socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

San Diego-based SOCi , a developer of social media management and marketing software, has raised $2.25M in funding, the company said Wednesday. SOCi is taking aim at competitors such as Hootsuite, with what it says is a "next-generation" social media content discovery and marketing product. READ MORE>>.

Social Media

socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2014

What''s unique about it, it is stream live social media, and actually puts that social media content on the display right in front of you. We looked at our competitors, and we saw that one was a well known, Fortune 500 company, which is selling media players that connect with displays. That''s ridiculous.

Social Media

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Which NBA team is winning, on social media? Los Angeles-based GumGum , the image recognition, computer vision, and advertising technology developer, has rolled out a new service called GumGum Sports Scoreboard , a new tool which helps benchmark and analyze media value generated from NBA team-owned social media accounts.

Social Media

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Jam City is turning to two social media stars--sisters Justine (aka iJustine) and Jenna Ezarik--in an online social media promotion around National Cookie Day, which is December 4th.

Social Media

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2020

Manhattan Beach-based Pod Network , which says it is developing a mobile, social media network which connects users based on their physical location, plus professional and personal interests, has raised $5M in a seed funding. The company said the round was led by PACA Ventures and Anthony Misitano, founder of Post Acute Medical.

Social Media

L.A. Business Journal

APRIL 19, 2021

Triller Network, the owner of the Triller social media app and several streaming businesses, announced April 14 that it had acquired live event and pay-per-view platform Fite and had reached an agreement to purchase software developer Truverse Inc., doing business as Amplify.ai.

Acquisition

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2017

According to Spokeo, it has launched Spokeo for Law Enforcement , an investigative search tool which pulls together both traditional, public records on people and combines that with social media data. According to Spokeo, the new tool will help officials better track down, monitor and contact individuals.

Social Media

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

Space Exploration Technologies, the commercial rocket and spaceflight firm based in Hawthorne, and headed by technology mogul Elon Musk, has seen huge success in its goal of developing its rocket and spacecraft technology to deliver supplies--and eventually, people--to space. READ MORE>>.

SpaceX

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

what is the importance of social media? what is wrong with today’s social media? 35:29 Why people use social media. 36:30 Eric: Social media is great for people with social capital. 42:20 Did agile development influence you? how do you handle internal company morale?

Social Media

TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mining that same well of a demand for whodunnits, a roughly one-year-old Los Angeles-based startup called Solve has raised $20 million in financing to update the genre for a new generation of media consumers. Solve began as a series developed within the mobile-focused entertainment studio, Vertical Networks.

Social Media

TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. “There’s no reason why you won’t see it across the board.

Social Media

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Venice, California-based Snapchat , the developer of the popular social media app, has added $4.5M snapchat venture capital filing social media mobile' in venture funding--and three new investors--as part of its Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company today. READ MORE>>.

Snapchat

socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based startup accelerator MuckerLab is booting up its first Demo Day later this afternoon, debuting nine new startups out of its incubator focused on Internet software, services, and media. READ MORE>>.

Incubator

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. What is Jukin Media?

Media

InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2011

In social media, the underlying artifact of the ecosystem is that consumers are following people. 5) Twitter’s recent $40M acquisition of TweetDeck is an interesting development. 5) Twitter’s recent $40M acquisition of TweetDeck is an interesting development. I have been monetizing social media for six years.

Social Media

socalTECH

MAY 28, 2021

Los Angeles-based livestreaming and podcasting company LiveXLive Media announced this morning that it has acquired Gramaphone Media, an artist and brand development company which was founded and is led by Eshy Gazit. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The business will continue to be led by Gazit.

Media

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

I saw him on stage at the event talking about how he used social media to engage audiences. So we discussed his moving to LA for a while and working in our offices and developing his ideas and we decided to formalize it. And I can’t wait to see you guys further develop your tech insights. Welcome to the family.

Conference

socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2016

Los Angeles- and Sydney, Australia-based Clapit , a startup developing a social media crowdsourcing app, said it has raised AU$2.57M ($1.94M US), to bring its mobile app to market. operations in Los Angeles, says it has created a social media app which crowdsources video, music, images, and rich media.

