Xconomy

JANUARY 3, 2018

Xconomy asked technology and innovation leaders around our network to reflect on the most important developments in their industries during 2017, and the answers were appropriately wide-ranging. Here now are responses, edited for clarity, from Mark Bowles, co-founder of medical diagnostics. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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Artificial Inteligence Develop Development Social Media 68

Xconomy

JULY 13, 2018

While the evolution from hunched primates to homo sapiens took tens of millions of years, we needed only about a decade to develop an arched neck that is perennially looking down at a smartphone—presumably one with a social media app open.

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Social Media Media Web 2.0 Develop 49

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2019

San Diego-based XOKind , a new startup focused on building artificial intelligence software for the travel market, has raised $1.6M The startup said it is developing AI agents which will learn users' travel preferences via their calendars, emails, and photos, as well as their social media and in-app interactions.

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Artificial Inteligence San Diego Seed Funding Social Media 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 3, 2018

San Diego-based LeaseLabs , which provides oline marketing services to the multifamily housing and apartment industry, has been acquired for $103M by real estate software developer RealPage. According to RealPage, it will $103M in cash and stock, plus up to $14M in earnout upon achieving certain financial objective.

Social Media 100

Social Media San Diego Software Development Design 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

San Diego-based online radio station and music streaming service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive , the two companies announced on Friday. In a related move, LiveXLive apparently also has acquired New York-based social media software developer SNAP Interactive. READ MORE>>.

Beverly Hills 113

Beverly Hills Mission Ventures Social Media San Diego 113

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

San Diego-based Vionic , a developer of technology for helping companies create social media deals and promotions, said Wednesday that it has raised $900,000 in a funding round. The funding came from angel investors. The company also said it has added Marie DeOrio as Vice PResident of Marketing for the company.

Social Media 183

Social Media San Diego Venture Capital Advertising 183

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2011

San Diego- and New York-based StockTwits , the online social media site focused on stocks and finance, announced today that it has hired two VPs. The firm said it has hired Chris Bullock as Vice President of Corporate Services, and David Putnam as Vice President of Product Development. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Social Media Yahoo Media 154

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

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San Diego Social Media Commerce Snapchat 159

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2015

San Diego-based, nonprofit fundraising software developer Classy said it pulled in $3.4M in donations on Tuesday, which has been billed #GivingTuesday, a social media effort to prompt peopel to donate to their favorite nonprofits.

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Social Media San Diego Platform Software Development 100

TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

This writeup from industry analyst Karl Guttag showcases how Magic Leap has turned away from several of the key technologies it raised billions of dollars to develop with its latest hardware which he nevertheless believes will “blow away” the HoloLens 2 in image quality. Apple launches its first local newsletter. .

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Marketing Newsletter Technical Review News 246

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. READ MORE>>.

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Google Sales Social Media Draper 140

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and online advertising software, said today that online shoe and apparel firm Zappos.com and Steve Madden are using its social media platform. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 113

Social Media San Diego Advertising Media 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, said today that it has received new funding and added a slate of well known advisors. Bourgeois is currently head of "Team FREDNET", which is developing a robotic Lunar Lander for the Google Lunar X Prize. READ MORE>>.

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SEM Funding San Diego SaaS 174

socalTECH

MAY 13, 2014

San Diego-based Liquid Grids , a developer of digital advertising software aimed at the healthcare industry, said this morning that it has raised a Series A funding round. Size of the round was not announced. According to Liquid Grids, the funding was led by Miramar Ditial Ventures. The company said it has added Daniel M.

Bradbury 100

Bradbury Marketing Miramar Advertising 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Check out panels on What Accelerators Want, Meet the Junior VCs, Music, Games, Social TV, Arts Education, PR for Startups, Women Developers, Ad Tech, Telling Your Story: Script to Startup, Film Financing: Crowdfunding and VCs. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and beyond. See [link].

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Startup Social Media San Diego Screening 113

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

San Diego-based Anametrix , a developer of cloud-based business analytics software, revealed this week via a regulatory filing that its recently announced round was worth $1.15M, part of a $2.3M fundraising effort by the company.

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Funding SEM Social Media San Diego 154

Xconomy

JANUARY 2, 2018

Much attention was focused this past year on the impact of social media on the 2016 presidential election, as reports emerged about the use of these platforms by entities linked with Russia to spread false, misleading, or inflammatory political messages. Read more » Reprints | Share:

Social Media 58

Social Media News Web Report 58

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The Mint Plus Cleaner--which was developed in Pasadena by Evolution Robotics, the. is based in San Diego. Access your media collection, connect to the Internet, stream video from Hulu, NetFlix, YouTUbe, and more. Is your pet dog a social media maven? Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. Mint Plus Cleaner.

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El Segundo Southern California Encino Santa Barbara 153

Xconomy

MARCH 26, 2018

Among the host of legal woes Facebook is now confronting amid news about the misuse of its member profiles in election politics: The Federal Trade Commission revealed Monday that it is investigating the social media giant’s privacy practices. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

Social Media 52

Social Media News Report Media 52

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 28, 2012

After the very successful 3-day Silicon Beach Fest this past June 2012 which attracted over 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London, Digital LA is bringing it back for a 1-day packed event on November 9 th. Who ever said you can only have a beach fest in the summer?

