardware and software used to track the location of assets and vehicles in real time, has jumped into the electric scooter sharing market, saying today that it is applying its technology to support the launch of scooter sharing services with partner Premier Wireless Solutions (PWS).
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JustEnough Targets Sales, Customer Service
socalTECH
AUGUST 30, 2011
Newport Beach-based JustEnough Software , a developer of inventory and demand management software for retailers, said today that it has launched a new product. JustEnough said its inventory and demand management software is being used by such firms as Kenneth Cole, Levi Strauss, and Kraft Foods. READ MORE>>.
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With its Greenlots acquisition, Shell is moving from gas stations to charging stations
TechCrunch LA
JANUARY 30, 2019
Greenlots was selected as the sole software provider for VolksWagen’s “Electrify America” charging program last January. highways and byways, the future of mobility needs to be electric if there’s any hope of slowing (and ideally halting and reversing) climate change globally. needs to spend $4.7
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JustEnough Wins VisionTek
socalTECH
AUGUST 7, 2012
Newport Beach-based JustEnough Software , the developer of demand management and sales forecasting software, reported a win today with PC products maker VisionTek. JustEnough said that VisionTek is using its JustEnough Mobile for iPad solution. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.
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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Daryl Bernstein , RightSignature (Santa Barbara, software). Dev Bhatia , SRCH2 (Irvine, search engine software). Josh Brooks , OnTheRunTech.com dba Post Cards On The Run (Los Angeles, mobile apps). Sean Callahan , SlimSurveys (San Diego, mobile apps). Greg Cohn , Burner (Los Angeles, mobile app).
Creating B2B Mobile Apps
Steve Reich
MAY 12, 2013
I’ve recently joined Malauzai Software, a developer of Mobile Banking Apps for Community Banks and Credit Unions, as their Chief Sales Officer. One hot new deliverable is Picture Pay–a new feature that lets consumers pay bills by simply taking a photo of the bill with their mobile device. Entrepreneurs mobile apps'
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5 Current Technologies Still Have Room For Innovation
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 9, 2022
Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. 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.
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Esri Powers Pokemon Hunting Map From Santa Monica's Pokevision
socalTECH
JULY 27, 2016
Redlands, California-based mapping software developer Esri said today that it is powering a new, mobile app which helps Pokemon Go players find Pokemon hot spots. Pokevision apparently has been seeing a huge spike in demand for its service, with nearly 20 million unique users in its first five days.
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Entrepreneurs Are Needed To Make Web Searches Smarter
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2021
Here is an entry-level benchmark for the new software personal assistants: Simple and intuitive communication. A good assistant know how get things done efficiently, recognizing user hardware and software limitations. Siri is a step in this direction, but still has very limited learning and context sensing abilities.
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AppOnboard raises $15 million to let Android users try before they buy apps on Google Play
TechCrunch LA
DECEMBER 11, 2018
Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million. “With its patented app demo technology and tools, users will now be able to experience their apps and games on-demand and without an install across various platforms, starting with Google.”.
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213 ServiceTitan is LA’s least likely contender to be the next billion-dollar startup
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 12, 2018
Battery isn’t the only marquee investor to find value in ServiceTitan’s business developing software managing day labor. And as Battery Ventures investor Sanjiv Kalevar noted in a blog post last year , the opportunity for software companies serving blue-collar workers is huge.
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Are you killing innovation in your company?
Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Just think of the computer and software fields. First there were mainframes, followed by minicomputers, then client-server systems, then peer-to-peer networks, then the Internet, mobile devices, cloud computing, and now mesh networks. Each generation requires new tools, rewrites of software, creation of new user interfaces.
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The Station: Via hits $2.25B valuation, letters from readers, layoffs in a time of COVID-19
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 6, 2020
Ride Report creates software that enables cities to work with micromobility operators. The on-demand shuttle startup raised $400 million, TechCrunch learned. Moovit, an Israeli-based Mobility as a Service startup, launched an Emergency Mobilization On-Demand service. Deal of the week. Other deals: Qcraft.ai
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President Trump reportedly has approved the Oracle deal for TikTok’s US operations
TechCrunch LA
SEPTEMBER 19, 2020
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. Indeed, the Presidential order that demanded TikTok’s spinout also called for the discontinuation of the U.S. posed a national security threat.
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Odell Beckham Jr. turned to Mojichat’s advertising features during his inaugural live-stream
TechCrunch LA
OCTOBER 9, 2020
. “We will offer up our platform to every single gaming platform or mobile developer to plug and play… I would consider us… we’re like the Google Admob for live stream.” show just how much demand there is for these types of offerings. and the work with Dr. Disrespect and Odell Beckham Jr.
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SRCH2's Plan to Arm The World With Enterprise Search Technology
socalTECH
APRIL 25, 2013
Dev Bhatia: Search2 is next generation search software, built from the ground up. It''s pretty hard to imagine instant search in other context, and on other devices, particularly when it comes to mobile. There are unique problems with mobile, including memory issues, network latency, and typing issues. What is SRCH2?
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Star-studded digital avatar startup Genies launches NFT fashion marketplace
TechCrunch LA
AUGUST 30, 2022
NFT sales volumes are falling and crypto prices remain depressed, but Nigam expressed confidence about the long-term demand for digital avatars, likening them to mobile apps in their significance to the internet. There’s one trend, which is the virtual trend, which is … I mean, it’s obvious.
