TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The Los Angeles game development studio Jam City is setting up a shop in Toronto with the acquisition of Bingo Pop from Uken Games. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. The deal is part of a broader effort to expand the Jam City portfolio of games and geographic footprint. In recent months the company has inked agreements with Disney — taking over development duties on some of the company’s games like Disney Emoji Blitz and signing on to develop new ones — and launchin

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Culver City–headquartered mobile game developer Jam City Inc. reported Nov. 28 it acquired a new title from Uken Studios Inc., which does business as Uken Games. The news came less than two weeks after Jam City announced its strategic partnership agreement with the Walt Disney Co.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based ComicBlitz , an online, subscription comic book service which lets users access unlimited digital comic books for $7.99 a month, has been acquired by Los Angeles-based Cinedigm. Financial details of the buy were not announced. According to Cinedigm, ComicBlitz currently provides access to approximately 10,000 digital comic books, from more than 30 publishers.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 -- LA Auto Show.Last year, the global show had 1,000 of the latest models, vehicle debuts, and concept cars on display and this year, the expectation is no different.

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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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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Hawthorne-based SpaceX has just delayed its upcoming satellite launch mission--of the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express --due to the incoming weather system into California. According to SpaceX, the launch is being delayed to extreme high-altitude winds that violate its Range requirements. The mission had been scheduled to launch on Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Santa Barbara.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Exactly Right podcast network debuts; SpaceX delays Vandenberg launch; ComicBlitz acquired by film distributor.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Is there another CRISPR baby on the way? In his first public appearance since his stunning claim, released on YouTube Sunday , that he and associates have helped bring the first genome-edited humans into the world, He Jiankui, a genomics researcher at Southern University of Science and Technology of China in Shenzhen, said there is a second pregnancy in his study.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Jam City is announcing this morning that it has acquired the mobile game Bingo Pop , from Canadian game developer Uken Games. According to Jam City, Bingo Pop's mobile games team has joined Jam City, which is expanding its global operations to Toronto, Canada. Finacial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

ViaCyte is recruiting patients for clinical trials testing its experimental stem cell-based diabetes treatment. Now it has $80 million to support that work, and also prepare for something more: a possible IPO. The financing, a Series D round of investment, includes so-called crossover investors that back both public and private companies. CEO Paul Laikind told Xconomy that these investments set up his San Diego company to consider going public in the future. “These investors that we did en

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Santa Monica-based on-demand, scooter rental service Bird said on Tuesday it has launched a new program, which will let anyone build and operate their own Bird e-scooter network. According to Bird, it has created the Bird Platform , which lets people apply to run their own fleet of Bird scooters. The program allows entrepreneurs to create and manage their own fleet of shared, e-scooters, letting users simply upload a logo, select a sleeve color, and receive branded Bird scooters--once those user

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Traditional marketing says you have to “push” your message out to customers, over and over again, to get you remembered. A more effective approach in today’s Internet and interactive culture is to use “pull” technology to bring customers and clients to your story. You pull people in by providing new content with real value on your website at least every few days.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

San Diego-based unmanned aerial vehicle maker General Atomics has opened up its first office in India, in New Delhi, the aerospace developer said late Tuesday evening. One of General Atomics' customers in the region is the Indian Navy. As part of the international expansion, General Atomics said it has named Mr. Pratesh Gandhi as Director of India Strategic Development, with responsibility for directing business and strategic outreach efforts for General Atomics in India.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In a move that is expected to hit local content production in Los Angeles, YouTube is reportedly scaling back its plans on original content in a dramatic way, starting in 2020, according to a report. The report--which cites "a source with direct knowledge"--says that Google is dramatically cutting its budget for YouTube Originals, its original content effort.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Hawthorne-based Boring Company , the company created by Elon Musk to create a network of underground tunnels to bypass traffic in Los Angeles, has abandoned plans to dig a tunnel on LA's Westwide. The company had hoped to build a tunnel below the 405 freeway and Sepulveda Boulevard. In a statement, the Boring Company said the change in plans came as a result of a lawsuit filed by the Brentwood Residents Coalition, Sunset Coalition, and Wendy-Sue Rosen against the City of Los Angeles and the Bori

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