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Santa Barbara Social Media San Diego Venture Capital 83

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

venture funding and business deals, technology develops, and more from Santa Barbara. to San Diego. It's the source for keeping a pulse on the dynamic world of technology, reaching venture capitalists, angel investors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, social media. experts, developers, and many, many others.

SoCalTech 127

SoCalTech Advertising Rustic Canyon Glendale 127

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 30, 2014

One team, a travel company that has built a discovery and planning tool that will make it easy and fun for travelers to find and book trips, was a winner of not just the New Venture Seed Competition in 2013, but also recently won the first day of the Lavin Lean Model Startup Competition in San Diego State University.

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Competition Startup USC Southern California 104

socalTECH

MARCH 13, 2020

Constantine is CEO of Ulevate, and Dmitri is an advisor, and also is known as the co-founder of email management and filtering software developer SaneBox. We now have two loactions in San Diego, one location in Newport Beach, and one in Rodeo Drive, in Beverly Hills. What is Ulevate?

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Template Beverly Hills Startup SEM 124

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 29, 2013

Attendees and speakers include : Accelerator heads, start-ups, VCs, movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, artists, social media gurus, developers, designers, etc. from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international. TechZulu Penthouse @ ROC June 19 – 21.

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Santa Monica Startup Entertainment Los Angeles 89

socalTECH

AUGUST 2, 2013

We went out and validated this, and found out that the biggest people who dominate social media are clearly from the entertainment industry and sports, what you call stars. We developed our software for iOS, and we''ve had to work on Android development much quicker than companies would have 24 months ago.

Mobile 159

Mobile Startup Entertainment Tech Coast Angels 159

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 12, 2014

Attendees include startup CEOs, accelerators, VCs, investors, Hollywood movie and music studio execs, agencies, fashion, content creators, social media gurus, developers, designers, and more from LA, Silicon Valley, OC, San Diego, New York, and international.

Hollywood 81

Hollywood Entertainment Content Email 81

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 29, 2014

If we rewind to 8 years ago, it was me in San Diego training for my second marathon and I was trying to start another company at the time. MapMyFitness integrates social media into its app. Kevin Callahan , Co-founder of MapMyFitness, spoke to us about the creation of MapMyFitness: “It was an evolution of sorts.

Social Media 83

Social Media Activity Startup Help 83

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2011

Telcentris is based in San Diego. In other words, you can log into your social media sites like Twitter, log into Instant Messenger and other accounts, and it will pull your contacts and give you a seamless way to organize those contacts. Tell us a little bit about VoxOx and Telcentris? It works with any device.

Social Network 259

Social Network Platform Networking Google 259

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

The first-ever Silicon Beach Fest attracted more than 2,000 attendees from LA, San Francisco, San Diego, Santa Barbara, New York, Toronto, and London to celebrate LA startups and entertainment with panels, parties, pitch fests, hackathon, and beach games: volleyball, basketball and surfing lessons in Santa Monica and Venice on June 21-23, 2012.

Hollywood 67

Hollywood Technical Review Startup Rustic Canyon 67

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Every developer, biz dev person, marketeer or sales rep on your team will be surrounded by scores of companies calling them like Sirens to switch teams. But we do have great technology developers. In New York you have access to fashion, media, art and of course, financial services. Now let’s think about retention.

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Venture Capital Southern California Google Startup 313

SoCal Delicious

AUGUST 28, 2012

Huge news: Millions of PHP developers can now build mobile apps for iOS and Android — in PHP. Developers. Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. The San Diego-based company is one of 53 California companies ranked on the Fortune 500, 22 of which are SoCal companies.

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Southern California PHP Technical Review Orange County 57

Xconomy

AUGUST 2, 2018

The Austin-based startup had developed a Web browser that would require users to prove they are who they say they are. Austin —When Authenticated Reality launched last year , it seemed that the company had struck gold in terms of market demand and fit.

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Web Demand Sites Startup 72

Xconomy

MAY 1, 2018

You’d be hard-pressed to find a workplace today where using technology isn’t an integral part of the job, whether it’s an AI-powered recruiting tool, special coding software for app development, or even just Google Sheets that help workers keep track of budgets.

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Press Google Tool Organization 73

Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2018

Ford—one of the automakers competing in China’s huge car market—is now making a bid to provide China’s leading software infrastructure hub dedicated to streamlining transportation by connecting cars and riders with mobility services.

Mobile 75

Mobile Cloud Computing Commerce Entertainment 75

Xconomy

MARCH 21, 2018

But an MIT team says canny software developers could still amass these profiles on a broad scale, without the consent of most users, by using a custom browser extension. Whether they could get around Facebook’s latest restrictions is yet to be seen.

Software Development 49

Software Development Software Custom Customer 49

Xconomy

AUGUST 1, 2016

Employees who overshare on social media or forget to log out at the end of the day open doors to information thieves. Organizations need to develop the ability to demonstrate that the investments they are making are aligned with the actual risks they face.

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Organization Framework Startup Software Engineering 40