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Snapchat Steals Away Engineering Director From Google

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Venice, California-based social media app developer Snapchat has made a significant, high visibility hire, saying this week that it has hired Peter Magnusson, a former engineering director from Google, as its new Vice President of Engineering. snapchat google executive vice president engineering' READ MORE>>.

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Robin Games Gets $7M In Seed Funding For Women's Games

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Venice, California-based Robin Games , a startup that is developing mobile games aimed at women, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday. The startup, led by Jill Wilson, says it is developing "lifestyle gaming" titles, which run on such platforms as Apple's iOS and Google Android.

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Robin Games Gets $7M In Seed Funding For Lifestyle Games

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Venice, California-based Robin Games , a startup that is developing mobile lifestyle games aimed at women and others, has raised $7M in a seed funding round, the company said on Thursday. The startup, led by Jill Wilson, says it is developing "lifestyle gaming" titles, which run on such platforms as Apple's iOS and Google Android.

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Startup Boost Los Angeles Opens Apps For Fall Class

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Startup Boost Los Angeles says its program includes six weekly workshop sessions and one demo night hosted by Google, in Venice. Startup Boost says it provides guidance and coaching on such topics as product-market fit, market sizing, fundraising, and pitch development/presentation. READ MORE>>.

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Laffster's Mock The Vote Hits Android

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Mock The Vote , the mobile, political satire application developed by Venice-based Laffster , has just launch on Android, giving political news fans another platform to get the latest, humorous take on politics. The Mock The Vote app for Android is available on Google Play; the firm released an iPhone version earlier this year.

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Snapchat: Third Party Apps A Threat To Community

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Venice, California-based instant messaging app developer Snapchat --in light of the massive breach of compromising photos leaked from the service via an unauthorized, third party service reiterated Tuesday that third party apps are a threat to the community.

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Wevr Finds $25M For Virtual Reality Studio, Network

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Venice, California-based Wevr has raised $25M in a funding round, for the company's virtual reality studio efforts, the company announced Friday. WEVR is led by VR content veteran Neville Spiteri. READ MORE>>.