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JANUARY 16, 2019

Google said on Wednesday that a team at Loyola Marymount University is using its open source, machine learning tool--TensorFlow--as part of a project to help identify potholes and cracks in Los Angeles, in an attempt to perhaps improve the flow of traffic through the city. READ MORE>>.

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Artificial Inteligence Google Tool Report 133

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APRIL 26, 2012

A report today says that Dmitry Shapiro , the former founder of Veoh and head of MySpace Music, and currently founder of alternative social networking site Anybeat , may be heading to Google to head up its Google+ efforts. The report , from PandoDaily, cited a single source for the information.

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JANUARY 19, 2015

Hawthorne-based rocketship developer SpaceX is close to getting $1 billion from Google , according to reports Monday, as Google seeks to get into the space business. Neither SpaceX nor Google have commented on the rumors, which were first reported by The Information. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Viewdle , a developer of computer vision technology which is venture backed by Anthem Ventures and Qualcomm, among others, is in the midst of an acquisition by Google , according to reports today. The original report came via Forbes, with followup from TechCrunch. TechCrunch said the acquisition is worth around $30M.

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JUNE 12, 2014

Technology giant Google is reportedly looking to take a stake in Mojave, California-based space tourism and spaceship developer Virgin Galactic , according to a report Thursday evening. google virgin galactic merger acquisition rumor goog richard branson' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2011

A report Friday from the Los Angeles Times says that Google is in preliminary talks to buy Los Angeles-based Hulu. According to the LA Times--citing "people familiar with the situtation"--Hulu has also been shopped to Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc.

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Hulu Google Report Yahoo 162

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MAY 7, 2012

Los Angeles-based content developer Machinima is on the verge of an investment deal with Google , according to a report published Monday by AllthingsD. Machinima consistently ranks among the top providers of content on Google's YouTube, and has been one of the companies spearheading YouTube's push into original content.

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Google Report Invest Content 150

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project said today that it has passed Google in the latest, comScore Media Metrix monthly ranking of Ad Focus properties. Rubicon reports that the the July 2012 comScore ranking found that Rubicon Project now reaches 96.2% of the U.S.

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Google comes to Playa Vista; Uber launches Santa Monica Scooters; Jam City links with voting nonprofit

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Google Santa Monica Report 145

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Google has revoked the domain registration for the neo-Nazi web publication, The Daily Stormer, after the site attempted to move its domain registration and host‌ing to Google, according to reports. Both Google and GoDaddy have major operations in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Bird considers acquiring Scoot; Needham joins Riot Games; Backstage Accelerator supported by Google

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JUNE 20, 2019

Long Beach-based SpinLaunch , a space launch services provider which recently relocated from Silicon Valley to Long Beach, reported on Wednesday that it has been awarded a launch prototype contract from the Department of Defense (DOD).

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 4, 2018

Google partners with Fandango; Layoffs at Uproxx Media Group; lawmakers call for diversity in tech.

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Fandango Google Layoffs Report 113

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AUGUST 8, 2016

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , which develops cloud-based software for managing leads, trial subscriptions, and billing, has been acquired by Google , Google said on Monday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Orbitera was backed by only $2M in a seed funding it received a year ago from Resolute Ventures.

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MARCH 3, 2015

Irvine-based >Oculus , the virtual reality google maker now owned by Facebook , has hired away high profile Google executive Mary Lou Jepsen , according to a report. Jepsen ran the Display Division of Google X, and also had been co-founder and CTO of the One Laptop Per Child. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

The cost and difficulty of deploying fiber for its high speed, Gigabit networking efforts in such cities as Los Angeles has Google Fiber considering a move to wireless, according to a report. Google first indicated an interest in a Los Angeles expansion back in December of 2015. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based SodaHead , the online social discussion and voting site, is one of the launch partners for the new Google Analytics Social Media features, Google said this week. SodaHead, which was co-founded by former MySpace exec Jason Feffer, was one of nearly two dozen social sites who partnered with Google on the feature.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Google to move into Spruce Goose hangar this fall; Elon Musk has sold more than $4 million worth of flamethrowers; and inside Jeffrey Katzenberg’s billion-dollar bet on mobile video

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MARCH 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu has sued a new startup, Humu , founded by former Google head of people operations Laszlo Bock, over its name. The lawsuit was filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Humu is reportedly working on human resources software.

