socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? It's all about what is happening on the realtime web. Matt Kumin: When I was at Edmunds.com, we were looking at aggregation services.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). But the web site visitors are accurate. I keep my blogs separate from by company web site. Services Pages. This is that post.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

SendGrid , the developer of email delivery APIs and infrastructure which has major operations in Anaheim, said Thursday that it has launched a new, cloud-based service for load testing their applications and APIs. The firm said its new Loader.io The firm said its new Loader.io READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2009

Orange-based Marshal8e6 , a developer of web and email security tools, said today that it has added email encryption to its lineup. According to the firm, its new offering, MailMarshal SendSecure, will provide encryption of email messages via a hosted service. Pricing on the new service was not disclosed.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Will you tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or license a third-party lookup table? Often this ties to marketing support.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Do you transact immediately or on delivery of some product or service? Do you need to round trip an email to validate the email? Cloudsponge for email invites to large group? Will you tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or license a third-party lookup table? Often this ties to marketing support.

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Develop Development Startup SEO 384

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based TheBouqs (www.thebouqs.com) thinks so, with its new, cut-to-order online flower delivery service for the iPad generation. The third part of this is the subscription service we offer. We send you reminders by email, and deliver as many times a year as you prefer. What is the Bouqs? Closing this $1.1M

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2011

Nimble develops software which allows users to track their interaction with contacts, including emails, social networking contacts, and more. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2010

Torrance-based LiveOffice , a provider of email archiving services, announced today that the firm is releasing a new product specifically aimed at archiving social media sites, including LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The firm said the new LiveOffice Social Archive software is can capture and retain content from any public web site.

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Torrance Social Media Social Network Web 202

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. The Bridge Between Online Services & The Internet. Social Networking in Web 1.0. Social Networking in Web 2.0. cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Back when we were all trying to figure out the real value of traffic on the web, investors – and acquiring companies – got a bit crazy with metrics used to value acquisitions and investments. per registered user of ICQ, the early messaging service. Remember when? Remembering the insanity before 2000. Microsoft paid $9.00

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Who are you on the web? Historically you are your email address. Think about your local news anchor saying, “if you want to get in touch email me at xxxx.” Nearly every day now I see public figures telling people their Twitter identity in stead of Facebook, email or other forms of identity. ” Sure.

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News Web Email Startup 324

socalTECH

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Carlsbad-based satellite Internet operator and equipment developer ViaSat is expandings its new Exede Evolution satellite Internet plan, saying it has expanded the service into 30 states. The company says the service is now reaching more than 590,000 subscribers across the US.

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Email Web Media Services 182

TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

It was the one of the best phishing emails we’ve seen… that wasn’t. Phishing emails are designed to impersonate companies or executives to trick users into turning over sensitive information, typically usernames and passwords, so that scammers can log into online services and steal money or data.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - Berkonomics , November 29, 2010 Rice Alliance IT/Web 2.0 First Principles.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 mobile, locations, layering of services, data management, portability & more]. We were on services called CompuServe and Prodigy. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. The Past (1985-2002).

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

socalTECH

JANUARY 25, 2010

Newport Beach-based Sendio , which develops appliances and services which reduce spam and other unwanted email, said Monday that the firm has added a new mobile management support feature for its products. Tags: sendio appliance email spam security mobile phone wireless. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 1, 2012

Los Angeles-based MyLife.com is further expanding its services this morning, saying that it has launched a new, "social dashboard" product which helps users centrally manage all of their social and email accounts. The new service comes as a result of the acquisition of Threadsy in March by MyLife. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2012

Are you the sort of person who relies on your friends to help you figure out the best places to explore on the web? Wish you could lean on your friends to get insights into the great new services you ought to try? Tim Sae Koo: What we try to do, is help you and your friends discover the web, through each other.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Paperlinks did not say how much the service costs for restaurants. The new service takes those orders and delivers them to a restaurant via email or FAX, for pickup or delivery to the customer. The new service includes collection of payment via a web page. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

