TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Registration Do you plan to support Google Sign-In, Facebook Connect, or similar 3rd-party authentication? For customer service? Does it tap into geolocation services provided by the browser or rely on a third-party lookup table? What about reporting and moderation? Reporting What needs to be reported?

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Develop Development Technical Review SEO 520

socalTECH

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. READ MORE>>.

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Google Chief Technology Officer San Diego Report 133

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Otherwise, your blog content will be indexed separately from your web site content, resulting in a lower overall Google rank. You can repurpose your posts into articles, books and reports. Conversational style. Search the Internet for blogs in your industry and do a little research before you start. Leverage blog content.

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Blogging Services Search Engine Optimization Web 135

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Mountain View-based Google appears to be taking a clue from San Diego entrepreneur Michael Robertson, the former founder of MP3.com, According to a report from Billboard, Google's plan would allow users to stream music from an online digital locker. Google is reportedly looking to charge around $25 a year for the service.

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Google IP San Diego Report 140

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2017

Ridesharing service Uber is looking to acquire the technical team behind Luxe , the luxury car parking startup backed by LA's Upfront Ventures, according to the WSJ. The WSJ said the "acqhire" is focused on part of Luxe's engineering team, rather than the whole company.

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Redpoint Report Google Invest 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2017

As more and more revelations of abuse of advertising systems at Google and Facebook by Kremlin-linked advertisers continue to surface--Venice, California-based Snapchat has managed to keep itself free of "fake news" using a secret weapon: humans. elections.

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Snapchat News Venice Google 124

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

In a move that is expected to hit local content production in Los Angeles, YouTube is reportedly scaling back its plans on original content in a dramatic way, starting in 2020, according to a report. The report came from The Hollywood Reporter.

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Content Hollywood Report Google 113

socalTECH

OCTOBER 24, 2018

San Francisco-based Cloudflare , which provides a service which helps web site and web application developers manage caching and access to their websites, protecting against cyberattacks, distributed denial of service (DDoS)--and which is backed by Qualcomm--is heading towards an IPO.

San Diego 113

San Diego Google Web Report 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Perhaps that was once true, but in this age of the worldwide Internet, big data, and pervasive business intelligence in every industry, you can use the following steps to get the data you need with very little time and cost: Start your research with Google. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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Statistics Research Report Newsletter 120

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 15, 2014

Google has acquired smart home appliance company, Nest Labs for $3.2 Google’s acquisition of Nest gives the the co-founders an early exit and resources to up their hardware game. Google EnergySense. Nest is not Google’s first hardware acquisition. ” Nest and Google are not new to each other.

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Google Acquisition Resource Social Media 86

Xconomy

JUNE 23, 2016

Google Fiber plans to acquire Webpass in a deal that trims the ranks of independent Internet service providers—an industry already maligned for its lack of competition—but ultimately could boost consumer access to high-speed Internet. Six-year-old Google Fiber has had its own set of challenges.

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Google San Diego Resource Blogging 45

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. Why Shouldn’t Most Services Businesses Raise VC? Why Build a Services Business in the First Place?

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

TechCrunch LA

JULY 23, 2019

Convrg’s cofounders — Audrey Wu, Liz Snower and Amit Gupta — will report to Carey, who until recently held a similar position at IPSoft, another AI-driven firm. Many players including Coca Cola, Oyo, Samsung, Tata Group, and KFC use Haptik’s chatbots in their customer support services.

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Los Angeles Angel Startup Google 209

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?” ” It’s hard to really find fault with the reporting. Google doesn’t seem to ever take calls from ME when I have a complaint! That doesn’t sound right!

Mobile 311

Mobile Technical Review Google Screening 311

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 4, 2021

SEO is not placing ads, but tuning your website so that it is more highly ranked by Google, and featured in the first page of results, not in an ad beside the results. For Google, this is pay per impression (PPI), or pay per mille (PPM) per thousand impressions. Tracking and performance reporting. Cost per click (CPC).

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PPC SEO Paid Search Search Engine Optimization 154

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 14, 2012

Google has confirmed the firing of 20 percent of Motorola Mobility employees. According to Google’s SEC filing on the 3rd this month and signed on the 13th 2012 Google will go ahead with and reduce the motorola unit’s 20,000 employees by 4,000 with two thirds of the cut in the US. Motorola annual financial report is here.

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Layoffs Google Mobile Patents 63

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

Digital advertising spend is projected to grow 25% this year to $191 billion, and Google (69%), Facebook (59%), Snapchat (116%) and Twitter (87%) all just reported rapid growth in their year over year advertising revenues. no surprise?—?that’s that’s where the customers are. For these companies, it looks like a rosy picture.

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Product Platform Advertising Acquisition 424

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2018

” Collins’ company just raised $10 million in a funding round led by GV , the investment arm of Google parent company, Alphabet. .” ” Collins’ company just raised $10 million in a funding round led by GV , the investment arm of Google parent company, Alphabet.

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Startup Los Angeles Demand Pasadena 279

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2020

Perhaps that was once true, but in this age of the worldwide Internet, big data, and pervasive business intelligence in every industry, you can use the following steps to get the data you need with very little time and cost: Start your research with Google. Peruse company reports from your business domain.

