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JANUARY 15, 2013

MySpace , the online social networking site which is now owned by Specific Media, has finally rolled out its new, Justin Timberlake-inspired web design, in conjunction with the release of a new single from Timberlake and JAY Z.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing its strategy of buying up vertical web properties, saying today that it has acquired ExpertHub , which operates a network of websites which connect consumers with attorneys. as well as two shopping web sites. Financial terms of the buys were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2011

Search engine giant Google , in what might be a preview of a way for users to help filter out low quality web results, said Thursday that it has begun allowing user to block results from sites they do not want to see. Those recent changes have been aimed at sites like Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com.

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MAY 1, 2013

In a move to better convert visitors to its site--and adapt to the increasingly mobile, tablet-centric world-- Los Angeles-based Savings.com said Wednesday that it has launched a brand new, homepage and responsive web design. Savings.com is led by Loren Bendele. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the online video programming guide firm run by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone, debuted a "big screen" version of its site today at the Google I/O conference. The firm said its new site, Clicker.tv , uses HTML5 to provide a guide which can be navigated with a remote or arrow keys on a big screen television.

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TechEmpower

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

” In our performance consulting work, we often hear variations of the following: “Our web application was running fine with a few hundred users. Web application performance is a broad discipline. A high-performance application is designed to perform well with a reasonable amount of hot data. “It was running fine.”

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

The service--which had been showing its age--looks to have overhauled its user interface to make it much easier and cleaner to send an invitation; has added new card designs; added social features via an "Event Conversation" product; and more. designs to the online invitations space. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Recently, we ran into Edo Cohen , CEO of Los Angeles-based Seevolution (www.seevolution.com), a firm developing web site heat map tracking software. Edo Cohen: Seevolution is a real time analytics and heat map company for web sites and web applications. Edo Cohen: Anyone with a web site.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Beverly Hills-based MySpace , the online social networking site, is set to debut a new new site design and logo, the firm said late last night. As part of the redesign, MySpace has changed over its logo, and will center its web site on "bubbling up" fresh content of interest to users. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 10, 2012

The lessons learned by Divshot confirm that obtaining, and more importantly maintaining, visibility on the front page of a major social news site results from the congruence of three factors: audience, timing and engagement. We’re a tool for hackers, designers, and entrepreneurs - effectively everyone who reads Hacker News. Engagement.

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JULY 13, 2010

Mehdi Daoudi is CEO of CatchPoint Systems (www.catchpoint.com), a new Los Angeles startup focused on the web site and web application monitoring industry. We're trying to make monitoring of web sites and applications sexy and simple. That's why web performance and web monitoring mean serious dollars.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Is the whole site SSL/HTTPS, only the login process, or something in between? are you going to leverage?

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? How concerned are we about design for mobile? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Is the whole site SSL/HTTPS, only the login process, or something in between? are you going to leverage?

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TechEmpower

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Is user interface and graphic design a necessity? You'll discover firms that are prolific in design/interface and light on development, and vice versa. This article will primarily focus on locating and evaluating development companies, rather than design firms. Or is your project a clean slate? Avoid them.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media site run by Richard Rosenblatt, said Friday that it has updated its eHow web site, the firm's questions and answers site. Demand said that it has created a "crisp, clean" design update, and also added new content channels, a new video series, and social tools to the site.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2008

San Diego-based BrightQube, an angel-backed stock photo search site, has updated its web services to make it easier for photo buyers to find images. BrightQube rolled out its new web site earlier this week, adding such features as pop-up search tips, new navigation options, filtering, and other features.

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MAY 15, 2013

The Santa Monica-based company said that it has launched a next generation site, which it had codenamed "Malibu", to drive new growth and new members for the service. The new site and features run on desktop, tablets, and the iPhone; the company said an Android app should be available in coming months. READ MORE>>.