A nationwide offer from FTD , the flower delivery service owned by Woodland Hills-based United online , with daily deals phenomenon Groupon has gone south, after consumers complained that the price presented to Groupon users was more than the price a user would get by going directly to FTD's web site.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based Katharion , a developer of hosted email filtering services, has been acquired by GFI Software, a provider of managed web and email security services. According to GFI, the buy will allow it to offer hosted email filtering, anti-spam, and anti-virus serviecs.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of cloud-based, contact management software which is headed by Goldmine founder Jon Ferrara, has extended the distribution of it service this morning with a new Google Chrome web application. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 20, 2017

Leaders and companies that innovate new products, services and methods of delivery are the ones that stand out in a crowded business world, especially when attempting to gain recognition among the throngs of competitors visible on the web. Innovation is valued by our society, by investors and certainly by consumers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based KnotPic , a new online web site, said today that it has launched a new service to allow users to share their wedding photo albums. said it provides a way for couples to create an online wedding album, including accepting photos from guests via email or text messages. The site--developed by Maximilian & Co.--said

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socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based Media Temple , the web hosting firm, is partnering with Virb to help small businesses, artists, musicians, and others to create their own web sites, the firms said this morning. Virb provides a service which helps creative types to create their own websites. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of web-based, customer relationship management (CRM) tools, said today that it has launched a new application programming interface (API) and application marketplace. The company said the new API is the first in a family of APIs to help developers create applications using Nimble's platform.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2010

San Diego-based Cricket Communications , the wireless service provider owned by Leap Wireless, said today along with Kyocera Communications that the firms have introduced the carrier's first Android phone. The firm said the new Sanyo ZIO by Kyocera has been launched on the service, and will retail for $249.99 without a contract.

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socalTECH

JULY 21, 2011

Rob Reed: The position of MomentFeed, is that it is essentially a layer in the location based services stack. They have an interest in all of the data being generated through location based services apps, which give them an opportunity to connect with consumers. Could you give an example of how a customer might use your service?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

We had to buy Oracle database licenses, UNIX servers, a Sun Solaris operating system, web servers, load balancers, EMC storage, disk mirrors for redundancy and had to commit to a year-long hosting agreement at places such as Exodus. Linux (instead of UNIX), Apache (web server software), MySQL (instead of Oracle) and PHP.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 18, 2019

Along the way, we found ourselves constantly surprised by unanticipated applications that suddenly appeared and gained huge adoption across the Internet; this was the case with email, the World Wide Web, peer-to-peer file sharing, user generated content, Napster, YouTube, Instagram, social networking, etc.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. Jon describes how he's creating a "next generation", web-based contact manager which takes into account the social nature of the web today.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2010

To understand why investors are finding the firm so interesting, and why the company raised such a large round, we spoke with Adam Bernhard , CEO of the firm, about the company and funding, how email has allowed the firm to get past the "Google trap" of marketing on the web, and where the firm is going. Adam, thanks for the time.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

He had an idea for a startup that would help consumers better book service jobs and would take on Service Magic, which he believed had a business model that could be disrupted. And in a world where we increasingly log in to personal web time at late hours or on our mobile phones that’s no longer good enough.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Peer-to-peer lending service; started on FaceBook; claim to own 79% of the US peer lending market in March 2010 with a whopping $8,664,750. Assistly “Multi-channel customer support and management service&# – this is another industry I love and I specifically love the team at Assistly. LendingClub. 24.5mm in Series C.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2012

Customer service has always been reactionary, meaning someone to wake up and answer website email requests. Great startups are getting ahead of the game with “anticipatory customer service,” like providing smart phone access to product and account data to head off complaints. Self-service needs to have escape hatches.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 13, 2014

They have the worst customer service of any company I deal with. If you have an issue renaming or merging a page, you get an email that says “denied.” Can you email them? Perhaps filling out a web form, but the response is usually something along the lines of “Thank you for submitting feedback.

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