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YP Names New CEO

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Los Angeles-based local search site YP said today that it has named a new CEO, Jared Rowe. Rowe was most recently at Cox Enterprises, serving as President of Cox Automotive Media Solutions Group--which runs Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Dealer.com. Rowe had been at Cox since 2010. Former CEO David Krantz, who has led YP since its spinoff from AT&T in 2012, will continue as a Strategic Advisor to the company.

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Silicon Beach Report Aug. 18: Amazon Producing Virtual Reality Content in Santa Monica

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Amazon producing virtual and augmented reality content in Santa Monica, FreedomPop offers free WhatsApp data, and Atom Tickets expands nationally.

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Why bother to sit in with customer service?

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Over fifty years ago, I was CEO of a record manufacturing company in Hollywood. We were the only such facility on the West coast to provide and control the entire process from studio, through finished vinyl record pressings in the same building, therefore able to promise quality control others could only dream about. As founder and CEO of the then public company, I was expert in several of the “clean” processes such as studio recording, record mastering, cover design and photo– lithography.

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FreedomPop Rolls Out Free, Unlimited Access To WhatsApp

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Los Angeles-based mobile broadband provider FreedomPop has begun offering up free, unlimited access to the popular social messaging app WhatsApp , across the U.s. and another 30 countries across the globe. According to FreedomPop, the new service is being provided with the use of a "WhatsApp SIM", which plugs into either an Android or iOS phone. The new SIM also includes up to 200MB of data and 100 voice minutes to each user in addition to the unlimited WhatsApp access.

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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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EvoNexus MarketLink: Huawei

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016 -- EvoNexus MarketLink: Huawei. In 2015, Huawei ranked 228th on the Global Fortune 500 based on its revenue which grew by 35% reaching $60.8 billion USD. Huawei Executives are coming to Irvine on August 24-25th as part of the EvoNexus MarketLink Program. Selected companies will have the opportunity to discuss potential business opportunities with Huawei.

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Gawker To Shut Down After Acquisition By LA's Univision

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Online news site Gawker Media will shut down its operations, after its acquisition by LA's Univision on Tuesday, according to the site. According to Gawker, Nick Denton, the current CEO of Gawker, told staffers that staffers will be moved to one of Gawker's other six sites, or elsewhere within Univision, as a result of the acquisition. Univision won the bid for Gawker via a bankruptcy auction on Tuesday, agreeing to pay $135M for the company.

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Blue Cut Fire Visible From Space

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The scientists at NASA JPL in Pasadena released a photo--taken by the NASA Terra satellite--which shows the huge expanse of the Blue Cut Fire , only a day after it broke out east of Los Angeles in the Cajon Pass. NASA said its photo, taken by the Multi-angle Imaging SepctroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on its Terra satellite, was taken around 11:50am PDT on August 17th, approximately a day after the Blue Cut ignited.

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5G: WHAT IS IT AND WHY DO WE NEED IT?

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016 -- 5G: WHAT IS IT AND WHY DO WE NEED IT?and#8203;and#8203;and#8203;and#8203;and#8203; Commnexus. Automobile business mogul Henry Ford is noted as saying, “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” The purest sense of original innovation is creating value before customers even see it, or understand it.

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Avelas Biosciences Raises $20M

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San Diego-based biopharmaceuticals developer Avelas Biosciences has raised $20M in a Series C funding, according to the company. The new funding was led by Pharmstandard International, S.A., and laos included Ervington Investments Limited and Alexandria Venture Investments plus Avalon Ventures, Bregua Corporation, and WuXi Healthcare Ventures. Avelas Biosciences is developing treatments for cancer.

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The Roadmap to Commercialization: From Market Entry Through Exit Strategy

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016 -- The Roadmap to Commercialization: From Market Entry Through Exit Strategy. Tritech SBDC. Why is the right business model critical to your venture start-up’s success? Can a bad value proposition kill your business? How well do you really know your target customer? As a founder, your “Hero’s Journey” will be fraught with numerous obstacles, “uncertainty, fear and doubt”.

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Snapchat Plans Growth In New York

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Venice, California-based Snapchat is planning a big expansion in New York City, and plans to grow to around 400 people in the city, after the Empire State Development Corp offered up as much as $5M in tax break to the company. According to the New York Post, Snapchat currently has around 100 employees in New York City. READ MORE>>.

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Silicon Beach Fest

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016 -- Silicon Beach Fest. Silicon Beach Fest celebrates LA’s unique startup entertainment tech community with panels, pitches, and parties.

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ReVision Optics Raises $10M In Credit Facility

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Lake Forest-based ReVision Optics , which is developing an implantable presbyopia-correcting corneal inlay technology, said this morning that it has obtained a $10M, credit facility, from Square 1 Bank. The company said the credit line will be used for working capital, including commercial oeprations. Terms of that new credit facility were not announced.

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InTouch Health Adds Telemedicine Services, Acquires AcuteCare

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Santa Barbara-based InTouch Health announced this morning that it is expanding into the tele-physician services market, and has acquired AcuteCare Telemedicine. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. AcuteCare Telemedicine was based in Atlanta, Georgia, and was founded in 2009. InTouch Health said the acquisition will help it extend its offerings.