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Marketing Statistics Research Report 157

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. Pasadena another growing startup community, has startups focusing mainly on business products and services and sciences. With Yahoo!,

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Report Orange County Startup West Los Angeles 104

socalTECH

OCTOBER 3, 2012

A report from the Wall Street Journal says that the firm--founded by Democrats, but which supplies it online services to anyone--has run into issues with Democratic groups after they found it was supplying its online software to Republican candidates.

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Technology Journal Report Google 145

socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2017

According to a post by the founder of The Daily Stormer, Dreamhost booted the website earlier today citing its terms of service. The Daily Stormer reportedly had resorted to using the "dark web" after it was booted from GoDaddy and Google last week. org , around that group's organization of protests at the Presidential Inauguration.

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Sites IP Web Google 100

Xconomy

MARCH 27, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission, which has been digging into the privacy practices of tech giants Facebook and Google, is now training its sights on the internet service providers that bring us all our online content.

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Google Training Advertising Mobile 46

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

According to a report from the New York Times, Microsoft has hired Nancy Tellem to head up a Microsoft production studio based in Los Angeles, which the report said would create programming for both the Xbox 360 and other efforts. Photo courtesy Bigstock. READ MORE>>

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Hollywood Entertainment Content Los Angeles 169

socalTECH

JANUARY 27, 2012

Dmitry Shapiro , the former founder and CEO of Veoh, and later head of MySpace Music and Facebook alternative Altly, said Thursday that he has launched Uberpaper , a new, online news reading service to help people read and navigate news. READ MORE>>.

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News Veoh Google Report 191

socalTECH

MAY 9, 2013

Los Angeles-based business transactions and dealroom service CapLinked has rounded up some new investors today, saying that it has added additional investors in its Series A funding. The startup said its clients include Edwards Lifesciences, Draper and Kramer, Proprietary Capital, Thomson Reuters, Sun Capital, and NextView Ventures.

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Draper Software Engineering Platform Google 178

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2015

After releasing its first ever report, Amazon has left many consumers and users wondering about a number of things. The company also reported receiving 25 search warrants and has already responded to 13 of them fully, but point out four of the search warrants couldn’t be responded to. Amazon and PRISM surveillance program.

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Report Custom Customer Content 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. What are your thoughts on the Google announcement? But, that's only a small percentage of the whole population who might buy their product or services. READ MORE>>.

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

“They demonstrate best-in-class expertise with Facebook and Google paid ad platforms. Besides Sense, MuteSix’s former and current clients include companies such as Adidas, Petco, Ring and Theragun, to whom it provides a full range of marketing services, including top-notch direct response videos.

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Commerce Content Marketing Startup 211

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2023

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. As evidence that it does work, CrunchBase reported that more than 200 companies in YCombinator’s Winter 2023 cohort were funded, and many were scooped up by VCs even before the Demo Days.

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Organization Incubator Startup Resource 92

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Back in 2013, Google reported that 90 percent of multiple device owners switch between screens to complete tasks, using an average of three different combinations every day. Meanwhile, biometrics has stepped out of the realm of sci-fi and into the mainstream, playing an important role in the fight against cybercrime.

Artificial Inteligence 106

Artificial Inteligence Screening Google Custom 106

TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 19, 2019

When he contacted Mercedes-Benz, a customer service representative told him to “delete the app” until it was fixed, he said. The first customer reported that the “lock and unlock” and the engine “start and stop” features did not work on his app, somewhat limiting the impact of the security lapse.

Startup 189

Startup Los Angeles Custom Customer 189

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Shared business support services, including telephone answering, conference rooms, teleconferencing, administrative support, and a business mailing address. As evidence that it does work, TechCrunch reported a new high of more than 200 companies in YCombinator’s Winter 2019 cohort, and many were scooped up by VCs even before the Demo Days.

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Resource Startup Incubator Seed Funding 159

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2015

Due to impressive growth in the past few years, accompanied by headlines reveling in its successes and controversies, Uber has established itself as an innovative transportation service poised for further expansion in the future. Right now, Uber stand upon vast sums of big data.

Services 40

Services Company Companies Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 22, 2019

you can sign up if you want to try the service. It is how sales reps talk to prospects about their products & services to try and gain buy-in for a sale. Just as we use Google Docs for writing or AirTable for spreadsheets, the world finally has an amazing in-browser tool for visual presentations.

Startup 191

Startup Social Media Slides Design 191

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In my view, starting a new business has never been easier, and according to reports from the Kauffman Foundation , the numbers are here to show it. Incorporating a business entity early through online services. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased between 2013 and 2021, from 280 to 360 out of 100,000 of the adult population.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media News 104

socalTECH

JULY 8, 2010

San Diego-based ProfitLine , a developer of mobile and communications spending management services, reported today that it has partnered with BoxTone , a provider of mobile service management software for smart phones. According to the firm, it will embed BoxTone's MSM software into its ProfitLine Managed Services offerings.

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Mobile Software San Diego Google 113