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Four Firms Hoping To Tap Into Facebook's 500M Users

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On the heels of the announcement this morning by Facebook that it has officially hit 500 million users, socalTECH has mined its database of high tech companies , and identified a few of the firms here in Southern California hoping to ride Facebook's coat-tails to success and fortune. Founded by Rob Carpenter. Headed by Ian Swanson.

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GameSalad Supports Windows 8 Apps

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Los Angeles- and Austin-based GameSalad , which develops software which helps people create iOS, Android, and web games, said Friday that its software now supports Windows 8 application development. The startup--which has been supporting Windows development since May--said its latest version, 0.10.0 READ MORE>>.

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Move Networks Acquired by Echostar

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Move Networks , the venture backed developer of high definition streaming technology for Internet video, has been acquired by Echostar , the firms said Thursday afternoon. The firm had been founded and ended up again in American Fork, Utah where founder Drew Major, a co-founder of Novell, is located. READ MORE>>.

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Venture Conference Highlights SoCal Startups

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Southern California's top startups showed up in force Friday at the Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, for the Technology Council of Southern California's annual VentureNet conference. socalTECH was a media sponsor of the conference).

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GameSalad Updates iPhone Game Creation Software

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Los Angeles-based and Austin-based GameSalad , the startup developer of software that allows users to easily create iPhone games without programming, said today that it has released a new version of the firm's flagship software, GameSalad Creator. GameSalad said the 0.9.3 READ MORE>>.

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GameSalad Appoints COO

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Los Angeles- and Austin-based GameSalad , the startup developer of iPhone game creation software headed by Michael Agustin, has named a new Chief Operations Officer, the firm said Friday. Coppersmith will oversee the firm's Austin studio operations, and also lead development of GameSalad. READ MORE>>.

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Gendai Games Raises Funding

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Los Angeles- and Austin-based Gendai Games , a publisher of iPhone game development software, has raised a round of funding, according to the firm. The round was led by DFJ Mercury, and also included investments from Steamboat Ventures, DFJ Frontier, and ff Asset Management.

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