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AUGUST 18, 2020

Santa Barbara-based Sonos is getting some additional competition from Google's Nest , as Google announced new, whole-home music features to its products. Google said the new features will start rolling out to all Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max and other compatible Assistant-enabled Smart Displays today. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Santa Barbara-based whole home audio systems maker Sonos has filed another patent infringement suit at Google , saying that Google has infringed on five wireless audio patents held by the company. The lawsuit is the second filed against Google by Sonos, which also sued Google over similar patents in January.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

International Trade Commission has taken up a complaint, filed by Santa Barbara-based Sonos , that Google has been importing and selling goods which Sonos says infringe upon its patents. The move is the latest in a big battle between Sonos and Google. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Google and The Walt Disney Company said on Tuesday that the two companies have inked a new, global strategic relationship, where Disney will move its digital video and display business onto Google's Ad Manager.

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MARCH 11, 2020

Google , the Internet giant, which has a big presence and offices in the Los Angeles area, is now suggesting all of its North American employees work from home, as the spread of the COVID-19 virus has extended into the Bay Area and elsewhere in the nation. Google just opened up a new studio in Playa Vista last week. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based Backstage Accelerator , the startup accelerator run by Backstage Capital, which seeks to support underrepresented founders, has received a big boost to its efforts today, after Google said that it will be supporting Backstage Accelerator to help it scale its efforts. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2020

Google appears to be pulling back on plans to reopen its offices after the July 4th weekend, after it has become apparent there is an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases in the United States. Google has significant operations in the Los Angeles area. Image: Google's Playa Vista studios READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Pasadena-based Green Dot is powering a new banking offering from Google Pay , called Plex Accounts , which will allow Google Pay customers to open up and manage a FDIC-insured digital bank account through the app, the company said today. According to Green Dot, the new Google Pay offering will roll out sometime in 2021.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Google and its navigation app subsidiary, Waze , have just released incredibly detailed satellite maps of the disaster zone around Montecito, California, as part of efforts of Google's "Crisis Response" team.

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JUNE 18, 2013

Goldstar , the online service which helps connect people with special deals on live entertainment, has tied with Google on support of Google Now. The Pasadena-based company said it has integrated with Google Now, to provide consumers with information about live entertainment in their area. Goldstar is led by Jim McCarthy.

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MARCH 4, 2020

Google said on Wednesday that it has opened up a brand new, games and entertainment studio in Playa Vista--the Stadia Games and Entertainment Studio --which will focus on delivering games and which will employ a team of game designers, artists, and storytellers.

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OCTOBER 17, 2018

Los Angeles-based EVgo , which operates a network of electric vehicle fast charging stations, says that it has inked a deal with Google Maps to feature the exact location and availability of more than 1,000 of its chargers on the map software. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2019

Google is surfacing the location of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in Southern California, and elsewhere, on Google Maps, the company announced on Tuesday morning.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Santa Monica-based Bitium , a developer of cloud identity and single sign-on software, has been acquired by Google , Google said on Tuesday afternoon. According to Google, the acquisition of Bitium will help it with its "Cloud Identity vision". Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Los Angeles-based homebuilder KB Home , in another move to boost the technology features of its homes, said this morning that it has linked up with Google , to integrate its homes with Google Assistant. Image: KB Home's showcase community in the Denver area, which now features Google Assistant. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Google LLC) was filed in the California Central Court. The lawsuit (Sonos, Inc. Sonos is being represented by Orrick in the lawsuit.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

Pasadena-based private cloud provider Metacloud announced today that it has hired on Conner Grey, the former head of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) at Google for Southern California, as its new VP of Operations. Metacloud said Grey had been at Google for the last decade, and also has served at Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Los Angeles-based streaming television service Hulu has dropped support for Google's Daydream VR platform, according to a report on Thursday, which makes it impossible for owners of Google's VR headset to access Hulu content. The report--from Variety --said. Hulu quietly dropped the support in the past couple of weeks.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Santa Monica-based PatientPop , which develops practice management software for medical providers, said on Monday that it has tied directly into Google, allowing for online appointment scheduling for practices through Google. PatientPop said it is the first healthcare technology provider to link into the Google feature.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

