socalTECH

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the online publisher of entertainment focused blogs and web sites, said today that it has linked with photo sharing site Plixi , which until recently was known as TweetPhoto. Financial details of the effort were not announced. Financial details of the effort were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 11, 2013

The update includes a new self-service tenant management system; new tools to maximize the performance of virtual machines; a better web interface; and more. Metacloud said it has already deployed the new software at its clients, which include Fortune 5000 companies in industries including entertainment, finance, and technology.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos. SpotOn is paying $415 million in cash and stock for the Los Angeles-based company.

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socalTECH

JUNE 29, 2010

According to Demand, Banks' beauty and entertainment firm Bankable is in a deal to develop a Web site, online video offerings, and mobile applications. Demand Media said the new property will be "inherently social, highly interactive" and leverage its content creation platform, social media tools and application development tools.

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socalTECH

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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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Action Method: (Todo List): Simple tool that organizes todo lists. The only con with the web application is that it can’t be used offline. The fun materials make it more entertaining and therefore the business material is more likely to be read. Download App: iPhone | Android. You can also delegate and track tasks.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We chose Hollywood because we wanted to put top talent from the Entertainment and Technology industries under one roof. Media and Entertainment has seen more barriers to entry being broken down. The same is true online, as the desktop web experience is quickly being overtaken by the mobile experience. Or Tapes and CDs?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 17, 2010

Avid's Pro Tools -- based on Digidesign's products -- are an industry standard used for sound editing in the entertainment industry. The firm's web applications are used by music artists to market their work and connect with fans. Gotcher co-founded Digidesign with Evan Brooks in 1984, and the firm was later acquired by Avid.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 16, 2018

When it first announced this new region, Google positioned it as the ideal region for the entertainment industry. It was only three years ago that Google opened its second U.S. region and, while it was slow to expand its physical cloud footprint, the company now features 17 regions around the world.

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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. Kieve Huffman: My background, and that of my business partner is digital entertainment and digital media.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. Combine that with the growing startup community here, and you end up with at. intersection of technology and music.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A specific example of a platform failure in this space, Neighborrow , enabled sharing of relatively low-value items (like power tools, bikes, and kitchenware), where the money saved was often offset by the inconvenience of pickup and delivery. Don’t expect to rely totally on social media, word of mouth, or a personal web site.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

There's been an unusually complex amount of engineering, compared to a web media startup, but that's a good thing. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. Michael Tringe: We are an online web series school.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? We have developed a tool that takes scientific, validated methodologies from academia, and use that to assess unconscious bias around race, gender, age, and other personality attributes, in the workplace.

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Tech.Co

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This freedom comes from the option to simply wait until we can find a new box office movie streamed somewhere on the web or available for download from pirate sites. The reason why Howard’s film cost far less to produce than in yesteryear’s is that hi-def cameras and great movie editing tools are cheaper than ever.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 4, 2014

It’s the New Year, and there’s no better time to get educated on all the blogging, podcasting and Web video tools to help you become an active content creator. We’re even bringing you a personal appearance by entertainer Marshall Sylver who is starring in “Real Hypnosis Really Funny!”

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 28, 2013

Tools and efficiencies powered by the cloud. Alex is a proven web entrepreneur, having led and sold multiple successful startups. Prior to starting KnowledgeBase, Alex founded HostPro, an industry-leading web hosting and application services provider. Finding business agility in the cloud. Chief Digital Officers. Alex Kazerani.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 9, 2011

It does this by providing simple tools which facilitate crowed sourced lists. However, from my understanding you might actually be the largest consumer website using "semantic web" technology – can you explain how that works? “In The core value proposition is that Ranker ranks results to important questions and topics.”.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

TechZulu is proud to team up with Digital LA and accelerators Amplify, StartEngine, Launchpad, local companies BetterWorks, PromoJam, start-ups and co-working spaces, all working together to create the first-ever Silicon Beach Fest to celebrate startups, tech, and entertainment! Influencer (PromoJam) @ Tech Cube : social tools.

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 16, 2012

No matter how much you think you know about Steve’s lean startup philosophy, Eric Ries’ contributions to the movement, or the methodologies by which companies have put lean startup tenets into practice, I am confident you will be enlightened and entertained by Steve’s frank and insightful remarks. . free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 13, 2011

Webdoc is a web platform that allows you to easily create interactive posts mixing different web contents through a simple and intuitive drag & drop interface. Think YouTube but for creating and virally sharing rich web creations and going beyond broadcast. Think Minority Report meets the web. Give Us the Fast Pitch.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2012

At our core, game designers love to come up with something really compelling, to create a great piece of entertainment, and try new things. Because we're constantly connected to the web, we can change the game, literally, daily. Lots of what people like to do, is express themselves on the web.

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Pixelgate.net (www.pixelgate.net) - Internet Access, Web Hosting, Network Services.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Individuals use social networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo as career-advancing tools, even more useful in a down economy. Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?"

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 13, 2012

BTW, if there was an award for most entertaining pitch, Addroid would win it hands down! Divshot is a tool for web application developers. It is the first interface prototyping tool that gives its users the ease of a drag-and-drop mockup application. Divshot was the winner of the Crowstart LA $25,000 Competion.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

We recently caught up with CEO Jonno Wells to talk about the firm and its expanding network of web sites. Our products are also syndicated into newspapers and web sites around the country. It's now a one-stop shop for surfer's entertainment, plus a utility portal. First off, tell us about your network of sites?

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Aggregage (www.aggregage.com) is looking to help aggregate the content across multiple blog publishing sites, and curate that information into specific, B2B niche vertical web sites. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 22, 2013

To do that, we are creating tools to aggregate content from their fans to other fans. MR: We always had a web presence. Whatever you see on the app, you can see on the web. The web isn’t dead and the mobile app is still growing. But now, we have been gaining a larger audience thanks to our online web presence.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). On the web, parents can upload photos of themselves, family members, and friends, and put them into a video alongside the StoryBots, in classic kids songs.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Right now the most important role to hire in Twitter would be a seasoned marketing professional who could proactively change the conversation about Twitter and educate people about its significance as an information sharing tool. They need a stronger campaign about consumption rather than sending Tweets. It is, in and of itself, news.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0″ cheap post-production process by tools (think Pro Tools for audio, Instagram filters). And to those who keep telling me that the CPMs are too low to make a business please stop thinking about two-way entertainment in only CPM terms. Engagement.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 21, 2009

We sat down and spoke with Miles Beckett and Greg Goodfried , co-founders of the firm, about what the firm is up to now, their view on how to mesh entertainment and the Internet, and how to go beyond creating a viral hit. Miles Beckett: Our company EQAL is a social entertainment company, which means two things.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 9, 2013

There are many iOS users out there that know about Fanhattan already, but Fanhattan is finally being developed for the World Wide Web. The web version is currently in its beta stages, but seems almost complete. The biggest difference between the web and iOS app is the size of movies and shows available.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2011

So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. You don't need a CD, or hardware, it's completely web based. This is my third company. You also have a background as a scientist at JPL? It's actually based on Amazon's cloud.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Today is the day Solaborate is publicly launching a beta-version of their platform on the web with an iOS and Android mobile apps for those on the road. I was very inefficient at doing my job with the lack of tools. Things will change like your profile or picture, but the tools will remain the same because everyone uses them.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Effectively, what Corey and I are trying to do, is distill the course of opinions on the web, and turn that into a consumable format. Instead, what we have tried to do, is turn the social web into a sort of representative democracy. We have about 50 political sites using the tool already. First off, talk about SendLove.to

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