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JUNE 10, 2010

El Segundo-based iSuppli announced Thursday that it has acquired UK-based Screen Digest , a firm which provides market research covering film, television, broadband media, mobile media, cinema, home entertainment, TV technology and video games. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Research

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

If you're an NCAA fan, and you've loaded the app for your favorite team, there's a high likelyhood that the app is actually the product of El Segundo-based Hopscotch (www.gohopscotch.com). Hopscotch, led by Laurence Sotsky , has built software which enables sports teams, venues, and others to rapidly create mobile apps for their fans.

Mobile

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

El Segundo-based The OIX , a fintech company that is developing tax credit and incentives management software, has named technology startup veteran Laurence Sotsky as its new CEO, according to the company. Sotsky was most recently head of venture-backed, mobile application development startup Hopscotch.

El Segundo

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

El Segundo-based The OIX , a fintech company that is developing tax credit and incentives management software, has named technology startup veteran Laurence Sotsky as its new CEO, according to the company. Sotsky was most recently head of venture-backed, mobile application development startup Hopscotch.

El Segundo

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Agoura Hills-based THQ and El Segundo-based toy maker Mattel said this morning that the two are in a new, multi-year alliance focused on developing and publishing video games based on Mattel's toys. FInancial details of the arrangement were not disclosed.

THQ

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MAY 19, 2014

El Segundo-based satellite TV operator DIRECTV and AT&T said Sunday afternoon that AT&T has agreed to acquire DIRECTV, in a deal worth approximately $67.1 According to the two, DIRECTV will continue to be based in El Segundo after the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

El Segundo

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JULY 20, 2020

El Segundo-based Carbonated Games , a developer of mobile games, has raised $8.5M Carbonated focuses on developing "highly competitive" games for mobile devices, which are more in line with the hard core games found on consoles and PCs, rather than the more usual casual gaming market.

El Segundo

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

El Segundo-based iRise , the developer of enterprise application prototyping tools, is taking on the iPhone app market, saying today that it has launched a new visualization product called iRise Studio MX, which allows users to create iPhone app prototypes. iRise said the new private beta of the product is free.

El Segundo

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APRIL 18, 2012

El Segundo-based iRise , which develops enterprise prototyping software, used to help business users mock up visual software prototypes of applications, said Wednesday that it has added new support for iPads and Android phones.

El Segundo

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JULY 26, 2016

El Segundo-based digital marketing company Wpromote said on Tuesday that it has acquired online marketing agency Standing Dog , which provides search engine marketing, SEO, social media and paid media services. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Standing Dog was founded in 2005, and was based in Texas.

El Segundo

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JULY 1, 2016

According to the company, the office is the third for the company, which is headquartered in El Segundo and also has an office in Chicago. WPromote offers up search engine, mobile, and social marketing for such clients as Papyrus, Zenni Optical, Z Gallerie and Xero.

El Segundo

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JULY 26, 2017

The service--which is run out of AT&T's El Segundo offices--provides access to both live and on-demand television, delivered by high speed Internet and mobile broadband. AT&T said it has been gaining a significant number of customers by bundling the service with its wireless plans.

El Segundo

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

El Segundo-based Endpoint , a new mobile-first startup focused on title and escrow services, has spun out of title insurance giant First American Financial Corporation , and raised $30M in funding from First American.

El Segundo

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week El Segundo-based Wpromote acquired fellow marketing agency Standing Dog, in a deal which brings the company to 260 employees, and continues to grow the company. We are headquartered in El Segundo, where we have a beautiful campus, and now have those 70 people in Dallas, another ten in Chicago, and a handful in San Francisco.

Acquisition

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AUGUST 27, 2014

We spoke with one of those companies-- El Segundo-based ConsumerTrack (www.consumertrack.com)--which is a $30M, bootstrapped an online marketing company which is driving millions of customers to big name, financial customers. The world here is constantly changing -- particularly with shifts to mobile, Google algorithms, etc. -

Startup

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AUGUST 23, 2019

El Segundo-based toy maker Mattel is continuing to expand its extension of products into the digital realm, saying this week that it has launched a new, digital racing game called Hot Wheels Infinite Loop. The new game--which runs on iOS--combines the Hot Wheels brand with a digital racing game.

El Segundo

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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

El Segundo-based Toast Labs , a new startup led by The Honest Co. veteran Ashley King, said today that it has raised a seed round of funding, and launched its first app, Dysh.

Seed Funding

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MARCH 26, 2014

For a couple of years, I was the head of a boutique software consulting firm based in El Segundo. It started as a consulting project and was small in scope, mostly a mobile solution for doctors to keep track of patient visits. I founded that with the former CTO of my first company, Kevin Smilak, who now works at Google.

Startup

LATechDigest

AUGUST 3, 2019

CSUN serves more than 40,000 highly diverse students, and ranks in the top five nationally by the Social Mobility Index for advancing students economic well-being, and by the National Science Foundation for graduates who go on to earn doctorates in the sciences. Annual spending related to CSUN of $562.3

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