socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2018
The Alliance for Southern California Innovation , the nonprofit founed by Steve Poizner to help bolster Southern California's entrepreneurial ecosystem, said on Tuesday that it has named Andy Wilson as its first Executive Director. Wilson is a longtime Southern California technology veteran, having served as an executive at such companies as Overture Services, Yahoo!
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 23, 2018
Esports One raises $3 million to help viewers make sense of e-sports competitions; Snapchat to let users share content on other social networks; and Boring Co. pitches Culver City Council on tunneling plan.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2018
Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder is vulnerable to snooping by hackers, letting them see if you are swiping left or right, what photos you are viewing, and more, according to researchers , in a report published in Wired on Tuesday morning. According to the report, Tinder's lack of adoption of the secure HTTPS protocol allows anyone on the same Wi-Fi network see what photos a user is viewing, even allowing them to inject photos into their stream.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 23, 2018
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -- ACG 101 Annual Women for Corporate Growth fundraising luncheon. Reserve your place today for our 7th Annual Women for Corporate Growth fundraising luncheon taking place on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Therese Tucker of BlackLine will be interviewed by Jane Wells of NBC and proceeds will benefit A Place Called Home. Thanks to our amazing sponsors, we are proud to be providing college scholarships to multiple students from A Place Called Home.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2018
Los Angeles-based FloQast , which develops close management software for accountants, said today that it has launched a new feature for its offering. The company said it has added new visualization tools to its tool, which help controllers understand the pace of closing versus deadlines, giving them the ability to know whether the close is on track or if adjustments are needed to close on time.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 23, 2018
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 -- Investing in Startups and Crypto (Bitcoin)! 805Startups. We will be speaking with experts on how to invest in startups, ICOs and crypto currencies. Come to learn the basics and get advanced insights from some of the brightest investors and entrepreneurs in the space.
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Xconomy
JANUARY 23, 2018
With “Hey Google” and “Alexa” echoing from the expo halls of Las Vegas to millions of homes, the hype around voice-controlled computing is reaching a new peak in early 2018. Voice-controlled devices are permeating our world, and this new user interface is the future of computing—or so we are told by the companies purveying it. Countless pieces are written exploring all the wonderful things we can do with Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Amazon’s Alexa—the latt
socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2018
Anyone who has ever bought or sold a home is most likely familiar with the Multiple Listings Service (MLS), the big database of homes for sale used by traditional real estate agents. However, is it better to skip the MLS (and agent) entirely the next time you sell your home? Woodland Hills-based REX (www.rexchange.com) is backed by such well known angels as as Scott McNealy, co-founder and former chief executive officer, Sun Microsystems; Dick Schulze, founder, Best Buy; Gordon Segal, founder,Cr
Xconomy
JANUARY 23, 2018
To launch his first biotech startup, Dragonfly Therapeutics, Bill Haney went to private family offices, including one linked to the Disney family, rather than venture firms. Now the tech investor, entrepreneur and filmmaker is at it again, leaning on some of the same investors to fund Skyhawk Therapeutics, a new company joining an emerging race to target RNA with drugs.
socalTECH
JANUARY 23, 2018
Irvine-based Alorica , which provides business process and customer service outsourcing, said today that it has named Tania King as its new Chief Legal and Employee Experience Officer. King has been Chief Legal and Compliance Officer for Alorica for the company since January of last year. According to Alorica, the new role will focus on "engaging and supporting our employees in a collaborative, family atmosphere.
Xconomy
JANUARY 23, 2018
Facebook expanded its mea culpa on Monday for failing to prevent “bad actors” such as Russian entities from using the social media platform to distort democratic processes—notably the U.S. presidential election in 2016. The company unveiled another series of measures it’s taking to prevent malefactors, who hide behind false names, from spreading fake and incendiary political stories through the network’s news feed to influence voters.
SoCal Tech Calendar
JANUARY 23, 2018
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Xconomy
JANUARY 23, 2018
Pinterest did it. Square did it. And Coinbase did it, too. These unicorns have all given departing employees more than the standard 90 days to exercise their stock options. They’ve extended the window to exercise options for employees who have at least a minimum period of service. The tech recruiting site Triplebyte urged an even more generous arrangement.
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