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AUGUST 2, 2019

IKEA has started selling a new line of speakers it devleoped in conjunction with Santa Barbara-based Sonos this week, including an oddly shaped, dual "speaker lamp", the SYMFONISK. The new products are a collaboration between Sonos--best known for its user friendly, whole home music products--and IKEA's furniture designers.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Seek Thermal , which develops thermal imaging products, says it has rolled out a new, low-cost thermal imaging system which automates temperature screening using skin temperature. Pricing on the new system were not announced.

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Steve Reich

MARCH 23, 2012

Apparently, the original architect had a grasp of green concepts when the building was designed early in the last century. Klaus, who has started two companies in Santa Barbara incubators, pointed out that he gets great leverage from “outsourcing” all of the headaches of setting up phones, data lines, and office admin to incubators.

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MAY 26, 2017

Santa Barbara-based Yardi , the developer of property management software, has launched a new property marketing service, which includes search engine optimization (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), and enhanced online listings on Yardi's RENTCafe service.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Santa Barbara-based Sonos has rolled out another speaker this morning, aimed at the home theater market, called the PLAYBASE. The new speaker is designed to sit underneath a TV, and work as a speaker for the TV when the TV is on, and which will stream music when the TV is off.

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APRIL 9, 2012

Santa Barbara-based zuuka , the publisher of the iStoryTime interactive kids books and educational applications, has tapped an Apple vet for its new Creative Director, the company said today. The company said it has hired Paul Mueller-Bruehl to head up its design department.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio systems developer Sonos has scored a win in the courts this week, when a federal judge invalidated a home audio patent held by D&M Holdings , the owner of such brands as Denon and Boston Acoustics. D&M Holdings had filed a patent infringement suit (D&M Holdings et al. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2017

Santa Barbara-based whole home music systems developer Sonos , battling reports of "Sonos rage" in offices which have installed its systems, released a list of ground rules for using its systems in office workspaces on Tuesday.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2009

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies, a developer of embedded communications software for the VoIP market, announced Monday that the firm is showing a new reference design for WiMAX mobile phones. The firm said the new design allows manufacturers to quickly develop and deliver WiMAX handsets and other portable devices.

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OCTOBER 27, 2012

Friday, November 2, 2012 -- Startup Weekend Santa Babara. Startup Weekend Santa Barbara is a 54 hour event where entrepreneurs, designers, developers come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and launch startups. Santa Barbara's second Startup Weekend will be held at Citrix Online.

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JULY 15, 2016

Sonos--which has dabbled in retail with its "acoustic gallery" along La Brea in Los Angeles-said the company used thousands of pounds of sheetrock and beveled glass to create its listening rooms, which are all furnished with unique furniture, custom lighting, and different design aesthetics. The new retail location is at 101 Greene Street.

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MARCH 18, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the growing developer of whole home audio streaming hardware, said Tuesday that it has released a brand new, Android application.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Invoca , which develops software used to track phone calls from affiliate marketing, said Thursday that it has named Cynthia Stephens as its new Chief Financial Officer. Stephens joins the company from Harvest Power, where she was SVP and CFO. READ MORE>>. invoca executive software affiliate marketing tracking'

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Innovative MIcro Technology , which develops micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), says it is in a deal to expand in China.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Soraa , the UC Santa Barbara spinout whic is backed by Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, and NGEN Partners, said today that it has launched its first, outdoor LED lamp product, which it says patches the performance of a 40W halogon MR16 lamp. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Santa Barbara-based Innovative Micro Technology has added a new Vice President of Worldwide Sales, according to the company. Pickering was most recently at Xilinx, and also had served at Xpedion Design Systems, Zeevo, Fairchild, Toshiba, LSI Logic, PMC-Sierra, and other companies. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Santa Barbara-based radio frequency filter technology developer Resonant Inc. Resonant said it has named Barry Waxman, currently VP of Sales and Marketing and Newlans, to its advisory board, to help the company with marketing and commercialization of its designs.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Be Green Packaging , a designer of sustainable, compostable, and recyclable packaging for the consumer packaged goods market, has been acquired by private equity investor Riverside Company. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Resonant , a developer of radio frequency front ends, says it has created an advisory board, to help it commercialize its designs. The company said the first two members of the board are Sean Curry and Chris Conlin.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

Santa Barbara-based Resonant, Inc. , The company said it is in its first commercial design with Skyworks Solutions. the Superconductor Technologies spinout which is developing radio frequency filters for the mobile industry, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $14.0M Resonant Inc.