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Indeed Prime On Why Los Angeles Is A Hot Technology Jobs Market
socalTECH
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
Most of the insiders and hiring executives in Los Angeles know how hard it is to find technical talent in Los Angeles�but not all realize it's not because of lack of talent, but because of very high demand. Those that are specifically in high demand are data scientists and DevOps engineers. because it's been such a hot job market.
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A Bigger Truth About Restaurant Food Delivery
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 20, 2020
Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash I was listening to Dan Primack’s podcast on Pro Rata and he was interviewing Senator Klobucher who is now publicly and vocally speaking out against Uber purchasing Grubhub and has tried to mobilize against this. they just put up with the food delivery company fees.
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Interview with Wes Nichols, MarketShare
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.
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235 7 Facts You Need to Know When Creating a Mobile App
Tech Zulu Event
APRIL 10, 2012
All you hear about these days is Mobile. Companies are spending more time and money on their mobile sites than their full-fledged website. It’s hard to even watch a TV commercial without some sort of mobile app shout out. I bet there is a lot that would surprise you about the mobile world. Download Apps From the Web.
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82 Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA
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. Deploying software in the cloud?
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The Power Combo of A.I. Devices with Cloudlets Comes with Cyber Risks
Xconomy
JANUARY 8, 2019
First, entrepreneurs vying to invent self-driving vehicles, virtual assistants, and intelligent industrial machines created a hunger for more powerful semiconductors that could enable scattered devices to take over sophisticated calculations powered by artificial intelligence software.
5 Steps To Strategy Tuning Through Machine Learning
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
With the speed of change and volume of market feedback today, as well as the advances in machine learning, Amazon, Alibaba, and others have proven the value of software driven strategy decisions. Only smart software can plow through the volume of live data, recognizing trends, customers, and match offerings to reality.
SkyBell 2.0 | Completely Revamped and New Distribution Channels
Tech Zulu Event
DECEMBER 2, 2014
an upgrade to their Wi-Fi video doorbell, which enables users to answer the front door from their mobile device. isn’t just a software update its an all new device that launched with improved Wi-Fi performance, upgraded wide-angle camera and enhanced motion sensor. Talk with whomever is at your door using your mobile device.
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Transportation Weekly: Uber’s spending habits, Tesla Model Y, scooters and AVs in Austin
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 17, 2019
Catch up by reading the first edition here or check out last week’s edition , which offered the gamut of mobility news from Lyft and Bird to Waymo’s laser bears and cybersecurity. Keep it coming. Never heard of TechCrunch’s Transportation Weekly? As I’ve written before, consider this a soft launch.
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217 How Do You Know if You Have the Right CEO to Run Your Business Until the End?
Both Sides of the Table
JUNE 25, 2015
I take my hat off to people like Adam Miller , the CEO of LA-based Cornerstone on Demand, who started at the exact same time as I did (November 1999) and is still the CEO but now of a public company valued at around $2 billion. Mark has led two public company software companies before – both to billion-dollar outcomes.
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Base Your New Venture On These New Technology Trends
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 29, 2019
Mobile Computing. From tablets to smart phones to the Apple watch, people are increasingly relying on their mobile devices to assist them in managing their lives. 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.
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Six Tech Startups to Look Out For in 2023
Tech.Co
DECEMBER 28, 2022
And in addition to streamlining biofuel production, Reversion is also developing ways to improve energy storage for when supply exceeds demand, taking a multi-pronged approach to sustainable power generation. . Screenshots from Wander's mobile app. jump in efficiency that's taking place annually. Source: wander.com.
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119 Flipswap Lands $14M In Series B Funding
socalTECH
NOVEMBER 12, 2008
Los Angeles-based FlipSwap , which operates an electronics trade-in service for mobile phones and other electronics, said Wednesday that it has raised $14M in a Series B funding round. FlipSwap's services provide incentives for consumers to trade in their old mobile phones and other electronics. READ MORE>>
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BMW i Launches ParkNow Mobile Parking Service and Explains Car Sharing service DriveNow
Tech Zulu Event
AUGUST 23, 2012
BMW’s ParkNow is an online mobile parking solution developed in partnership with Urban Mobility. ParkNow allows search for parking space either using the mobile app or website then they can pay to reserve for the same. The DriveNow Stations are located around the city, close to BART, MUNI and bike-sharing stations.
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YouTube Limits Firearms Videos; Gun Rights Group Cries Censorship
Xconomy
MARCH 22, 2018
YouTube has broadened its restrictions on gun-related videos, while thousands of Americans are mobilizing to demand stricter gun controls Saturday in a mass march spurred by young survivors of a deadly armed attack on a Florida high school last month.
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52 Indi, Founded By Buy.com's Neel Grover, Gets $9M
socalTECH
JULY 31, 2020
Indi's app lets users tag products they are enthusiastic about, and earn commissions when people buy those products; allows experts to create on-demand videos teaching different skills; payment for peer-to-peer feedback; and much more.
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113 The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016
Xconomy
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Today, the “device mesh,” as Gartner describes it, has rapidly expanded to include a wide range of end points such as mobile devices, wearables, consumer electronics, and automotive devices. Customer expectations now demand seamless and satisfying user experiences. So much so, that eMarketer forecasts 51.2
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