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Hulu Google Startup Resource 113

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MAY 24, 2010

Search engine giant Google revealed today, for the first time, the revenue split the firm provides to publishers through its AdSense advertising program. According to Google, it pays out 68% of the revenue it collects from advertisers to publishers through AdSense, and about 51% for search advertisements.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

A Google security researcher, Tavis Ormandy, revealed a major vulnerability in the gaming software from Blizzard--now fixed--which would had enabled hackers to install any software they wanted. The report did not detail any actual use of the security issue in the wild, and says Blizzard had addressed the issue with a patch to its software.

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Research Google Software Report 113

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

million, Rubicon Project hires Google executive as chief product officer, and more. Snapchat reportedly preparing for $25 billion initial public offering, Reaction Commerce raises $2.7

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FEBRUARY 12, 2015

Mountain View-based Google confirmed in its quarterly earnings report this week that it was the biggest investor in the recent, $1 billion funding round for Hawthorne-based SpaceX. The investment gives Google and Fidelity combined a 10 percent ownership in SpaceX. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Google Capital , the late stage investment firm owned by Google parent Alphabet, Inc., The confirmation of the investment came via a listing on the portfolio page of Google Capital, which was renamed CapitalG this week. It's unclear when the investment by Google Capital/CapitalG occurred. the parent company of Snapchat.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

A lot of focus has been given on how much search algorithm changes at Google have impacted the fortunes, and traffic, of Los Angeles-based Demand Media. However, another Los Angeles technology firm Savings.com appears to have seen some major traffic changes on its site this week due to a recent update from Google, according to a report today.

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Google SEO Technical Review Sites 157

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

According to Los Angeles-based search marketing company The Search Agency , more than one third of the total clicks on Google are now being driven by smartphones and tablets. The company''s report found that click volumes on smartphones increased by over 50 percent, and clicks increased by 63.4 percent year over year. READ MORE>>.

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Google Paid Search Statistics Advertising 147

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

A promotional deal by City of Industry-based NewEgg briefly crippled Google Offers this morning, after Google offered $40 to spend at NewEgg for only $20. The offer--which rapidly sold out this morning--apparently caused lots of issues for prospective buyers, according to widespread Twitter messages.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

A Google security researcher, Tavis Ormandy, revealed a major vulnerability in the gaming software from Blizzard--now fixed--which would had enabled hackers to install any software they wanted. The report did not detail any actual use of the security issue in the wild, and says Blizzard had addressed the issue with a patch to its software.

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Research Google Software Report 100

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Los Angeles-based on-demand moving and storage company Clutter is reported to be raising somewhere between $200M to $250M in a new funding round, according to a report today, saying that the yet-to-be-completed round is being led by Softbank. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Search engine giant Google is planning a major expansion in Venice, according to a report today in the LA Times. According to the report, Google has leased more than 100,000 square feet in the Binoculars Building in Venice, designed by Frank Gehry.

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MAY 25, 2012

Santa Barbara-based RightSignature , the provider of online electronic signature software headed by Daryl Bernstein, reported yesterday that it has integrated with Google Drive, Google's file storage and collaboration software. The firm said it took it less than 24 hours to integrate the two cloud services.

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Google Santa Barbara Software Report 124

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JUNE 6, 2018

Playa Vista-based Science37 , which develops technology to allow pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials at patients' homes, is reportedly raising around $130M in a funding round from Softbank, according to a report this morning. The round, a Series D, appears to value to company at around $300M.

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JULY 18, 2013

Los Angeles-based search marketing agency The Search Agency reports today that its research has found that Google''s cost-per-clicks on tablets has just exceeded those of desktops, for the first time. According to the firm, average table CPCs on Google are now 1.7 google advertising tablet desktop agency search'

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Google Advertising Research Report 133

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MARCH 14, 2012

Irvine-based Broadcom reported this morning that it is contributing $100,000 in a donation to an Israeli team looking to win Google's $30M Lunar X Prize contest. SpaceIL itself is the only non-profit in the Google competition with plans to donate any winnings to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for Israeli children.

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Google Funding Competition Report 170

L.A. Business Journal

JANUARY 16, 2018

Google to connect Latin America and Los Angeles with new undersea cable; Snapchat content execs talk app redesign and push into scripted programming; and Lockheed Martin exec hints that SR-72 might be built already.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Chow Now integrated with Google search, Content Check acquires Honest Cooking, Intel to open L.A. virtual reality studio, and more.

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JUNE 27, 2011

San Diego-based Nirvanix , the developer of cloud storage services, has snagged Google's former Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure, the firm said today. Nirvanix said it has appointed Paul Froutan as its Chief Technology Officer, reporting to President and CEO Scott Genereux.

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