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MARCH 6, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the maker of the user-friendly, whole home music systems, has released an updated set of apps for both iOS and Android. update adds a number of features, as well as bug fixes, including simpler room control, improved design for its tablet app, and a quicker way to move back and forth between screens.

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MAY 5, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor , has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2008

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies' embedded software has been selected by U4EA Technologies for a residential gateway product, D2 disclosed this morning. D2 said that its software--used for Voice-over-IP applications--will be used as part of a small office/home office product used to connect home users to broadband services.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Santa Barbara-based D2 Technologies , a developer of embedded communications software, said today that it has partnered with GCT Semiconductor , a developer of mobile WiMAX products, on a VoIP over WiMAX product. The firms have created two reference designs that use GCT's WiMAX chips, and D2's mCUE communications software.

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MARCH 7, 2011

The firm said that its product cuts energy waste by 20 percent, and simplifies design and manufacturing of electrical systems and devices. The firm's CEO is Umesh Mishra, who was previously a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 3, 2012

Seth Epstein, Founder and CEO SocialStay , former Founder and CEO of FUEL (acquired by Razorfish) and Emmy Award winner for his work on the X-Games, recently spoke at UC Santa Barbara as part of the Technology Management Program’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Chaos By Design. In his entrepreneurial Tribe, he is the Shaman.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The angel group also mentioned a web site design as part of its initiatives this year. The group also said it is focusing on its SeedTrack program, which is specifically focused on seed stage funding and extensive mentoring.

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MARCH 18, 2019

The ARPANET, as it was called back then, was designed by government, industry and academia so scientists and academics could access each other’s computing resources and trade large research files, saving time, money and travel costs. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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DECEMBER 26, 2014

The Sonos Playbar --created by Santa Barbara-based Sonos --is the ultimate sound accessory for the music and theater lover, and is particularly designed for use with your HDTV. Sonos Playbar. URB-E Commuter - not yet released.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

Photo courtesy of Santa Barbara Independent’s recent Techtopia Issue. People care about salving their pain, not the origin, design and composition of the painkiller. Image: Santa Barbara Independent, all rights reserved. A version of this article previously appeared in Forbes. Stephen King Startup Tip.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In my capacity as a Professor of Practice at UC Santa Barbara , I was asked by the Student Association if I would consider interviewing rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur Tyler The Creator. He took something away from each of these groups and amalgamated them into his designs and music. The Teacher As The Student.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2013

You can hear Don tell his story in the following excerpt from his recent talk at UC Santa Barbara. There''s this thing called graphic design. After graduating from college, Don began his career at a small design firm. "So So I worked at a great design firm called, Agnew Moyer Smith and there''s two great guys there.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

range of software products, and which has offices in Calabasas and Santa Barbara. RightScale is one of a number of enterprise software and open source companies to emerge in the area, and is based in Santa Barbara. The firm--which was started in the quiet and.

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JUNE 25, 2012

Seth began his entrepreneurial career when he dropped out of the University of California, Santa Barbara at 19 years old to start a clothing company, which he eventually built into a national line of denim products featured at Nordstrom, Macy’s and Neiman Marcus.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The following guest post is from some of my former UC Santa Barbara students. Design together, the course that introduced the idea for brightblu, they were concurrently taking three other classes: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Marketing and Art of the CEO. Fall quarter of Sr. Fall quarter of Sr. Along with taking Sr.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

For instance, I might show a logo of Computer Motion, GoToMeeting, Citrix, UC Santa Barbara and Rincon Venture Partners on my first slide as a means of depicting my past and current professional affiliations. What's Your Story? Stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

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MARCH 9, 2019

As a Professor at UC Santa Barbara , I constantly battle Hollywood’s stereotype of the rapacious, maniacal businessperson, by teaching my students that Honesty is a competitive advantage. They tested each design iteration by having dozens of teenagers walk through the motions of rapid food preparation.

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