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Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

The topic is: Betting Your Company On An Internet Platform? The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. However, these platforms could be interesting for prototype and pilot solutions. The other conclusion was that you need to have a migration path from the platform.

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Peering Into The Mobile Games Future With Josh Hartwell of Mobile Deluxe

socalTECH

I think we were able to effectively transition, because our technology platform. At the time, our platform allowed us to build our games, and have one game which we could send to multiple devices. We're able to get thousands of downloads per day on our products, a far cry from the BREW and Java days.

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

socalTECH

It's a very flexible, open platform, and is pretty open ended. Right now, we are running targeted ads using ad networks or whatnot. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. But, there are not many funded players in the space. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Derrick Oien, Intercasting

socalTECH

We spoke with Derrick Oien, president and co-founder of the firm, about the company's mobile social networking applications, as well as about his view on penetrating the mobile carriers. in funding from Venrock, Avalon, and Masthead. What exactly are your mobile social networking applications? Intercasting is backed by $17.5M

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Jetpack Gives a Boost to Mobile and Rich Media Advertising

Tech Zulu Event

But that’s changing with a new crop of rich media platforms disrupting the ecosystem with new mobile and non-standard rich media ad formats, one of which – Jetpack – is located right here in Santa Monica. The company is privately held and has received no venture funding to date. The possibilities are truly limitless.”.

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Interview with Navid Nobakht, Recmnd.Me

socalTECH

There are job boards for resumes, and sites like LinkedIn to network and connect with each other, and they do have recommendations, but what they lack is the scoring element. We even changed our business model to provide a service based, instead of a traditional ecommerce platform. READ MORE>>.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). Bambi Francisco is founder and CEO of Vator.tv, a leading platform for entrepreneurs and innovators to broadcast and communicate with industry professionals, and VatorNews, a video business network. Bambi Francisco.