Remove Education Remove Mobile Remove Southern California Remove Technology
article thumbnail

FarFaria, Education.com Target Southern California Teachers

socalTECH

Mobile children''s story app developer FarFaria and online parenting and education site Education.com are targeting the Southern California market, with an offer to provide 10,000 local teachers with a year of access to FarFaria''s storytime application. READ MORE>>.

article thumbnail

Procore Joins Philanthropy Movement

socalTECH

Procore appears to be one of the first Southern California companies to join the movement, which originated in Silicon Valley with such companies at Atlassian, Rally, Salesforce, and Tides.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Local Clean Energy Business Plan Contest Awards $160,000

socalTECH

A local, clean energy business plan competition started by the California Insitute of Technology (Caltech), the University of Southern California (USC), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has awarded $160,000 in prizes in its latest competition. READ MORE>>.

Draper 191
article thumbnail

An LA-led, public-private partnership pitches a $150B green infrastructure package to Congress

TechCrunch LA

As the nation’s second-largest metropolitan area, boasting an over $1 trillion economy, decisions made in the city can have broad economic and social implications that ripple far beyond the Southern California region. billion set aside for workforce retraining and education.

article thumbnail

Soon-Shiong Endows Chair At USC Viterbi

socalTECH

Patrick Soon-Shiong , the billionaire founder of Abraxis Bioscience, has made a "multi-million" dollar donation to the University of Southern California , to endow a new chair at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. According to USC, the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation, funded by Soon-Shiong and his wife, Michele B.

USC 178
article thumbnail

What Mattered in 2012: Paul Bricault, Amplify LA

socalTECH

For the last week of the year, we're featuring the thoughts and reflections of some of the movers and shakers of Southern California's high tech community. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? Instagram, Pinterest, the Facebook IPO and Elon Musk.

article thumbnail

Reflections on 2016: Lawrence Ng, OnRamp Fund

socalTECH

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on 2016 from Southern California's technology ecosystem. It solidified our ability to launch new technology using resources both here and abroad. What's your favorite technology gadget, device, or innovation you ran across this year? Lawrence C.

Funding 113