Social Media

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

MomentFeed--which develops software used by those retailers to match up social activity to their retail locations--said that it has published a report which shows that Starbucks led in Instagram engagement in Q2 of 2013, with 109,054 photos taken of Starbucks locations. momentfeed instagram analysis software analytics social media'

Social Media

socalTECH

MARCH 18, 2014

Irvine-based Bitvore , a startup developing big data and intelligence-gathering software which pulls information from both public and private data sources for businesses, said this morning that it has closed a $4.5M, Series A funding round. Bitvore, led by Jeff Curie, said that it has developed a.

Software

socalTECH

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. vionic social offers venture capital angel media software advertising' The funding came from angel investors. READ MORE>>.

Social Media

TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 7, 2019

Earbuds , a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. On social media, players would take screenshots of their playlists and post them to platforms like Twitter or Instagram, Fox said. Image courtesy of Earbuds. Logging on is easy.

Entertainment

socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Los Angeles-based on-demand livestreaming and podcasting company LiveOne--which until recently was known as LiveXLive Media--says it has acquired Gramophone Media, a New York-based artist and brand development company. LiveOne says the acquisition is the sixth for the company.

Media

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Los Angeles-based social marketing software developer PromoJam said today that it is powering a digital, "Instagram Holiday Tree" for The Carlton Hotel in New York City, Caravan Stylist Studio, and 30 NYC fashion designers. promojam instagram tree social media promotion carlton holiday christmas' READ MORE>>.

Social Media

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2014

He has a long career in developing products and companies (such as Pogo, Excite@Home, Demand Media, The Daily Plate and now TasteMade) discussed much about his career choices and lessons. In the most recent episode, I interviewed Joe Perez , Founder of Tastemade. If you don’t know Joe, you should.

Product

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 19, 2012

should have admitted it was a media company years ago and become the market leader in that in stead of chasing Google. Marissa is an excellent choice but Ross was probably better suited to build a media empire. If you’re a developer and you want “smart links” you’ll learn about how you can embed awe.sm

Yahoo

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Last night I co-hosted a dinner at Soho House in Los Angeles with some of the most senior people in the media industry with executives from Disney, Fox, Warner, media agencies and many promising tech & media startup CEO’s. There are many analogies here for software development. He was riveting.

Entrepreneur

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

We started out as a social media app developer in 2010, which gave us an opportunity to figure out how a powerful and rich data set would allow us to mine the interests and consumer behavior out of mobile signals. We also work with companies doing measurement of marketing campaigns and store visits.

Advertising

socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fliptu , the social media software developer headed by Jeremy Gocke, is targeting the music industry with its social service, and is launching a new platform that lets the music industry share the pictures, video clips, and other social items that fans are sharing before, during, and after concerts.

Services

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

Startup

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 11, 2020

These days, most of the games developed need to be social, multi-platform and extensible, but there are only a few developers with the expertise to bring those toolsets to the profusion of new games that crop up every year. In the game industry, a game can stay in beta for years as developers work out the kinks.

Riot Games

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 16, 2013

When polled 88% of marketing professionals said they couldn’t accurately measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and the majority said lack of ROI measurement is their single greatest frustration with social media (Forbes). If you sent multiple Tweets you’d want to know which time of day was more effective.

Marketing

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2021

With real-time online reviews and feedback via the Internet, and instant relationships via social media, a voice from the top that is inconsistent with what is heard from the firing line defines a dysfunctional and noncompetitive company for today’s customer. Thus team makeup is the critical success factor.

Class

socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. That's really the core focus for us.

Hollywood

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Women have made great inroads into the tech world in recent years, but there remains a long way to go before we reach a truly equitable state of affairs in workforce numbers, remuneration and product development. Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1

Mentor

socalTECH

JANUARY 29, 2015

Santa Ana-based SEKUR.me , a startup developing multi-factor, mobile authentication and payment technology, said today that it has launched a new Strategic Alliance program to help enable mobile e-commerce payments.

Commerce

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based MarketShare Partners , the marketing analytics technology developer led by Wes Nichols and Jon Vein, has been acquired by Neustar , in a deal worth $450M. According to Neustar, Marketshare generated $57M in revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2015. READ MORE>>.

Social Media