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Announcing The Socaltech 50: Southern California's Up-and-Comers

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We''re proud to announce the Socaltech 50 , our list of the 50, up-and-coming people in Southern California''s technology ecosystem. So, without further ado, here''s the list of this year''s 2013 Socaltech 50 : Basil Abifaker , Transaction Wireless (San Diego, digital gift cards). Evan Spiegel , SnapChat (Los Angeles, mobile app).

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Snapchat Reports Hundreds Of Subpoenas, No National Security Requests

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Venice-based instant messaging service Snapchat released its first transparency report , detailing all of the legal and government demands for information from its systems, showing that the company fielded more then 375 U.S. snapchat subpoena transparency report information legal request' READ MORE>>.

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Washos Hails User Growth For On Demand Auto Detailing

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Los Angeles-based Washos , the developer of an on-demand, auto detailing and car wash app, said today that it has doubled its user base in the last three months. The company said it now has 40,000 active clients using its app, attributing that growth partially to the come-and-go nature of its competitors, plus its focus on consumers.

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Snap Rolls Out Version 2 Of Spectacles

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Venice-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat, said this morning that it has rolled out a new version of its Spectacles, its hands-free, photo-and-video snapping sunglasses. The company said the new glasses transfer to Snapchat up to four times faster. READ MORE>>.

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Report: Snap's Spectacles Piling Up At Warehouses, Unsold

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A report, published by The Information this morning, says that Venice, California-based Snap "badly overestimated demand" for its Spectacles product, and now has hundreds of thousands of units piled up in warehouses. The report cited two people "close to the company", saying Snap is "already struggling to meet expectations".

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Render Media: Creating A Digital Publisher In The Social Age

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We've since expanded to Instagram and Vine, and it's Snapchat and Youtube next. In our food area, it's more visual, and we find that works well on Facebook, Instagram, and Vine, and we're now also moving into Snapchat and Youtube. Demand Media made a business out of that. We've done really well. That works very well for us.

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Neel Grover: How Indi Is Helping People Earn Money For Their Knowledge

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We have a couple of thousand retailers and a product catalog of 80 million products, and every day, people are posting their photos and videos to Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. The second part of our app is Know It, which is a video on demand platform. Retailers will pay them for those recommendations.

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