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APRIL 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Bccthis , a developer of messaging software which helps users add more information to their group emails, said Monday that it has added support from Gmail to its product. Bccthis is headed by Dave Waldman, formerly an executive at Twistbox Entertainment, Eyematic Interfaces, and Amp'd Mobile. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Fans.lu , the Los Angeles- and Detroit-based startup providing e-commerce stores for brands, said this week that it has launched a new e-commerce store for the videogame Verticus, in partnership with Los Angeles mobile entertainment publisher Moonshark. fanslu fans videogame ecommerce storefront software startengine'

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OCTOBER 15, 2014

disney startup accelerator walt angeles entertainment consumer funding venture capital techstars' The Disney Accelerator said that Smart Toy was acquired by Los Angeles-based children''s product firm Cartwheel Kids, and that SnowShoe raised $2.2M in its seed funding round. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Mobile Roadie , a developer of a platform for creating and managing mobile applications, said this week that it has added support for BlackBerry smarthphones. Mobile Roadie said it is powering mobile apps for such brands as Madonna, Taylor Swift, Drake, the Miami Dolphins and Wynn Las Vegas.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Bccthis , a startup developing software which connects Microsoft Outlook, Twitter, and BlackBerry smart phones, announced this morning that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding and launched a beta of its service. Waldman was most recently at Twistbox Entertainment, and also had served at Amp'd Mobile and Eyematic.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Bccthis , which develops software which connects Twitter, Microsoft Outlook, and the BlackBerry, said this week that it has launched a number of features to provide statistics and analytics on the service. Tags: bccthis twitter outlook blackberry software messaging. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2013

Long Beach-based Cie Games , which publishes the Car Town mobile and social games, has named two new executives this morning. The company said it has named Matt Nutt as Vice President of Business Development and Operations, and Chong Ahn as Executive Producer overseeing mobile game design and creation. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software, has snagged another win in the entertainment industry with 'Iron Man 2'. The firm said its is providing augmented reality features for a digital promotion around the film, as part of a marketing campaign from LG.

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JUNE 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software run by Bruno Uzzan, said this week that both the U.S. Army is using Total Immersion for an augmented reality entertainment game which allows users to race against MRAP and Stryker armored vehicles via the web and at certain NASCAR events. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Total Immersion, which powers "augmented reality" software which can use real-life video to trigger interactive software, said it is previewing its first commercial application using markerless tracking--on a Google Android mobile phone--at the show. Tags: total immersion augmented reality software tracking ctia.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Catch Media , a provider of software used for digital rights management, has scored a strategic funding from Motorola Mobility Ventures , the strategic investment arm of Motorola, the firms said Thursday. Other investors in Catch Media include Ari Emanuel, Co-CEO of WME Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

With a new mobile app releasing today (on all Android devices) and the social currency system gaining new ground, Earbits just upped its game. To become a bigger online music streaming service, the next obvious step would be to bring the same great experience Earbits has provided online by bringing it to mobile devices.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

For this morning's company profile, we thought we'd connect with ShareSquare (www.getsharesquare.com), a newly funded Los Angeles startup focused on QR barcodes -- 3D barcodes -- focused on musicians and entertainers. It's a powerful opportunity to connect people offline with the mobile, online experience. However, one way the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

According to Phunware , a developer of mobile application lifecycle management software, it has been acquired by Stellar Acquisition II , which is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Vyclone (www.vyclone.com) has created a mobile application which lets users capture videos, and automatically edits and combines multiple points of view from people nearby, and remixes it into an even more compelling video. To supplement my income, I started a software business. What's the idea behind Vyclone?

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MAY 21, 2014

Juan Bruce: What we are doing at Epoxy, is we develop software tools for online video channels, allowing them to connect with their audiences where they audience connects most, which is social media. As part of that, I started working for entertainment studios and networks, and saw the shift in consumer behavior to online entertainment.

