Thu.Aug 11, 2016

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PureSpectrum Gets $1.6M

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Westlake Village-based PureSpectrum , a startup which operates an online marketplace to help buyers collect survey panels, has raised $1.6M in a funding round, according to the company. The funding came from multiple, un-named strategic partners. The company was founded by Michael McCrary. PureSpectrum is part of the Hub101 startup incubator space in Westlake Village, which is part of the Cal Lutheran University Center for Entrepreneurship.

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Careful with terminations. Don’t disparage.

Berkonomics

It happens all the time when you’re a CEO. Somebody important leaves or is let go, and you worry over the impact upon remaining employees and customers. You worry that the person leaving will begin to unload all the pent–up garbage from the past, perhaps damaging the company and causing customer defections and even employee unrest. Your worry is real.

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Cal Net Technology Group Acquires inhouseIT

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Chatsworth-based Cal Net Technology Group , a provider of IT support services, has acquired Orange County-based b> inhouseIT , according to Cal Net Technology's investors, including Boathouse Capital and Olympic Valley Capital. Cal Net Technology Group had quietly announced the deal to its customers at the end of July. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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Silicon Beach Report Aug. 11: Another Snapchat Filter Causes Uproar

L.A. Business Journal

Another Snapchat filter causes uproar, Samsung Electronics to buy Dacor for an estimated $150 million, Flipagram announces partnership with SoundHound, and more.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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Samsung Electronics Buys Dacor

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Samsung Electronics America , the U.S.-based arm of Samsung Electronics, said late Wednesday that it is acquiring luxury home appliance maker Dacor , which is based in Southern California. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Dacor is based in Industry, California, which encompasses parts of Los Angeles, Orange County, and the Inland Empire.

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As U.S. Looks to Launch Precision Health Study, Google’s Role Emerges

Xconomy

The U.S. government has ambitious plans for a long-term health study with one million Americans, and one of the world’s most powerful tech companies has a big part to play, including the storage of all the data on its “cloud” servers. Google’s parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG ) and its wholly owned biotech R&D group, Verily Life Sciences, are helping build a secure center where health records, genomic data, and other personal information from hundreds of thousands of p

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Productivity in Your Pocket

Xconomy

The app that you use is the one in your pocket. Today, larger mobile screens and touch interfaces are allowing people to do real work—not just e-mail—with the computer they have, wherever they are. It started with the Blackberry in the early 2000s. Like a dream, or a nightmare, e-mail—which is still the go-to work productivity app—became 100 percent mobile, available anytime you wanted or needed, day or night.

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Yardi Wins Customer In Oregon

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Santa Barbara-based Yardi has scored a customer win in Oregon, with commercial property management company Melvin Mark Companies. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Melvin Mark Companies is using Yardi's Commercial LeasingPad software, which is used for customer relationship management and deal tracking. Yardi's software is being used to replace a manual, paper-driven process for its new customer.

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Snapchat Takes Down Another Offensive Selfie Filter

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Venice-based Snapchat has taken down a new so-called "yellowface" selfie-filter from its service, which had allowed users to superimpose squinted eyes and buck teeth on their images. The filter was removed after widespread complaint from Asian users over the filter, which some users on Twitter called the "most overtly racist filter ever". The filter is the second, racial mis-step by Snapchat in the selfie filter area: the company also faced widespread complaints when it released a "Bob Marley" f

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Flipagram Links With SoundHound

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Los Angeles-based Flipagram , which develops mobile video apps which let users create slideshows that sync up with your favorite songs, said it has linked up with SoundHound. According to the two companies, users searching for songs can create a Flipagram with any song found through SoundHound's app, as part of a new partnership. SoundHound has create a new "Create Music Video" button within SoundHound's song pages, which automatically links users to Flipagram to create their own videos.

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Interview with Adam Arrigo, The Wave VR

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Earlier this week, The Wave VR announced a round of funding, to develop a virtual reality environment specifically for live music. We spoke with Adam Arrigo , CEO of the startup, to learn more about what the whole idea behind The Wave's VR software is, and how the company it looking to apply VR to the music industry. The Wave VR is backed by PCB Edge,�Presence Capital,�Rothenberg Ventures, RRE Ventures, The VR Fund,�Seedcamp,� plus angels, anddual headquartered in Los Angeles and Austin.

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