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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! Mike Jones , Investor and Advisor Located In Los Angeles. Dinesh’s passion is developing VoIP-driven startups and creating unique online growth strategies. Scott Sangster, President of Tech Coast Angels (Los Angeles)/CEO at OrganicStartup.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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He also designed the Farmville iPhone application (top iPhone app), and worked on corporate development deals including Microsoft, Yahoo, Zynga Japan, and Zynga corporate strategy. He is also an active investor with stakes in companies like Hipmunk, GroupMe, Facebook, Zynga (acquisition stock), and SV Angels. Dinesh earned his B.S.

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LeisureLink Suspends Service, Stops Accepting Reservations

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LeisureLink , which develops vacation travel booking software and technology, and was started in the Los Angeles area, appears to have halted its service, telling its partners on Friday that it has suspended accepting new reservations as well as modifying existing reservations. LeisureLink was founded in Pasadena sometime before 2004.

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YouMail, LetsTalk.com In Partnership

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Irvine-based YouMail , the developer of advanced voicemail services and smartphone apps, and online phone retailer LetsTalk.com , have tied together in a partnership agreement. According to the firms, they will offer their services to each other's customers. READ MORE>>.

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YouMail Adds VoIP, PBX Mailbox Support

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Irvine-based YouMail , a developer of enhanced voicemail services, said today that it has added support for voice-over-IP services Vonage, Google Voice, Magicjack, OOMA, Pack 8, eVoice, and others, through a new service called YouMail DropBox. YouMail is backed by VantagePoint Venture Partners and the Tech Coast Angels.

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Mobile-XL Ties Into Orange Cameroon

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Los Angeles-based Mobile-XL , an angel-backed developer of mobile phone applications, said today that it has linked with telecom carrier Orange in the country of Cameroon. Mobile-XL is developing SMS-based mobile applications specifically geared towards areas with limited or expensive internet access. READ MORE>>.

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Big Stage Hits The iPhone

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Los Angeles-based Big Stage Entertainment , a venture-backed startup developing 3D animation technology used to create avatars, said this morning that the firm has created a new application which works on the Apple iPhone. The firm said that users can also post and share that content to Facebook, MySpace, or via email.