Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. We believe that the structural industry changes will continue to create big opportunities for technology firms that enable the changes in media consumption for television, radio, inbound calls, online & social media.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

If you follow the tech media you would be subject to a lot of narrative biases that are completely off base – and this includes the value of email and phone calls. In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Google knows it. THE FULL STORY. There are 2.9

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Email SaaS Venture Capital Google 339

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Facebook became so dominant in social, not even Google could touch them. Media and Entertainment has seen more barriers to entry being broken down. In Entertainment, we're seeing more and more people prefer their iPad over the Big Screen experience. Analyzing massive quantities of data used to be something only Google did.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 9, 2013

There will be a smattering of special screenings worldwide. Fans are encouraged to create screening events via Tugg and to add interesting elements — like costume parties or Google Hangouts with the director. Above all, we love to tell stories.” Should be pretty awesome!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 21, 2011

Digital Media was an obvious theme because it’s one in which LA (where I’m based) and NY (where I spend a lot of time) have strong assets, companies and management teams. While the media industry is driven by a combination of subscriptions and advertising – it’s clear that the latter plays a unique role in media.

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Mobile Advertising Media Marketing 329

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Social media will be pervasive in the enterprise and is primarily driving by customer interactions. It’s central standard was HTML (hyper text markup language) that described how we would show data on computer screens. Suddenly you could update small portions of the browser without refreshing the whole screen.

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Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

socalTECH

JULY 11, 2014

Those might be on household items like laundry detergent, or it might be gadgets like tablets or a large screen television. We''re doing what Reddit does for content, and Google does for search. I was at Overture, then Yahoo, and later People Media, which we sold to Match.com. We''re agnostic to where a deal comes from.

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Content Yahoo Los Angeles Sites 212

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur. Heather Wilburn – Founding Member of AdWords Program & Biz Dev Manager for Channel Sales team at Google. The conversation shifts over to the work Heather Wilburn is doing with Google AdWords.

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Startup Google Education Venture Capital 95

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Buying GumGum is similar to the way traditional media is bought but with a different execution. Ophir considers GumGum as part technology and part media company. Ophir gives his take on Google Glass. “Google Glass is a very nascent technology. So how is GumGum different and what are they working toward?

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Advertising Google Screening 76

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2012

We had been working with Fortune 5's, and had done really well in social media, creating micro sites and interactive landing pages, and have a really deep history in marketing. Jason Crilly: We have a background from the big agencies. We had an agency an interactive studio for awhile. Why the strategy of going to the ad networks?

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Mobile Startup Advertising Sites 249

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 6, 2012

Atomkeep subscribers use their single profile to uniformly post to Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, Monster, Yelp and YouTube accounts. Atomkeep also says it will,” cease operation and service effective immediately”. The company is now working on a re-launch in the coming months.

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Social Network Social Media Blogging Screening 61

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2012

Some lucky people received awesome iPhone protectors from Life Proof giving them the power to be active and still capture video without cracking the screen. The next generation will be real time mobile streaming from handheld to handheld, kinda like Google Glasses but with more viewers.”.

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Santa Monica Venice Screening Google 83

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2010

We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, Walk into any Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf in Southern California and you can’t miss their digital screens. In joining Launchpad he’s agreed to move here, which is a natural fit given their emerging set of media partners.

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Company Companies Startup Southern California 276

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads the way Google dominates text ads - Chris Dixon , May 15, 2010 It is customary to divide online advertising into two categories: direct response and brand advertising. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google. I know I do.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 28, 2014

Fact: social media is among the top most powerful communication tools today. Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 Digital Insights reports in their 2014 Social Media statistics that Facebook has 1.01 Will it be the next big thing after Google and Facebook? And why is that?

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Snapchat Social Media Social Network Media 82

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

The presence of Google and Microsoft’s outposts have helped to a certain extent, but Southern California can certainly do better when it comes to retaining — and attracting — talent. People don’t just solely watch TV nowadays; they multitask with a handful of screens. At SBF, a number of good ideas were floated to do just that.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Southern California 98

Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Ann Hiatt, Chief-of-Staff to the Chairman at Google. In addition to currently being the Chief-of-Staff at Google and the Business Executive Partner of Eric Schmidt, she has also been the executive assistant to Marissa Meyer of Yahoo! Neha Narula, Director of the Digital Currency Initiative at MIT Media Labs.

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Startup Google Case Study Entertainment 70

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum.

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Twiistup SoCal Southern California Yammer 228

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Google followed immediately and introduced Android. Just one year after their respective launches, Apple and Google exceeded one billion app downloads. It is a good thing that there is an app for everything today — work, social media, games, shopping, travel, photography, and schedule of movie screenings.

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Mobile Social Media Google Software Review 40

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2013

Twitter continues to move into new directions of social media, broadening its offerings. Not to be outdone by innovations from Google and Facebook, Twitter is finally getting into the time currency engagement race for eyeballs with fresh spinoffs. Today, a video partnership with the BBC was announced via (what else?) Twitter and TV.

