L.A. Business Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2018

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

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Technology Council

AUGUST 30, 2008

Google’s free “Analytics&# and “Optimizer&# services were the hot topics Thursday night in Santa Monica. The latest TCOSC event featured 2 expert speakers: James Tipton from Google and Corey Koberg of Webshare Design (an authorized Google consulting firm).

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JULY 24, 2017

Santa Monica-based streaming television provider Hulu announced on Monday that it has appointed Kelly Campbell as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Santa Monica-based customer relationship management and contact management software developer Nimble said today that it has connected into Google Apps for Work, via the Google for Work Partner Program.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Despite the announcement this week that Google has plans to hire more than 30,000 employees by the beginning of next year, and reports today that it was overwhelmed with over 75,000 job applications this week, those plans do not appear to have yet impacted Google's jobs listings in Southern California. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Search engine giant Google appears to be ramping its hiring efforts in Irvine, according to representatives of the company. Google said in January that it was expecting 2011 to be its biggest hiring year ever. Google is also making a big push to hire at its Santa Monica location. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2013

One of Southern California''s most successful--and unheralded--inventions for the Internet world earned online publishers more than $7 billion alone last year, Google said this morning. Google said that last year, alone, publishers earned more than $7 billion from AdSense ads. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Google Googles , the mobile visual recognition application being developed by search giant Google, said today that it has launched a new "marketing experiment" around Buick, Disney, Diageo, T-Mobile, and Delta Airlines. Tags: google goggles neven vision recognition advertising brands marketing.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Santa Monica-based GoodReads , the online book discussion community run by Otis Chandler, is seeing a nice uptick in its traffic after the launch of Google's eBook store Monday. According to Chandler, the firm's reviews have been appearing in Google Books for some time. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Santa Monica-based Bitium , the developer of identity and access management software led by Scott Kriz, has rolled out its products in the Google Apps Marketplace, the company said Thursday. Bitium said its products are tightly integrated and work with Google Apps for Work, helping to secure business applications.

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AUGUST 14, 2013

A local consumer watchdog group has uncovered a court filing from Internet giant Google , which says that the firm doesn''t believe users should expect privacy when they use Gmail. The filing came in a lawsuit which accuses Google of violating wiretapping laws when using the content of a user''s email to target ads to users.

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APRIL 3, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of cloud-based, contact management software which is headed by Goldmine founder Jon Ferrara, has extended the distribution of it service this morning with a new Google Chrome web application.

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APRIL 1, 2011

In one of its April Fool's jokes, search engine giant Google has posted a job position--and accompanying YouTube recruitment video --for a "Google Autocompleter", to predict what users are searching for on the web. Google--which has said it is in a major hiring push this year--listed the position in Mountain View.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Search engine giant Google said over the weekend that the firm has been developing technology for self driving cars, driving automated cars across California, including Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Tags: google automotive auto robotic robots grand challenge darpa.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Santa Monica-based Nimble , the developer of online, contact and relationship management software headed by Jon Ferrara, the former founder of Goldmine, said last night that it has raised $1M in a seed funding round. The round was led by Google Ventures and Mark Cuban.

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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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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Google Goggles , the mobile visual recognition application being developed by search giant Google, said today that it has launched a new "marketing experiment" around Buick, Disney, Diageo, T-Mobile, and Delta Airlines. Tags: marketing brands advertising recognition vision neven goggles google.

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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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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Search engine giant Google says that its hiring surge this year will affect its Southern California offices, despite a lack of an increase in its listed positions on its jobs pages for its Santa Monica and Irvine locations. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Google aid over the weekend that it has hired on John Krafcik , most recently President of Santa Monica-based TrueCar , as CEO of its self driving car project. Google said Krafcik will be based in Mountain View at its headquarters. Krafcik had been President of TrueCar since April of 2014.

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MARCH 10, 2011

Search engine giant Google , in what might be a preview of a way for users to help filter out low quality web results, said Thursday that it has begun allowing user to block results from sites they do not want to see. Those recent changes have been aimed at sites like Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Santa Monica-based Boingo Wireless is behind a big promotion announced today by search engine giant Google , where Google will be offering free Wi-Fi to travelers at airports across the country. Google is also working with Advanced Wireless Group and Airport Marketing Income as part of the airport Wi-Fi effort.

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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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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Financial details of the deal were not announced. According to Cornerstone, WaitWhat's "Masters of Scale" podcast will be available on its Cornerstone Content Anytime service.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing empire run by Richard Rosenblatt, said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired two companies, plus renewed a deal with Google. As part of that effort, Demand Media said its inventory will be included in the premium Google Display Network Reserve. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

A new, Santa Monica-based startup, ZmBIZI is launching a new, smartphone aimed at small businesses, creators, and entrepreneurs. The startup says its phone service allows its users to accept payments by physically tapping their contactless enabled cards or Apple Pay and Google pay wallets on the back of its smartphone.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

Santa Monica-based content deliver network provider EdgeCast Networks said today that it has joined with OpenDNS and Google, as well as a number of other CDNs, to speed up the handling of domain name system (DNS) request on the Internet.

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JULY 10, 2012

A little known Santa Monica-based firm EMG Technology is taking on Google in a patent fight, announcing today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Internet giant, over a patent covering simplified navigation systems on smart phones and tablets.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

The forfeiture of $500M in revenues by Google to the the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday, over the use of Google's AdWords to advertise Canadian pharmacies, has shed some light on the types of issues that were facing Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration and wholesaler owned by Demand Media , last year.

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JULY 30, 2020

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by retail brands for optimizing mobile and proximity searches, has raised $10M more in funding, the company said on Thursday. The funding was led by Level Equity, and also included Signia Venture Partners, Draper Nexus, and DFJ Frontier, all prior investors.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

In a sign of the growth of the Silicon Beach technology world, last year, Google moved its headquarters out of a space on Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, and into a new fancy headquarters space in Venice. This is a neutral space in Santa Monica. We hosted Digital LA's Silicon Beach Fest recently.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The service is being tested first in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, the company said. Both Apple Pay and Google’s Android-based offering have had strong take-up, as have alternatives from Samsung, PayPal and many others. After scanning the code, you enter the amount you are charging and swipe up to complete the purchase.).

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AUGUST 26, 2009

In what might be some new competition for Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project , the high profile ad optimization firm headed by Frank Addante, search engine giant Google told its advertisers late Wednesday that it will begin to offer similar capabilities in its AdSense program.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Santa Monica-based PatientPop , which develops healthcare practice management software, has rolled out a new product, aimed at helping independent healthcare providers compare themselves to other local competitors.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

Search engine giant Google made two dramatic announcements Wednesday afternoon, saying that it will lay off around 100 recruiters at the firm, as it slows its hiring, and will cut three of its remote engineering offices. Google still maintains offices in Santa Monica and Irvine, and has not announced any plans for those locations.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Santa Monica-based Tray , a developer of Android-based, point-of-sale (POS) terminal software, has raised a round of funding, according to lead investor Bonfire Ventures. Kellis previously worked at EMC, RSA Security, VERITAS, VivaKi, Marketshare Partners, and Google. Kellis was most recently on the Product team at Google.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 -- Google Adsense for Websites - Startups Uncensored #14. his months Startups Uncensored will be on Google Adsense for Websites. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation talking about how to best optimize and monetize your website with Google Adsense. See [link] (more).

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