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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Unmanned aerial systems maker Insitu , which has its Commercial Division based in Costa Mesa, said today that it successfully deployed its Insitu ScanEagle as part of the response to Oregon's Eagle Creek wildfire. Insitu said its systems were used to aid firefighters suppressing the Eagle Creek fire, by helping to provide incident perimeter maps, identifying spot fires, locating fire lines and hotspots, and providing near real-time video feed and still images of critical infrastructure, historic

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L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Snap’s Spiegel doesn’t regret IPO timing, but wants to communicate better with investors, Amazon opens bookstore in Westfield Century City, and Snapchat to launch augmented reality art platform.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Irvine-based Western Digital has rolled out another, gigantic hard drive, saying today that it has launched a new, 14TB enterprise class hard drive. Western Digital said the HGST Ultrastar Hs14 features shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology, offers up 40 percent more capacity, and more than twice the sequential write performance of the drive's predecessor.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW ), the Santa Clara, CA-based giant that provides cloud-based IT services, is boosting its emphasis on human-centered design with its acquisition of Telepathy , a San Diego specialist in customer experience and design. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. “ServiceNow chose us because of the design culture and process we have created over the last 17 years,” Telepathy co-founder and CEO Chuck Longanecker wrote Monday in a blog post announcing the deal.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based automated pet feeder developer Petnet has raised $3.75M more in funding, as part of an ongoing, $6.5M funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. Details on the funding have not yet been announced by the company. Petnet has previously raised $10M in a Series A funding from Petco and others. The company's automated, smartphone-connected products--including its SmartFeeder and SmartBowl products--are available at petco, as well as online.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

AltspaceVR , one of the forerunners of shared social experiences in virtual reality spaces, has been saved from extinction by Microsoft, which announced Tuesday that it is acquiring the four-year-old company. The Redwood City, CA-based startup had sounded its own death knell on July 28, announcing that it planned to shut down Aug. 3 due to the slow growth of the VR market and a fundraising attempt that fell through.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 3, 2017

View the Slideshow We at Xconomy were thrilled to see such a great turnout at our first-ever Awards Gala —350 people from the Boston life sciences community filled a Hynes Convention Center ballroom. As Bob Buderi, our founder and editor-in-chief, said in his opening remarks on September 26 before a sold-out crowd: We clearly struck a chord. Top scientists, CEOs, and many others from across the life sciences ecosystem came out to celebrate the Award winners and finalists.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Enterprise software developer ServiceNow has acquired San Diego-based Telepathy , a developer of software used in the user interface and experience area, according to the two. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Telepathy was founded by Chuck Longanecker in 2001. ServiceNow was founded in San Diego, but is now based in Santa Clara.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based a hrf="[link] has filed a lawsuit against a number of companies it says have been using "bots" to snatch up tickets from its website before consumers have a chance at them. The lawsuit, Ticketmaster L.L.C. v. Prestige Entertainment. Inc. et al was filed in the California Central court on Monday, and alleges that Prestige Entertainment Inc., Prestige Entertainment West Inc. and Renaissance Ventures LLC used computerized "bots" to buy thousands of tickets from its site for such p

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Los Angeles-based Velocify , the developer of lead management software, is now officially part of Ellie Mae , Ellie Mae said late Monday afternoon. Ellie Mae paid $128M for Velocify. Ellie Mae said the acquisition will help in its efforts to deliver digital mortgage capabilities, and that it will integrate Velocify's lead management, engagement and distribution capabilities within its Encompass CRM tool.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

Aliso Viejo-based software maker Smith Micro Software , which is publicly traded on the NASDAQ as SMSI, says it has raised $5.5M in a private placement. The investors in the private placement wre not announced. Smith Micro said the it issued 5,500 shares of a newly designated, Series B 10% convertible preferred stock at $1,000 per share in the funding.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Sonnen , the German battery energy storage systems developer which has its U.S. headquarters in North Hollywood, said it has pledged to ship its systems into Puerto Rico to assist with recovery of that island's electrical grid. The company said it is launching a "Puerto Rico Energy Security Initiative" to help deploy microgrids in local communities.

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