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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. FindTheBest is venture backed by Kleiner Perkins.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2013

The startup--the brainchild of Evan Britton--has been ramping up its efforts recently, having just launched a brand new responsive web design which optimizes the site for mobile phones and tablets, in addition to desktop web browsers. The design just went live in the last couple of weeks.

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APRIL 16, 2010

the company behind the Evolver avatar creation software, is powering an online website where people can preview custom-designed tattoos on their bodies. According to Australian firm Obsessive Ink , it has launched a web site where users can preview a 3D, virtual representation of a tattoo on their body, using Evolver's 3D technology.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Orange County-based heatmap software developer CrazyEgg has acquired Hello Bar , a developer of customizable, web toolbars which help encourage actions from web site visitors. Those tools are used by web page designers to figure out how to better engage users and tweak their web designs.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

La Mirada-based Crazy Egg , which develops a web analytics and visualization tool for tracking web site visitors clicks, has released version 2.0 of the web site. Crazy Egg provides web designers with input on what elements users are clicking on through visual "heat maps".

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak , a developer of web content management systems (CMS), has raised $1.75M in a Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. CrownPeak, which is headed by Jim Howard, develops software used by companies to easily modify and maintain web sites, without requiring web designers.

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TechEmpower

APRIL 30, 2013

You are viewing the first round of web application framework benchmarks. Check out the new stand-alone framework benchmarks site if you are interested in the latest and most accurate data. Among the many factors to consider when choosing a web development framework, raw performance is easy to objectively measure. Web servers.

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OCTOBER 22, 2013

Santa Monica-based BeachMint said Monday that it is expanding its product line via its JewelMint web site, with a new collection of jewelry from designer Richard Chai. beachmint ecommerce jewelmint designer jewelry richard chai' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2012

The company's founder and CEO is Sean Broihier , who told us all about the site--and also how. Once you get that profile page, you can upload your beautiful images to our site. So, buyers will come to our site, which has all of these beautiful images from all. building a web site for him. I figured there.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com , the provider of automotive information, announced Thursday that it has officially relaunched its web site and home page, after a webpage optimization and testing experiment. The revamp had been described as "a long time coming" by CEO Jeremy Anwyl in a blog post in September. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. MindJolt offers up a broad catalog of casual and social games from its site. www.cocodot.com).

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InfoChachkie

MAY 27, 2013

As noted in Hacking Hacker News , the company previously dominated the mindshare of the web development community by facilitating the spread of a random posting on Hacker News. Divshot''s solution is an innovative web development tool, which automatically generates professional-grade code during the wire framing process.

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MARCH 3, 2011

In the latest makeover of one of the original, Web-based automotive sites, Los Angeles-based CarsDirect has updated its website. The site includes better navigation features, more research and in-depth specifications and reviews, articles, breaking automotive news, and more. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Carpinteria-based online education site lynda.com has tied into a new program from LinkedIn , to highlight courses that users of both sites have completed through the online learning site. Lynda.com provides a huge library of online video courses on software, web design, photography, and many other topics.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. We're the only site that is specialized in people over the age of 35 in that area. How did you end up starting the site? So Nolan is behind the design of the games? What does Anti-AgingGames do?

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Lynda.com , the online video education site which offers up a large library of video tutorials in computer software, business skills, design, and other areas, is in a big expansion today, saying that it has started offering up its products in Southeast Asia.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 3, 2021

What validates credibility and makes your site memorable in the minds of consumers, and how much does it cost? Put yourself on the site. The presence of a few related advertisements can actually improve your site credibility, since most credible sites have them. Professional user-friendly site design.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. You have a marketing department with three people. They’re tasked with doing … marketing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites. Provider of real-time data and predictive analytics for web site publishers.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2013

According to a report this morning, multiple lawsuits are now in motion from Fisker''s vendors, over unpaid bills, including one by its web site and mobile designer. Irvine-based Fisker Automotive has yet to file for bankruptcy, but its vendors appear to be getting in line for any liquidation of the firm.

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