socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Carlsbad-based satellite broadband provider ViaSat has scored a high profile customer win, saying this morning that it will be providing in-flight Internet and connectivity services to Air Force One , along with other aircraft for senior leaders of the U.S. Government. According to ViaSat, the award from the United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) comes as a non-competitive, fixed-price contract, and will provide broadband internet to a a fleet of VC-25s, C-17s, C-32s, C-37s, C-4

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 25, 2016

AwesomenessTV of West Los Angeles has signed a deal to distribute its TV series in the United Kingdom through British broadcaster ITV.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Los Angeles-based content delivery network operator MaxCDN has been acquired by security-as-a-service startup StackPath , StackPath revealed today as part of a big launch. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. MaxCDN, led by Chris Ueland, said on Sunday that the company will help StackPath work on its secure, content delivery platform.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 25, 2016

Tuesday, July 26, 2016 -- ExecTec - Riding the Techno Edge. I would be derelict if I let to much time pass without addressing the current rage/fad/madness/poképocalypse. Now I am not sure if Pokémon Go is the next great technological frontier or the modern day equivalent to Tamagotchis.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Culver City-based personalized healthcare developer NantHealth , which is led by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, said this morning that it has partnered with the University of Utah, to analyze genomic profiles of a large number of individuals, to help in disease identification. According to NantHealth, the Heritage 1K Project study--which will study the genomic profiles of at least 1,000 individuals--is aimed at discovering the genetic causes of 25 rare and common diseases.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 25, 2016

AwesomenessTV signs United Kingdom distribution deal, StackPath acquires MaxCDN, Atom Tickets expands ticketing service, and more.

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Xconomy

JULY 25, 2016

The news of the first Zika case in Pierce County—the 14th in Washington State—reminds us that the spread of disease is inevitable. While we don’t have in our region the kind of mosquito that transmits Zika, the latest infected patient returned from a visit to Puerto Rico. Thanks to modern travel, whether by mosquitoes or infected humans, only a unique environmental factor could contain a disease where it started.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Santa Barbara-based property management software developer Yardi has linked up with a Canadian payment company, BluePay , to enable electronic rent payments in Canada. According to Yardi, the new collaboration with BluePay will allow its customers to accept credit card, debit card and PAD payments made by residents of multifamily and condominium units, as well as commercial property tenants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2016

Every new entrepreneur who has not spent years in corporate life has the advantage of an unbiased look at business opportunities, but at the same time has the disadvantage of missing critical business experiences that can cost them dearly in their first startup venture. In my experience, building a successful business is more difficult than building an innovative solution.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Outerwall , the parent company of San Diego's EcoATM , has agreed to a private equity buyout by Apollo Global Management , about five months after Outerwall launched an effort to find a buyer. EcdoATM is a San Diego company which operates cell phone recycling kiosks at malls and other locations across the nation, and had been the target of activist investors, unhappy with that unit's financial performance.

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LATechDigest

JULY 25, 2016

You may have noticed a lack of posts to the Digest as of late. This is mostly due to the time required to deliver the best work possible to my paying clients, and also because the news flow has been slow in recent weeks — big news (Dollar Shave Club’s huge exit, volatility at Hyperloop One, etc.), but relatively quiet overall. We will continue to stay active with headlines on Twitter , will update the events calendar whenever we can fit it in our schedule, and come back to weekly new

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based Comparably , the salary comparison and pay startup led by startup veteran Jason Nazar, has launched a new product, which lets CEOs and other executives access its full data set of salary and equity data. Comparably said its new tool is free, and provides over 100,000 vetted, compensation records for tech employees. The tool is aimed at helping companies set their salaries and equity for recruiting and retention.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Beverly Hills-based RealD , the developer of 3D movie projection technology, said Friday that it has won a patent infringement lawsuit against competitor MasterImage 3D. RealD said a Final Determination was issued by the U.S. International Trade Commission, which found that MasterImage 3D's systems infringe on its patents, and which ban infringing systems from MasterImage from entering or being sold in the United States.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2016

Our interview with a startup entrepreneur this morning is with Avantika Shahi , the founder and CEO of Haus (www.grademyhaus.com), a new Los Angeles startup hoping to create a new way for people to search for homes. The early stage, self funded startup recently launched its beta in Los Angeles. What is Haus all about? Avantika Shahi: We are a home search platform.

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