socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
Goleta-based employees for LogMeIn have pitched in to help in the aftermath of the massive disaster in Montecito, and spent all Saturday cleaning off mud from Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Search and Rescue response vehicles, equipment and even the station itself, according to the Sheriff's Office. The Sheriff's Office tweeted out a picture of the LogMeIn employees over the weekend.
L.A. Business Journal
JANUARY 16, 2018
Google to connect Latin America and Los Angeles with new undersea cable; Snapchat content execs talk app redesign and push into scripted programming; and Lockheed Martin exec hints that SR-72 might be built already.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
Carlsbad-based satellite communications provider Viasat has won a five-year, $350M contract from the United States Special Operations Command, the company said on Monday, to provide networking and communications equipment, sustainment, and support services. According to ViaSat, the contract will go towards advanced equipment, systems, services and support to significantly modernize ground/air situational awareness, tactical data links, terrestrial networking, intelligence, surveillance, and reco
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 16, 2018
A version of this article previously appeared Forbes. Jim Semick (left) with his Co-Founder, Greg Goodman. I have been watching ProductPlan for several years, as the founders are both friends and pillars of the Santa Barbara Startup Community. Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS.
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socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
Los Angeles-based Propagate Content , an independent content studio, said today that it has received a "significant" investment from The Raine Group. Size of that investment was not announced. Propagate is led by Ben Silverman (Chairman, CO-CEO) and Howard T. Owens (Foundaing Partner, Co-CEO). Propagate is the studio that produces "Planet of the Apps", which features Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gary Vaynerchuk and will.i.am.
Xconomy
JANUARY 16, 2018
Big tech companies like Google are facing heat for developing disruptive technologies that can make traditional jobs obsolete. But at the same time, the tech industry is growing fast, and is eager to recruit workers outside the sector to fill entry-level jobs that often go begging, a Google executive says. Google is betting on online learning as an on-ramp to tech jobs for displaced workers and others with little exposure to information technology—even those who lack a college degree.
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Inverted Software
JANUARY 16, 2018
Listen to Inverted Software’s CEO talk about success, mentorship and the tipping point of your business in this interview with Stephen Woessner. Onward Nation with Stephen Woessner is America’s best podcast for learning how today’s top business owners Think, Act, & Achieve.
socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
Brea, California-based networking equipment maker TP-Link said on Tuesday that it has discovered a bug in Google's Chromecast, which is overwhelming Wi-Fi networks of consumers. According to TP-Link, its Wi-Fi routers--as well as others--are affected by a Google bug , related to Google's "Cast" feature, where certain Android OS and Google-driven devices will suddenly awaken from sleep and broadcast more than 100,000 packets--shutting down routers and Wi-Fi for users.
Xconomy
JANUARY 16, 2018
Rounding out our series of perspectives and prognostications for the new year , we asked people in Xconomy’s network about trust in the tech industry. Specifically, if you think public perception about the tech industry took a turn for the worse in 2017, what should the industry do to rebuild trust in 2018? Here are responses from three innovation leaders in the Seattle area: Ed Lazowska , Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering, University of Washington, and a
socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
Santa Barbara-based software developer Yardi has signed on a customer in Singapore, which will use the company's property management and accounting software. According to Yardi, Soilbuild Group Holdings Ltd. has adopted its software to automate its financing and leasing efforts. Financial details of the win were not announced. Soilbuild has more than 4 million square feet of property under management.
socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
Irvine-based Aerie Pharmacueticals said this morning that it has named two new executives. According to the developer of glaucoma therapies, it has named Nils Hauptmann as Director of Regulatory Affairs and Pharmacovigilance and Tim Swan as Director of Sales and Transparency Operations. Hauptmann was previously at Avanir Pharmaceuticals and Fibrogen.
socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
NetDocuments , the provider of secure cloud-based document, email, and collaboration management software for the legal industry, which is backed by Santa Monica-based private equity investor Clearlake Capital , says it has named a CFO. According to the companies, NetDocuments has named Pete Childs as its new Chief Financial Officer. Childs was previously Chief Financial Officer at Workfront.
socalTECH
JANUARY 16, 2018
Los Angeles-based private equity investor OpenGate Capital has acquired Denver-based collaboration software developer Mersive , OpenGate said this mroning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Mersive develops software used for collaboration and meetings, based on both laptops and mobile devices as well as immersive in-room displays.
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