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Blogging Entertainment Social Media Screening 75

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 29, 2011

There is a Google map and 3D pins that appear and show the location of events you’re looking for. Second, and more importantly the quality and amount of events that end up in their database, that will ultimately end up splattered across our computer and smartphone screens. Not for SocialVents. First, how many people embrace it.

Sites 89

Sites Screening Google Mobile 89

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2011

3D Movies, 3D Printing, 3D Televisions, 3DS, our entire screen world is turning 3D and now its time for your mobile screen to get in on the fun. inch 800 x 480-pixel screen that can displaying both 2D and 3D content. Does calling it the “4G” Thrill really mean its faster in the data speeds department?

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Software Review Screening Orange County Mobile 77

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

” while watching the screen and registering nothing. And this in a nutshell, is what our lives as media consumers has turned into: a constant stream of impatience and auto-pilot interactions with ads. Enter Vidzey , the in-video shopping platform that seamlessly combines media, entertainment and e-commerce. . Crazy right?

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Entertainment Advertising Startup Media 98

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Recent alliances in both the emergency responder and warehouse space will allow us to deliver a best-in-class solution to help manage teams, workflow, and efficiency through our wide-screen, large battery, full OS, wearable. DigiSynd manages Disney’s brand presence in the social media space. Utility: Envoy Now. Sold it in 2014.

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2014

“Connecting a device or sensors to a network is not enough to create an awesome new experience,” said Avi Itzkovitch, UX consultant and founder of XG Media. Android Apps & Software Gadgets Google Samsung Appliances Belkin Connected Consumers Food Galaxy S innovation smart-home Smartphone thermostat Touchscreen'

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Belkin Startup Google Press 92

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow.

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Startup Venture Capital Pricing Technical Review 361

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 15, 2012

The original post and all subsequent video replies can be viewed in one screen.”. Airtime in May secured a round of financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners, Google Ventures, and Social + Capital. Airtime has also made some changes to the buddy list. Airtime Board.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 22, 2015

And what about Apple’s CarPlay or Android Auto by Google ? In short, they offer extended screens with limited functionality and limited access to your car systems. That’s probably a reason why Google decided to go with the newly developed Android Auto. Google wants it all. Who will lead the way: Google?

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Google Artificial Inteligence Research Marketing 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

San Diego-based Newsforce (www.newsforce.com) is a startup which is looking to take advantage of the hunger of the newspaper and media business for revenue, and has created a product which takes press releases and commercial content, and inserts them onto news sites in "sponsored content" blocks. We call it storytelling media.

News 124

News Advertising Press Sites 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I’m not saying that lawyers were my screening process – simply that they knew about deals early on and they had voted with their time and pocketbooks so I knew I had a degree of filtering. I tapped my friends at big tech companies (Salesforce, Google, Oracle). Of course I went through normal other channels of deal flow.

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Venture Capital Startup Pricing Invest 347

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Current round: $8mm in Series B from RRE Ventures (Will Porteous)(lead), SoftBank, Hearst Interactive Media, SV Angel (Ron Conway), Founder Collective.Total raised: $11.5mm.

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Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Others including Dell, Acer, and even Google are also releasing Android phones. Any geek, or social media aficionado such as myself will have at least a few app requirements. They are nicely placed, well thought out and my man-sized hands have no problems navigating the screen. The tabs are not tiny like in Twidroid.

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Marketing Software Review Screening Social Media 60

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2012

They cite Quara, Google, Twitter & Facebook as obvious examples. Besides, why call when you can use Google, or send a Twitter message?” Google doesn’t seem to ever take calls from ME when I have a complaint! Google, Facebook & Twitter all provide free services to end users and we eat them up.

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Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

Our builders included Jason Yim , CEO of Trigger Global; and Daniel Busby , Lead Engineer at Two Bit Circus ; with Scot Rubin , Founder of G4TV and Nitropod, to represent media and consumers. They involve themselves in building games that require physical interaction – to keep peoples’ eyes on each other, not a screen.

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Mobile Platform Technology Screening 93

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Also of note was Ryan Orrico’s launch of HandJob, a new form of job applicant screening and referral tracking. When using the Handjob app , users must shake the app up and down or side to side and out pops a pre-screened job applicant. All presentations were of extremely high quality and teams did a killer job. is also hiring.

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Los Angeles Startup Angel Tech Coast Angels 73

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2015

Your social media feed was probably filled this morning with information about the 13-minute speech Kanye West made during the 2015 VMA broadcast, but only the objective big data behind Watson can really break it down scientifically. And look at that [points to screen]. I’m not no politician, bruh.

Search Engine Optimization 40

Search Engine Optimization Social Media Technology Council Ideas 40

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2015

Your social media feed was probably filled this morning with information about the 13-minute speech Kanye West made during the 2015 VMA broadcast, but only the objective big data behind Watson can really break it down scientifically. And look at that [points to screen]. I’m not no politician, bruh.

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Search Engine Optimization Social Media Technology Council Ideas 40