Los Angeles-based mobile app demo technology developer AppOnboard , which is led by serial entrepreneur Jonathan Zweig, said this week that it has launched the ability to demo apps and games directly within Google Play.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

San Luis Obispo-based software developer MINDBODY , which develops cloud-based software used for business management by the wellness services, yoga, fitness, and related industries, says it has integrated its services with Google Search and Google Maps. Financial details of the arrangement were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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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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JANUARY 22, 2014

Santa Monica-based NearWoo said today that it has linked up with Google''s DoubleClick Ad Exchange, allowing its 4,000 local mobile advertisers to access the ad inventory on DoubleClick. According to NearWoo, the deal gives its local mobile advertisers access to the sites, apps and games where Google delivers it mobile ads.

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OCTOBER 8, 2018

Google has finally moved into its new hangaer in Playa Vista, into what was previously the hangar for Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, in what is a significant upgrade in terms of square footage for Google in Silicon Beach. The new location has 319,000 square feet.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap is about to get a big new challenger to its flagship "Spectacles" line, from none other than Google , as Google rolled out a new product called Google Clips over the weekend. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2019

Goleta-based whole home speaker manufacturer Sonos said on Thursday that it has launched Google Assistant on Sonos, allowing Google's voice assistant to run on Sonos "smart" speakers through a software upgrade. According to Sonos, it will begin rolling out the feature next week in the U.S.,

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JULY 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based Not Me Solutions , which develops software used for reporting misconduct at companies, has named two new advisors, including the former Chief Compliance Officer of Google. NotMe is led by founder and CEO Ariel Weindling.

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JUNE 18, 2019

The surge of activity by such technology giants as Google , Amazon , and Netflix is completely reshaping the Los Angeles real estate market , according to a report from the Los Angeles Times, as those tech giants are jostling to acquire real estate in LA. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Los Angles-based programmatic advertising marketplace operator OpenX said on Thursday that it has partnered with Google , as a beta partner for Exchange Bidding (Fromerly EBDA). READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2019

A new, academic study--conducted by UC San Diego and Google --has jumped into the world of "hacking for profit", running a study on hacking-for-hire services and their charges and success in hacking into a set of Google Gmail accounts. The study , published by UCSD, found that--for the most part-- most hacking services are scams.

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JUNE 27, 2011

Google said Monday afternoon that the museum has just gone high tech with its displays, with a new link to Google's "Google Goggles" mobile app. According to Google, its app now allows users to take a photo of any of the paintings in the Getty's permanent collection, and instantly access more information the art.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Plenty of Fish (POF), the online dating company owned by Match.com--and run out of Los Angeles--says it has integrated its dating services with Google Assistant, running on Google Home, Android devices, and iPhones.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

Internet giant Google said late Tuesday that it has tapped a research team from UC Santa Barbara , to help build new, new quantum information processors based on superconducting electronics. those processors are being applied to design of artificial intelligence at Google. ucsb google quantum computing physics research'

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the online marketing firm which helps small and medium sized businesses place online ads, has strengthened its ties into Google AdWords today, saying it has been added to the Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner (PSP) Program. Google did not say how many partners have been added to the program.

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

San Diego-based online lesson marketplace TakeLessons said yesterday that it will offer up its tutors, music teachers, and performing art instructors via the new service, Google Helpouts , which launched Tuesday. Google has tapped a number of partners for sourcing those experts. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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APRIL 10, 2014

Sonos , the maker of the whole home audio streaming systems, has connected up its systems with Google Play Music , the music service run by Google, the companies announced this morning. sonos google play streaming music integration cloud stream speaker home audio electronics' Sonos is based in Santa Barbara. READ MORE>>.

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