article thumbnail

LA-based MarketerHire upgrades its service matching remote marketers with companies

TechCrunch LA

The new upgrade to the company’s service provides brands with a faster matching service based on machine learning algorithms designed to parse available jobs over different attributes across specific functions. Brands can typically fill their open positions in as little as 48 hours, the company said. billion in business spending.

Marketing 265
article thumbnail

Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles. We afford this pathway between the studio in LA and the studio in Bangalore. We open these doorways.”

Hollywood 254
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

FabFitFun surpasses $200 million in revenue as it hits million-subscriber milestone

TechCrunch LA

Netflix is, Spotify is and we think FabFitFun is a no brainer,” said Daniel Broukhim co-founder and co-chief executive of FabFitFun. . We have members from all walks of life – from nurses to lawyers, software developers, police officers, makeup artists, fashion designers, dog walkers, interior designers and more.”.

article thumbnail

Canoo takes the covers off of its debut electric vehicle

TechCrunch LA

The Canoo designers have departed pretty radically from the traditional designs that other electric vehicle manufacturers have favored going with something that looks more like a VW Microbus than the sport utility vehicle that Byton is aiming for, or Tesla and Fisker’s sportscars and sedans or Rivian’s electric trucks.

article thumbnail

Why Meg Whitman is Betting on Quibi as“The Da Vinci Code of Content”

Both Sides of the Table

link] Why (and who) she thinks will pay for premium Quibi content In a world of Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and YouTube, why would a customer choose to pay the $4.99 We would argue that our movies are world-class movies, just designed entirely for mobile.” monthly subscription (or $8 ad free) for Quibi?

Content 244
article thumbnail

PortalOne raises $60M as it levels up to launch its hybrid, immersive gaming platform later this year

TechCrunch LA

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.

Platform 167
article thumbnail

Interview With CEO Jason Njoku iRoko Partners | Africa’s Netflix Set To Disrupt US TV & Cable Market

Tech Zulu Event

We are the ‘Netflix’ of Africa – with iROKOtv we stream Nollywood (Nigerian Hollywood) movies online, so they are accessible to anyone with an Internet line, anywhere in the world. The team in London is around 15 people – mostly tech, design, business development and marketing people there. iROKO Partners was launched in December 2010.

Netflix 82