socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's "movers and shakers" in the technology industry. Today, we have a contribution from Michael Jones , the CEO of Science Inc. (www.science-inc.com). Michael has been behind such companies as HelloSociety (acquired by New York Times), FameBit (acquired by Google) and Dollar Shave Club (acquired by Unilever).

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L.A. Business Journal

DECEMBER 26, 2017

A SpaceX launch of 10 Iridium satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base lit up the Los Angeles sky on Dec. 22; WhatsApp is ending support for BlackBerry and Windows Phone 8.0 at the end of the year; and Fair.com is acquiring Uber’s Xchange Leasing and picking up 150 employees.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Fountain Valley-based HyperX , the division of Kingston which is focused exclusively on gaming products, said this morning that it has inked a deal with the Dallas Mavericks Mavs Gaming team, where Mavs Gaming will use its gaming headsets. According to HyperX, the Mavs Gaming team will use its headsets through the NBA 2K League, the new e-sports league run by the National Basketball Association.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 26, 2017

A series of highly publicized events this year—from the Equifax and Uber data breaches to foreign use of social media and Web services to influence the U.S. election—has prompted some to question the utopian promise of innovation, especially when it comes to cybersecurity and big tech companies. In a bid to put things in perspective at year’s end, Xconomy reached out to Mark Cuban, billionaire entrepreneur and investor, owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, and one of the st

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Nikhil Barshikar – MD Imarticus Learning, interacted with The Economic Times, for the job market for ed-tech professionals. Read More. The post With Expansion Plans, Ed-tech Companies Hire Top Talent at High Packages appeared first on Imarticus.

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 26, 2017

The past year was a turbulent one for the tech industry. There was a new controversy seemingly every week, whether it was Uber’s myriad scandals ; more personal data breaches ; Russia’s use of social media and other online platforms to try and influence U.S. voters ; growing concerns over tech giants’ power; and a series of sexual misconduct allegations against male investors and company executives.

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