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AUGUST 14, 2012

A new, voter registration promotion from airline Virgin America and Rock The Vote is tapping Los Angeles-baesd PromoJam for its in-flight, mobile page, PromoJam said today. PromoJam, which is headed by Amanda and Matt MacNaughton, develops social marketing software used to get the word out about brands on social sites. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2012

If you want to understand the details of why this is, I covered it in detail in this post, Understanding Changes in the Software Industry. hours per day on average, and that’s excluding the other 13 hours a day where we have our mobile devices, our connected TVs, our iPads and Kindles and soon our cars connected to the web.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Investors, startups, Internet and web enable ventures, games, web services, mobile, apps, Internet enabled services, platforms, consumer electronics, software, hardware, entertainment and media, digital media, broadband and web services, entertainment,, finance, life science, enterprise, clean tech.

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MAY 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based Osurv , a developer of mobile survey software, announced on Friday that it has been acquired by Singapore private equity investor Tan Capital Partners. The company said its tools are used by such brands as Caesars Entertainment and Casio to collect and analyze data from their customers, in real time.

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Xconomy

AUGUST 14, 2018

Ford—one of the automakers competing in China’s huge car market—is now making a bid to provide China’s leading software infrastructure hub dedicated to streamlining transportation by connecting cars and riders with mobility services. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Zong – mobile payments has been a very hot area over the past couple of years with the success and growth of both Boku and Zong. Boku and Zong focus mostly on mobile payments for virtual goods. It has proven a very successful strategy to get consumers to activate the payment on their mobile phone bill. VC Financings: 1.

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APRIL 15, 2019

Corona, California-based Clubspeed , which develops software used to manage go karting tracks, race tracks, trampoline parks, and family entertainment centers, has been acquired by private equity investor Nadavon Capital Partners , the two said over the weekend. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 24, 2013

In today''s mobile world, SMS has widespread, near ubiquitous adoption, which is great for consumers who want to communicate with their friends and family. By giving them your mobile number, you''ve created a priority channel. They realized you can''t have that kind of information out there lying on people''s mobile devices.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Los Angeles-based ShareSquare , a new startup focused on the QR Code creation area, has launched its services this week, focusing on helping musicians and entertainers create QR codes. QR codes are three dimensional barcodes which can be recognized by mobile phones to connect users with web sites and other information.

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MARCH 29, 2012

For a number of high profile brands, it's by using the software and services of Los Angeles-based PromoJam (www.promojam.com), which just announced a round of funding to accelerate it efforts last week from Golden Seeds and the Band of Angels. We also have a mobile platform, which integrates with Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Santa Monica-based Sixgill , a developer of Internet-of-Things, sensor software, has raised $27.9M The funding was led by DRW Venture Capital, and also included Mobile Financial Partners. in a Series B funding round, the company said last week.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

The company said its core customers are in the media and entertainment, mobile gaming, digital media, education, consumer goods, marketing, ecommerce, and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) verticals.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

By technology, he meant the world you and I both live in, of digital, mobile, health related technology, transportation technology--all of those elements. I''ve both written lots of software, and managed lots of projects. software innovation technology garcetti eric city angeles cito marx peter' What do you say to them?

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MARCH 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Big Stage Entertainment , a venture-backed startup developing 3D animation technology used to create avatars, said this morning that the firm has created a new application which works on the Apple iPhone. Tags: avatar stage iphone entertainment apple. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2019

San Diego-based Verimatrix , a developer of security software for video service providers, set top-box providers, and others, has been acquired by French company Inside Secure , according to Inside Secure. Inside Secure paid $138.1M in cash, plus up to $9.8M in escrow to cover potential post-closing adjustments and earnout.

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JULY 15, 2015

A few weeks ago, Los Angeles-based enterprise expense reporting software maker Chrome River (www.chromeriver.com) took a significant venture funding round--worth $100M--to help expand the company's growth in the enterprise software market. What does Chrome River's software do? Dave Terry: It's just part of our heritage.

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APRIL 5, 2022

The entire premise of Playhouse is that we find it strangely entertaining to peruse home listings. We want to build a product for the next generation that wants to be mobile, video driven, exciting and fun.”. It’s not too outlandish a claim, seeing as “House Hunters” has been on TV since 1999.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

The startups included SideVision , an ecommerce software platform; Portal Entertainment a content development company; Bubbl , a developer of mobile and web-based video editing tools; Wisemetrics , social content publishing; Incoming Media , push notification for video; and Toggle , a developer of HDMI dongles for streaming UltraViolet content.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 23, 2009

Past presenters have received millions in funding from our program; and several have sold their company for huge earnings.

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